Response to Gainer's Vit-C developer

I am also not fond of fixing Rodinal by adding something and telling people around "it worked well."

So Mr Gainer, let's fix your formulae :-)

The original formula I vaguely remember is metol, ascorbic acid and carbonate version. I see that is kinda buffered version of FX-1 or maybe Agfa/Ansco 45 or dilute DK-50 without sodium sulfite. (many people dilute DK-50 like A+B+water of 1+3+4 or 1+4+5)

But the version Ted Kaufman reported above is like a fine grain developer without any sulfite. (Depending on the amount of hydroxide this may behave more like metaborate or carbonate buffer version.)

So, how do you describe the difference in terms of image quality? Are they intended to be the same? Do you see any benefit of additional sodium sulfite of about 25g/liter?

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