Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:42 AM 2/19/99 -0500, you wrote: >Anyone have any experience using the Sprint line of chemicals on Tri-X, Delta >100, 400? They are supposed to be more user friendly re: toxicity, smell. Do >the company recommended times work for developing and printing? Grain, >contrast, tone? Mark, I use the Sprint fixer and stop bath from the gallon cubes as my standard. The stop bath is especially nice because it has a buffered vanilla scent to it. No acetic acid smell. It also is an indicator bath, but I toss it before it gets that far. All the Sprint chemistry is mixed with a uniform 1:9 dilution, which also is convenient. (double it for fixing film.) I have used their film developer but wasn't wild about it. It is basically a D-76 clone, probably with phenidone instead of metol, in liquid form. They have a complex formula with a long list of adjustment factors for calculating development times. You might try starting with D76 times and adjust from there if you are interested in trying this developer. The paper developer is a satisfactory replacement for Dektol or the Polymax liquid. Bill