Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Back in the day when I shot/dev film for scanning (BW) I found Barry Thorton's DiXactol Ultra to be terrific AND was semi-stand developing (agitating every minute or so for 10 secs). Stain, sharp edges (what else from Barry Thorton) and the two devs mixed together. Photographer's Formulary carries it now; may be worth looking into... Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA http://www.rgaphoto.com ________________________________ From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Mon, July 25, 2011 8:07:45 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] 2 bath Pyrocat-HD What a great smile and capture! Sure to be cherished! The more I read about it, the more exciting to sound for the way I work. I will soup the film after dinner and report the result soonest :-) On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 8:03 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // 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