Re: developing HIE in d-76

[Chris Eastwood <cjeastwd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

HiYa

At 16:36 05-05-00 +0200, you wrote:
>> feeling like a go at this but at 1:1 rather than straight up. Has anyone
>> tried this and have some times that they'd care to share?? Lookin at the
>> techsheet they don't give times for 1:1 ... perhaps its not wise??
>
>I have done this many moons ago. It did work, with the typical
>results of dilution: a little more grain but a little better
>acutance.

cool ... the negs that I just took out of the tank look as nice as I'd
expect .. I'll contact sheet in a tick ...


>anyway (although not for rotation)! Therefore, it doesn't make
>sense (economically) to dilute D-76, as it has to be used as a
>one-shot developer even when undiluted.

well I always use it as a one shot , diluted or not , as I don't use enough
to make the 3.8L dissapear fast enough!!

I was thinking of diluting for making the times longer, and hence (hoping
it may ) make it more controllable.



Thanks
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Chris Eastwood

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