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from drwood (drwoodfoto@earthlink.net)
....with new developers that dont specify dev. times, you should do clip tests with a test roll of film to be safe. im not sure about this dev. but look on the bottle for the ratio's for mixing; ie; 2:1,5:1,8:1 ect...the ratio depends on what kind of results you want,,for example, 2:1 is going to give you a hot[dark],contrasty,grainer neg. 8:1 will give a sharper[less grain],flater neg. your development times increase the higher the ratio...its like cars,,you can drive em fast ,or you can drive em slow. with your film id do a 4:1 at around 14-16 min @70deg.. thats if you shot it at 3200? another info source is the film box. it should give dev.times w/d-76, a standard dev..you can use those #'s. the sure fire way to be safe is to inspect the film during dev. your green light must very low with this film[FILM FOG!] .negs too light,,dev. more,,too dark??? well youll know better next time. at least youll have pics...

drwood

(posted 9883 days ago)

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