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Response to Gainer's Vit-C developer

from Ted Kaufman (writercrmp@aol.com)
Haven't seen any streaking. Last night I mixed up another batch, this time dividing the developer ingredients (metol and l-ascorbic acid) and the alkaline activators (NaOH and borax) to use it as a A + B type developer.

I then went out and shot on a foggy night here in NYC. Many shots were of bright lights reflected across the East River and culminating with a dazzling array of Christmas lights arranged through a grove of trees. Both situations were extremely contrasty.

I tried developing the film using 1/2 the required A component with the full B amount. This was, in effect, approximately equal to D-76 1:3. I used a three minute agitation cycle, instead of one minute intervals, and I increased my development time by 80%. I used Acros film in 35mm in a standard SS tank.

I have not printed the results yet, but the negatives look very good. This procedure provided excellent compensation with minimal speed loss, and most importantly, no streaking. I read about the streaking problem right after I finished developing the film. So either I was lucky or the streaking problem is not a consistent problem. I will, however, watch for it, but so far, I'm still extremely pleased and impressed with this developer, especially now that it is in two parts, which extends its shelf-life and versatility.

(posted 8219 days ago)

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