Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why not try D-23? It's a beautiful soft developer that gives long tonal range, decent grain, and with only two ingredients, it's easy to mix. Sam S Feli di Giorgio wrote: >On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 20:10, Mike Durling wrote: > > >>One of the things I am noticing is that D76 is not always D76! Kodak >>adds stuff to make it more packagable, and may even use things that are >>not in the original formula like phenidone. Your Super76 is someting >>else altogether. >> >> > >I suspect the same. I'm not so sure any more that Namco Super76 is the >same as true blue D76. As of lately I have thinking about trying >something like Divided D76. There seem to be some benefits to it, one >being very consistent results. > > >feli > > > > >>I have been getting good results with home-mixed D-76 from the original >>formula but that is not for everybody. I think a lot of what people >>attribute to changes in film emulsions are actually changes in the >>chemistry. >> >>Mike D >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >