Response to Vitamin C developer article

Gene, I've used Pat's formula quite a bit and I'm very impressed with it. I've split the reducing agents and accelerators which allows for finer contrast adjustments and keeps better.

Part A: 8g ascorbic acid + 0.8g metol / 500ml distilled water

Part B: 6.8g sodium hydroxide + 24.4g borax / 500ml distilled water

ratio 1:1:14 for normal contrast

Agitation: 1 minute to start, then 10" / min

Delta 400 10 minutes @ 70 EI 400 Acros 100 10 minutes @ 70 EI 64-80 TMX 9-10 min @ 70 EI 80-100 (this is approximate, but should be pretty close.

I like this developer better than any commercial product I've tried-- and I've tried most everything. It shows very low fog, excellent resolution and acutance, fine,tight grain and pleasing tonality. If word ever gets out on this stuff, it will challenge PMK in the fine art world.

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