Re: Times and Temperatures (was Winter Stuff)

[Cor Breukel <cor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Robert Long wrote:

> On Thu, 05 Sep 1996 12:25:29 +0100, Cor Breukel wrote:
> 
> |I use D76 routinely: for HIE expose through #25 red, through the lens
> |metering, camera on 250 ASA, process: D76 1:1 dilution (as I understand
> |diluted D76 gives less grain, I know that Kodak recommends to use D76
> |undiluted), for 11 minutes at 20 degC. This gives me good results with not
> |a too dominant grain..
> 
> Thanks.  As a matter of fact, the instruction for D76 include
> life-expectancy data for 1:1 as well as full strength, though the
> instruction sheet for HIE says just "D-76" with no qualifier (so I
> would assume full strength) and 11 minutes at 20 degrees for a small
> tank.  I would have expected longer development times would be needed
> with the dilute developer, but perhaps Kodak is assuming greater
> contrast?
.well I found my recipe out by accident, that is I assumed that I had to
dilute, later I realized that Kodak meant UNdiluted, but I liked my
results nevertheless..(saves money also ;-) )..

> 

Cor Breukel 
http://ruly70.medfac.leidenuniv.nl/~cor/cor.html
"The Infrared Gallery"
http://ruly70.medfac.leidenuniv.nl/~cor/ir-gallery.html


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