Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Re. water as stop bath: If you agitate much, there isn't any discernable difference between water and acid stop bath. However, the Old Wisdom holds that you can pour the water in, agitate gently a couple of times only. Then let the tank sit for a few minutes before agitating again, pouring the water out and adding the fixer. This can bring up the shadow detail in available light negatives, or add some "edge effect" to slow thin-film negatives. As say, this is Old Wisdom I learned in the late 60s/early 70s, so your mileage may vary. I do recall using it on negs shot in the blackest of places. Have no idea how well it worked, because I never did a controlled experiment. --Peter Klein Seattle, WA At 12:47 PM 4/18/04 -0700, Eric wrote: >My standard developer is Xtol 1:3, and it's very close to exhaustion by the >time I'm done developing, anyway. After hearing a few here on the LUG talk >about water as their only stop bath, I experimented. I haven't been able to >tell any difference between using a real stop bath vs. water, so I now use >one less chemical. :)