Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Also, Week 10 is an image scanned RGB without conversion to B&W. The Pyrocat HD has a brownish/yellow stain compared to other pyro developers, which tend to be greenish. CS On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Chris Saganich <csaganich at gmail.com>wrote: > Some grumbled about the LED scanner light source vs the florescent light > source, the latter being preferable for staining developers...or maybe it > was the opposite, I get these things confused. One thing I remember is > that > agitation should be plentiful especially with smaller format films to get > full development. I tended to extend development times since I'm a timid > agitator, so at least 10 sec/min or more. Works great in a continuous drum > type system, ie unicolor tank and reversible base...not much time or > density > difference compared to normal tank development. > > Some examples, start with number 6...chemistry indicated under thumbnails > for images, mostly pyrocat for couple pages. > > http://www.imagebrooklyn.com/paw_2004/2004/PAW2004.html > > > CS > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Richard Man <richard at > imagecraft.com>wrote: > >> Chris, from what I understand the staining actually helps with scanning >> when >> using a high quality scanner (which is what I have, the Nikon LS-9000). >> Hence my looking into it. >> >> Thanks. I will finish a roll tonight and try it! >> >> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Chris Saganich <csaganich at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > The Pyrocat HD will be both sharp (as sharp as a typical D76 type >> > developer) >> > and very smooth. especially in the clouds, in fact if I shot clouds >> allot I >> > would only use it. I have no grain issues even for TriX, looking at a >> > 16x20 >> > print next to me developed in Pyrocat HD I see little to no grain at a >> > normal viewing distance. It's even better with slower speed films. >> > Scanning Pyrocat HD film may be different due to the stain as it is >> > colored. The advice is to scan RGB and convert, I don't remember how >> > important this was to the final image. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> >> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >> replies in your msgs. ] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Chris Saganich > www.imagebrooklyn.com > > > -- Chris Saganich www.imagebrooklyn.com