Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>What kind of developer are you using for this method, or does it matter? > >Bob >> Bob, I don't think that it is specific to one dev/paper combination. Maybe it doesn't need 8 minutes with all combinations. I wish that I could remember what Tom Cooper uses. I confess that I use PQ Universal or Dektol with Agfa fibre-based papers. BTW I'm not saying that this method is the 'best' - I'm just suggesting that may be worth a test to see if you like the difference that long development without agitation makes. Perhaps I should have added that I use it for landscape work, but not for people. I have found the effect to be slightly similar to 'chemical dodging', but without the mess. Jock Sturges showed me that when I was his assistant for a short time many moons ago (I still have a Nikomat with J Sturges scratched in the side - he changed from Nikon to Leica M). I have never come across anyone else who has used the technique - you develop the print on the easel. The sequence goes: pre-soak, flatten onto easel, initial shadow exposure, squeegee on developer, allow to develop, give successive short exposures until you have the desired density in the highlights by inspection then drop it into the stop. Has anyone else come across this? Regards, Malcolm PS The Jock Sturges I knew worked for the Nat Geog. I didn't keep in touch, and I don't know if he is the same JS as the (in?)famous Jock Sturges.