Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Mark, >I've never tried Neutol Plus and don't have any on hand. I'll have to >try it. > >I approve of ascorbic developers generally. They have excellent >technical properties, low toxicity, and are environmentally very >benign--even compared to other developers, most of which aren't so bad. > >In fact the only materials "crisis" I've had in recent years is that >Tri-X is one of the few films that I think is not a partciularly good >match to Xtol (although it's not bad)--I've actually considered >switching films so I can use Xtol. Please let us know what film you select. I went to HP5, but then in Rodinal, however, this is not a general usage combination. Good for night shots and contrasty stuff though. It's a really good film developer. It >deserves to be for the next 50 years what D-76 has been for the last 50 >and more (D-76 was formulated in 1932, if memory serves). > >--Mike