On Sun, 10 Oct 2004, Christopher Woodhouse wrote: > For obvious reasons, I have suddenly been plunged into initial film > evaluations once more. For the same reasons, I decided to try Tetanal > Ultrafin as a substitute for Perceptol. For the same obvious reasons, I tried a Perceptol/Microdol-X substitute containing mentioned here in the list (about 2 years ago): 1l dist. water 5g Metol 100g Sodium Sulfite 1g Boric Acid 33g NaCl A initial test run with it (1+3, 11min, 24deg, rotation) and Delta 400 was excellent (I just filled a freezer with several hundred rolls of Delta 400, this will last 2-3 years...). Dev times for Delta 100, 400 and APX100 are in the 10-12min range, the speed loss is 1-2 DIN compared to D76 1+1. I'm looking for a fine grained developer for APX100, currently I'm using DS-12. This developer gives excellent acutance and sharpness, but the grain becomes very visible above 6x enlargement, a litte too visible for a 80 ASA film. The Delta 400/DS-10 combo I use is just a little less sharp, has _less_ grain and is 2 stops faster... unfortunately, I'm not able to get the DS-10/APX100 combo to run, really miserable shadow densitys with normal highlights. The DS-12/APX100 has a dead straight density curve, should be excellent for 4x5" and larger, but I only have a few boxes APX100 sheet film left. Gr=FC=DFe aus Hohenlohe, =09Martin Jangowski | Martin Jangowski E-Mail: Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxx| | Netzwerke und Multimedia | | Voice: +49 7946/940790 Fax: +49 7946/940791 | | Snail Mail: Von-Olnhausen Str. 4 74626 Bretzfeld Germany | ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.