[pure-silver] Re: Fuji film developers

From: "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Fuji film developers
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:05:54 -0500

> It's hard to describe but I just don't like the negatives that it
> produces.  With the introduction of Xtol and its genuine increase in
> sharpness and speed I consider D-76 a dinosaur.
> 
> For my own work I use either HC-110, Rodinal or most often a developer
> of my own formulation.

Among those, HC-110 is my LEAST favorite in terms of image
quality. Ironically, HC-110 is probably the most cleverly formulated
of those. I'm not impressed with Rodinal either, with mediocre
sharpness, large grain, and average speed (with some films, lousy
speed).

Comparison between D-76 and XTOL is more subtle, but my biggest
objection for D-76 is that the bright midtone and highlights often
have "mottled" texture, especially with Plus-X and Tri-X. That,
sometimes works, but that's probably because we've seen great works by
famous photographers who used those combinations and remember those
signature mottling... On the other hand, ascorbate based fine grain
developers (and even accutance developers) produce very clean uniform
highlights, and I just love that. Well, if you use Acros and Delta all
the time, it doesn't matter too much, but it does...
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