Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Perfect midtones
From: Richard Wasserman <disfromage@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:38:45 -0500

On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 12:32  PM, Rolfe Tessem wrote:

> Martin Howard wrote:
>> Imagine that you wanted a 35mm B&W film that gave superb midtone and 
>> highlight separation (you're less worried about shadows -- doesn't 
>> matter if they block up).  Imagine that you could buy ready loaded or 
>> bulk load yourself.  Imagine that you could process the film 
>> yourself, including mixing up developers from scratch.
>> The only requirement is that what you recommend must be in current 
>> production (i.e., no calls for Verichrome Pan [which didn't exist in 
>> 135 anyway] or Super-XX).
>> What would you be using?
>
> Low  speed: Efke KB25 in Rodinal
> Mid  speed: Bergger BRF-200 in Pyro
> High speed: Delta 400 in Xtol

Rolfe,
You beat me to it, but I would use Pyrocat HD to develop them all.  I 
also would lean towards FP-4+ instead of Bergger- it's really only a 
matter of taste.
Richard Wasserman

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