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Subject: [Leica] 2 bath Pyrocat-HD
From: csaganich at gmail.com (Chris Saganich)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:07:06 -0400
References: <CAN4TZQ4io2+Q7_T3w=a0gYszyQAeC6E4Gn4cSRGZ85x8-xckSA@mail.gmail.com> <CA5354F0.1276F%mark@rabinergroup.com> <CAN4TZQ4AiJzwAuQSNT+QO-PpYFNSJ5QQ+r34HnTcKfoNJAkkmA@mail.gmail.com> <CAF8hL-HaKnw3k=ECAdeWD3Pz8uPB0u+8r7Oz0151XARGK0OEaw@mail.gmail.com> <CAN4TZQ4vC7WtuQZDBAER-UQV3u5-xcG-FLvqORs41N503nMZVw@mail.gmail.com>

Also, Week 10 is an image scanned RGB without conversion to B&W.  The
Pyrocat HD has a brownish/yellow stain compared to other pyro developers,
which tend to be greenish.

CS

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Chris Saganich <csaganich at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Some grumbled about the LED scanner light source vs the florescent light
> source, the latter being preferable for staining developers...or maybe it
> was the opposite, I get these things confused.  One thing I remember is 
> that
> agitation should be plentiful especially with smaller format films to get
> full development.  I tended to extend development times since I'm a timid
> agitator, so at least 10 sec/min or more.  Works great in a continuous drum
> type system, ie unicolor tank and reversible base...not much time or 
> density
> difference compared to normal tank development.
>
> Some examples, start with number 6...chemistry indicated under thumbnails
> for images, mostly pyrocat for couple pages.
>
> http://www.imagebrooklyn.com/paw_2004/2004/PAW2004.html
>
>
> CS
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Richard Man <richard at 
> imagecraft.com>wrote:
>
>> Chris, from what I understand the staining actually helps with scanning
>> when
>> using a high quality scanner (which is what I have, the Nikon LS-9000).
>> Hence my looking into it.
>>
>> Thanks. I will finish a roll tonight and try it!
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Chris Saganich <csaganich at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > The Pyrocat HD will be both sharp (as sharp as a typical D76 type
>> > developer)
>> > and very smooth. especially in the clouds, in fact if I shot clouds
>> allot I
>> > would only use it.  I have no grain issues even for TriX, looking at a
>> > 16x20
>> > print next to me developed in Pyrocat HD I see little to no grain at a
>> > normal viewing distance.  It's even better with slower speed films.
>> > Scanning Pyrocat HD film may be different due to the stain as it is
>> > colored.  The advice is to scan RGB and convert, I don't remember how
>> > important this was to the final image.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> --
>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/>
>> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/>
>> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com>
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>
>
>
> --
> Chris Saganich
> www.imagebrooklyn.com
>
>
>


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Chris Saganich
www.imagebrooklyn.com


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