Response to Is Pyro good for full tonal range negs? and for these films...?

Never heard anything about the use of Pyro for "high contrast negs." But I use it for everything, primarily "pictorial, portrait, people." Not with the films you mention however; my favorites are Delta 100 & 400. The most tonally detailed developer I've ever come across, especially in the highlights, which have great separation and which are almost impossible to block. Shadow detail--which I love--is basically a function of exposure, not development; I usually rate my film lower than suggested on the box. See http://www.ravenvision.com/rvapeterearthscapes.htm for pictorial; http://www.ravenvision.com/rvafaceofaids.htm for portraits; http://www.ravenvision.com/rvapeterwinterspring99.htm for miscellaneous: everything but the female nude is Pyro. That said, I will also say that I have done superb work with HC-110 and Rodinal as well. Just a matter of learning a different technique. If I put 10 prints on the table and asked you to tell me which negs were developed in HC-110, which in Rodinal and which in Pyro, there's no way you could do it.

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