I will give it a go with less agitation Earl. Nothing I have
photographed is too good for the experimentation – to some degree at
least... ;-)
I have, of course, saved the page, for all my criticism of his writing
style ...
Chris
On 4 Aug 2004, at 2:37, Earl Dunbar wrote:
>
> As I understand it, in my "senior-moment/curmugdeonly" brain, the
> higher dilution results in a more "gentle" action that has advantages
> for acutance, less grain clumping, etc. There IS a balance between
> this and wet time... nothing is free. Fine grain developers such as
> Microphen and Microdol achieved their affect by silver solvent action.
> Fine grain, yes, but reduced acutance and perhaps reduced tonal
> separation. The tradeoff was acceptable and reasonable to some, but
> not to me. A chaque son gout.
>
> In addition, Mironchuk talks about higher activity resulting in
> greater contrast in the highlights. I suppose this is the same as
> reduced tonal separation. In any event, I have always been fond of
> Rondinal and HC-110. They seemed to provide me with qualities in
> negatives that, while sometimes hard to describe, were superior to
> those of D-76, etc.
>
> I had a similar predilection for Amidol for prints. A PITA to work
> with (especially very long times in the tray), but results that were
> not achievable with Dektol and its clones. (When I did use Dektol, it
> was 1:3, not the standard 1:2.)
>
> Earl
>
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> On 8/3/2004 at 7:20 AM Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> Thanks for that Earl. I might give HC-110 a go once I have finished
>> my
>> Rodinal. Mr Mironchuk's writing style is more polemic than didactic
>> and there is a contradiction: why go for a dilute developer for longer
>> wet time when he is trying to reduce wet time? His views on agitation
>> are interesting; I always try to use the manufacturer's recommendation
>> and the time I agitated less I had rather streaky results ...
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 3 Aug 2004, at 3:33, Earl Dunbar wrote:
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