[pure-silver] Re: Fuji film developers

I think you're right about the mottling.  It's been so long since I used
D-76 all I remember is that I didn't like the look of the negatives.

Jerry

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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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