Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've found that agitation affects surface developers the most. So straight metol developers are very sensitive to agitation. Other developers are not so sensistive. chris At 04:11 PM 6/14/2005, you wrote: >Thanks for all the info. Certainly the pictures look nice and smooth. > >I am still looking for the magic formula for my workflow though - Jobo and >scan. One thing I notice is that conventional wisdom can be off. For >example, almost all sites mention that Jobo's constant agitation would >increase contrast and lower sharpness. I have tried 5-6 different films in >Xtol soup, and while I see lowering of sharpness (or may be it's just me), >I definitely do not see higher contrast pictures, unless it's Tri-X pushed >to 800. > >At 08:18 AM 6/14/2005, Chris Saganich wrote: >>.... At first my results were shaky due to processing issues. The >>results were bad enough to send me onto other developers for a full year, >>then I came back and discovered that less agitation was the key.... > >// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please >use richard at imagecraft.com) > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information