D-76

There's nothing particularly wrong with D-76, but developers have improved dramatically over the last 10-15 years. D-76 is used, mainly by commercial labs, because is can be replinished over and over. The new Xtol from Kodak is now becomming popular in labs. The question was if I had used D-76 with Delta. I haven't, but I haven't used D-76 since I first used HC-110. Delta film can be developed in just about anything and still produce very good results, but to take advantage of its extremely high sharpness, a developer that produces high accutance is best. Dilute, one-shot developers are best for that. PMK (Pyro-Metol-Kodalk) is even better.

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