The other day I talk with Abdi @ midwest photo about b&w processing. Picked up some Rodinol to improve my Acros developing. The other day he did a test of developers. (He and his local b&w printing guru.) What he has done to get good neg dark area detail was to check 35mm negs with a densitometer. He's really fussy about zones 1-4 because he shoots a lot of people of dark skin. This compensation allows him to shoot his own style without having to compensate WRT camera settings. His best results with Acros -- use T-Max developer. I'll get the specifics later. But apparently T-Max is the best thing around for shadow detail with Acorss. (He's probably used everything but Pyro!)
Anyone else tried this? Results?
Collin * "Never give up, never surrender!" --- Yes, you should watch Galaxy Quest.
