[Leica] D-76 1:2

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Mark:

I tried 1:2 last summer with some Konica infrared film and what I got 
were blotchy images:

<http://www.hemenway.com/FortWarren-07072006/>

I'm going out to the island again on Wednesday to try again, but I won't 
use D-76 1:2.

But I'll try it in the next few weeks with some Tri-X or Plus-X... I'll 
think about adding a Vitamin C tab to it as well.

Jim


Mark Rabiner wrote:

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> 
> 
> Try doing D76 1:2 instead of 1:1 like everyone I went to Webster college
> with in the 70's did and I did.
> 
> The one guy who didn't you could spot his  8x10 prints on the wall from ten
> feet away. They were mushy. No bite.
> 
> You get a nice kick of adjacency effects with the added dilution as you
> would when you'd so dilute just about anything.
> And a more defined sharper grain. Not for everybody. But the sharpness
> effect mainly through edge effects is well worth it.
> 
> The question is add a tab of acid to it: ascorbic acid that is: and see if
> it matches or beats Xtol. I think it would. Lots of people do this already.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark William Rabiner
> Harlem, NY
> 
> rabinergroup.com
> 
> 
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