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Response to Highest resolution B&W film (+ dev) other than Tech Pan?

from John Hicks (jbh@magicnet.net)
Both Microphen and DD-X are P/Q developers, which give a bit more graininess (and a little more speed) than P/Q developers such as D-76 and ID-11. Microphen and DD-X give higher acutance but it's at the expense of fineness of detail.

D-76 and ID-11 are, of course, old standards. I'd simply use either of them at 1:1. If you'd like to see if a lesser amount of sulfite affects the results, dilute them 1:3 and use about 1.5X the 1:1 development time. I think there's sort of a tradeoff between sulfite concentration and contact time in that if you reduce the concentration but have longer contact time results are pretty much the same.

I've read in a few places that Microdol-X 1:3 and Perceptol at a similarly-high dilution will give the highest RP, probably at the expense of acutance and speed, but I haven't messed with either of them in so long I have no idea.

(posted 8531 days ago)

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