Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/04

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Subject: [Leica] Lab vs. home processing.
From: sam at osheaven.net (Sam)
Date: Sat Sep 4 06:33:31 2004
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Yes. It acts very much like D-76. In fact, my times for D-23 are the 
published times for D-76. It's a famous older developer that is renowned 
for its ability to hold highlights.

If you would like to try it, this is the original formula:

Water (125 degrees, 50 Cel.) 24 oz. /  750 cc.
Metol 1/4 oz. / 7.5 grams
Sodium Sulfite 3 oz. / 100 grams
Cold water to make 32 ozs. / 1 liter
Dissolve chemicals in order given above (If you add the Sodium Sulfite 
first it will difficult if not impossible to get a solution)
Use D-76 developing times to start.

Sam S


Feli di Giorgio wrote:

>On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 11:16, Sam wrote:
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>>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.
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>>Sam S
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>Does D23 support films up to 400asa?
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>feli
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