Re: HIE development time with D-76

[George L Smyth <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

Ray.Hale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>      The new batches of HIE have info that indicates a much shortened dev
>      time of 8.5 minutes compared to the 11 minutes at 68F (that I and my
>      students have used successfully for years) for D-76.  Has anyone begun
>      using this reduced time?  What differences in the negative do you
>      notice?  Did Kodak change the film that this drastically reduced time
>      is the new standard?  What happened?

I don't know how many people used the old starting points.  When I was using D76
I was diluting it 1+1 and developing for 8 minutes.  Just the way I handled HIE
with D76, others' did/do so differently, I'm sure.

george

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