Response to Tech Pan Experience?

Hi Levin, if you are stuck with those developers I'd guess Perceptol in a compensating dilution (see Adams Negative). For TP, I use Technidol, which gives a full tone, but more often I use PMK Pyro with TechPan. It gives almost full tone, stretching the highs and the lows a bit but leaving the mids alone. For shooting people, Pyro gives an incredible skin tone if metered well in the first place, and highs are wild as well. Pyro creates a beautiful tan on some negatives, though in my own experience the effect with TP is minimal, but still beautiful. But Pyro is pretty crappy on your health, so I recommend you read all the directions/disclaimers(!!!) in Gordon Hutchings book first. Pyro is a good developer for every emulsion I have tried so far...and it's bloody cheap!!!

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