Re: OT: I'm getting accustomed to D 76, but...

2001-02-05 Thread Ed Mathews
ct: Re: OT: I'm getting accustomed to D 76, but... Shel Belinkoff wrote: Sid ... You're too damned miserly. The only way you're going to get absolutely consistent negatives is to use D-76, or most any developer, as a one shot. Measure and mix it carefully, and enjoy the fruits of

Re: OT: I'm getting accustomed to D 76, but...

2001-02-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Sid ... Another thought about D-76. You were asking about making large enlargements. D-76 (and ID-11) are the types of developers where you'll get a somewhat finer grain when used full strength, but which offer greater sharpness when used 1:1 or even at 1:3 ratios. Usually greater sharpness

Re: OT: I'm getting accustomed to D 76, but...

2001-02-04 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Sid ... You're too damned miserly. The only way you're going to get absolutely consistent negatives is to use D-76, or most any developer, as a one shot. Measure and mix it carefully, and enjoy the fruits of your labor. If you want to be thrifty, try developing your film in D-76 diluted 1:1

Re: OT: I'm getting accustomed to D 76, but...

2001-02-04 Thread tom
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Sid ... You're too damned miserly. The only way you're going to get absolutely consistent negatives is to use D-76, or most any developer, as a one shot. Measure and mix it carefully, and enjoy the fruits of your labor. If you want to be thrifty, try developing

Re: OT: I'm getting accustomed to D 76, but...

2001-02-04 Thread Shel Belinkoff
tom wrote: Another way to be cheap would be to buy the 10 gallon bag of d-76 and decant into separate 1 gallon containers. You could also mix your own, which might be better, since D-76H may be preferable to D-76. Good point about D-76H, especially if Sid will mix a large batch and