A crazy idea about combining film developers in Black & White Practice Posted December 6, 2000 The Spirit of Adventure lives ! It's a great idea, but take a good look at what qualities you're ascribing to a particular developer (say, PMK) and seperate myth from reality. Use a *recent* original text like Anchell & Troop for guidance. There really are no rules, and the biggest mistake to make is to predict photo behaviour without testing it. You may want to rinse between baths to avoid fog caused by a sudden pH change, i.e Xtol to Rodinal. <p> A similar approach is to tweak a developer you like, adding a little of this or that for a particular purpose. For instance Diafine (which is basically split Microphen) gives splendid results with TMX. It brings out the TMX shoulder, which is great for long scale scenes. Adding from 1/2 gram to 2 grams of Glycin to bath A turns Diafine into split FX-11 (well, almost) and gives a higher straight line and less shoulder. Who knew ? <p> Oh, yeah. Don't mix ammonia with bleach, peroxide with metal salts, and stay away with those old fixer formulae using cyanides...
A crazy idea about combining film developers
in Black & White Practice
Posted
The Spirit of Adventure lives ! It's a great idea, but take a good look at what qualities you're ascribing to a particular
developer (say, PMK) and seperate myth from reality. Use a *recent* original text like Anchell & Troop for guidance. There
really are no rules, and the biggest mistake to make is to predict photo behaviour without testing it. You may want to rinse
between baths to avoid fog caused by a sudden pH change, i.e Xtol to Rodinal.
<p>
A similar approach is to tweak a developer you like, adding a little of this or that for a particular purpose. For instance Diafine
(which is basically split Microphen) gives splendid results with TMX. It brings out the TMX shoulder, which is great for long
scale scenes. Adding from 1/2 gram to 2 grams of Glycin to bath A turns Diafine into split FX-11 (well, almost) and gives a
higher straight line and less shoulder. Who knew ?
<p>
Oh, yeah. Don't mix ammonia with bleach, peroxide with metal salts, and stay away with those old fixer formulae using
cyanides...