[Leica] Anchell's darkroom books: which is which ?

[durling at cox.net (Mike Durling)]

For some reason I prefer the Darkroom Cookbook over the second book. 
Darkroom is in it's second edition so has some newer material in it.  I 
was a little disappointed in the film developing book because it didn't 
really add too much for me.  I also found that some of the development 
times in the index were wrong.

I went through a period where I tried a bunch of developers.  I finally 
standardized on good ol D-76, but mixed from scratch using the original 
formula.  He says it is better than the pre-packaged stuff and it seems 
to be although I can't quantify the difference.  I do notice that if you 
agitate tri-X, in the real D-76 1:1, once a minute you do get edge 
effects which some have claimed are impossible with modern films.  In 
any case it produces good tones and fine grain, and the negatives scan 
nicely.

Mike D

Phong wrote:
> re.:
> 
>>  1. The Darkroom Cookbook by Stephen G. Anchell
>>  2. The Film Developing Cookbook (Darkroom Cookbook) by
>>      Stephen G. Anchell and Bill Troop
> 
> 
> tm wrote:
> 
>>The first book contains recipes from which you can make your own 
>>batches of film developers. The second book contains many more 
>>items, including discussions re films, developer ingredients, 
>>types of developers, formulas, and -- best of all -- recommended 
>>development time for hundreds of films and developers.
> 
> 
> 
> The second book is what I want then.
> Much obliged.
> 
> - Phong
> 
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