Ben 4
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I'm about to try my hand at printing color negatives for the first time and am ready to order the chemicals. Like other black & white printers looking at color chemistry, I'm a little confused. Within the Kodak world, it looks as if my choices are Ektacolor RA Developer (which comes in a 1 gallon size) and Ektacolor RA RT Developer Replenisher (in 10 liter size). Kodak says that the first does not require a starter, but that the second does. Meanwhile I've read here that the developer starter is not absolutely necessary for one-shot tray or drum processing in the RA RT Developer Replenisher.
Is there any benefit at all in using the starter for one-shot home developing? Would it, for example, provide consistency between the RA RT Developer Replenisher and regular Ektacolor RA Developer should I decide to switch? Or between the current RA RT Developer and some future tweaked version? Or should I just forget about the starter altogether?
--Ben
Is there any benefit at all in using the starter for one-shot home developing? Would it, for example, provide consistency between the RA RT Developer Replenisher and regular Ektacolor RA Developer should I decide to switch? Or between the current RA RT Developer and some future tweaked version? Or should I just forget about the starter altogether?
--Ben