Good luck and let us know how it goes. I agree with you about his writing
style; takes some effort to sort through to the actual meat. I have some
APX100 awaiting soup... I am anxious to try DD-X with it, but maybe just one
role with Rodinal? Now I have an actual decision to make. Damn, I hate it
when that happens!
Earl
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On 8/4/2004 at 7:54 AM Chris Barker wrote:
>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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