[pure-silver] Re: Atomal?
- From: "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:45:56 -0500
Calbe has their developer A-49 which is said to be the same as Agfa's Atomal.
They also list the developing agent Atomal in their catalog of chemicals. It
don't know how one would go about ordering it or what the minimum quantity would
be. A-49 is available from www.jandcphoto.com. Atomal has a small but
apparently dedicated following. I would suggest running a few rolls of film
through A-49 to see if it is worthwhile pursuing Atomal (the developing agent).
Jerry
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On Behalf Of Helen Bach
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:51 AM
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Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Atomal?
Ryuji,
It's OK, I was only giving some historical background in answer to Richard's
post, not extolling Atomal's virtues. As far as my original question goes, I
would just like to satisfy my curiosity. I'm definitely not expecting to produce
anything to match a well-formulated modern developer, and wouldn't even think of
trying. Part of my curiosity is 'I wonder if anyone still makes N-hydroxyethyl
o-aminophenol these days?'.
I think that if I wanted to do serious investigations, and if I was capable of
doing them, I would look at some of the recent colour developers as well. The
aim would be to optimise the film/developer combination for scanning, tailoring
it for the limitations and benefits of the scanning process and the capabilities
of digital post-processing. In sixty years somebody will say "Still
photographers had little idea about film as an origination medium for digital
intermediate processes back then; it's a wonder that film survived."
Maybe I should have added to my brief history something along the lines of:
"Though introduced in about 1935, N-hydroxyethyl o-aminophenol is rarely
mentioned in literature on developing agents. There's likely to be a good reason
for this."
Best,
Helen
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