Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/04

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Subject: [Leica] Lab vs. home processing.
From: feli at creocollective.com (Feli di Giorgio)
Date: Sat Sep 4 06:33:31 2004
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On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 12:02, Sam wrote:
> Yes. It acts very much like D-76. In fact, my times for D-23 are the 
> published times for D-76. It's a famous older developer that is renowned 
> for its ability to hold highlights.
> 
> If you would like to try it, this is the original formula:
> 
> Water (125 degrees, 50 Cel.) 24 oz. /  750 cc.
> Metol 1/4 oz. / 7.5 grams
> Sodium Sulfite 3 oz. / 100 grams
> Cold water to make 32 ozs. / 1 liter
> Dissolve chemicals in order given above (If you add the Sodium Sulfite 
> first it will difficult if not impossible to get a solution)
> Use D-76 developing times to start.
> 
> Sam S

Thanks. I read a big article about D23 over at the unblinkingeye.com
Looks like you are using a A and B solution.


feli




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