Digital BW, The Print

Frank,

I'm in the middle of experimenting with 'stand development' for taming
highlights, meaning two bath's where the developer from the first bath
exhausts itself in the second bath restraining high density's, specifically
for scanning with ccd scanners. I'm trying Dixactol because it's advertised
to leave grain un-dissolved, allowing high accutance, and adds a stain to
fill in between the grain and reduce how apparent it is. Supposedly there's
just a small speed loss from rated film speeds, unlike the pyro developers.

If your interested I'll let you know how it works out.

Dixactol info is at www.barrythornton.com and is available from
Photographers Formulary in the states.

Larry



-----Original Message-----
From: frankg_photo [mailto:frank@...]
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 9:29 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Tri-x/HC110 user needs a change


For eons I've used Tri-x (the 400 not the 320 pro) and HC110 dil B
for 4.5 min in distilled water. Keeping the dev time low to prevent
highlights blocking and making sure to give enough exposure in the
shadows.I took up this 'formula' from Adams' The negative and
Picker's book & newsletters.
This has worked well for my silver prints.
I've packed up my darkroom and now that I'm scanning my negs (for
1160 quadtone printing/MIS) I find the grain objectionable - it's not
crisp and it's big.
Any advice on adjusting my 'formula' or....a change ? I'm not too
sure about changing to a chromogenic film as on occasion I may still
want to have a silver print made.
thanks
Frank


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