Re: Divided D-76 Style Film Developer

Richard Knoppow wrote:
> In practice the system often does not work very well especially with
> modern films which have much thinner emulsions than those of the
> 1930's when most of these developers were devised.
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Richard,

Have you personally tested the divided development process recently with 
the modern thin emulsion films?  Any conclusions?

Jean-David B. reported: "The bad part is that it worked the opposite of 
what people said. They said it would lower the highlight contrast while 
maintaining the contrast elsewhere. What I got was that it lowered the 
shadow contrast."

> There are a number of developers available with replenishers or are
> self-replenishing. D-76, Xtol, and T-Max RS are examples.
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OK, will look at those. Being a person who likes to experiment a bit, i
will try to use the divided developer formula i posted (from the Zone V
booklet) to see if i can duplicate Jean-David B's results.

/ John

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