Re: quick question.. Developing Kodak IR...

[Marco Pauck <pauck@xxxxxx>]

Eckhard Stephan wrote:
> I don't want to start that discussion from the Yahoo Infrared club
> (http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/infraredvisionsanddreamscapes) about the
> "right" dev. time again, but... ;-)
> The "Massive Dev Chart" (http://www.digitaltruth.com) recommends 11 min.
> at 20°C / 68 F. So do Laurie White and Joe Paduano in their Infrared
> photography books. ;-)

Yes, 11 min was Kodak's original recommendation. They changed it
later (about 1997) to 8.5 min. (See also the references in
http://www.pauck.de/marco/photo/infrared/comparison_of_films/comparison_of_films.html
.)

> If you follow Kodak's exposure instructions, IMO 8,5 min. with D-76 are
> definitely too short. Don't know why they give this recommendation -
> AFAIK the other dev. times on the info sheet (e.g. for XTOL) are
> "correct".

Agreed.

	Marco
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