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Crying! Any recommendations?

Edwardv

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I have three packages of Zone VI paper developers left. I am looking for a paper developer that will give me the same characteristics, including making the developer from scratch, ; and maybe a ratio of 1:3 dilution.

Thanks.
 
Edwardv said:
I have three packages of Zone VI paper developers left. I am looking for a paper developer that will give me the same characteristics, including making the developer from scratch, ; and maybe a ratio of 1:3 dilution.

Thanks.
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I use modified Ansco 103 (not a misprint, it's 103, not 130). I halve the amount of potassium bromide in 103 and and add 10 or 20 ml of 10% benzotriazole to the working solution. I like cold tones and strong blacks.
with Zone VI paper.
 
Ian Grant said:
So what's so special about it, how does it differ from standards like D72/Dektol or Bromophen.

Ian
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It gave very nice rich blacks and good separations of tone. Works best for graded papers and well for variable contrast papers. In addition, you got more chemistry use out of a gallon at 1:3 vs 1:2.
 
Edwardv said:
It gave very nice rich blacks and good separations of tone. Works best for graded papers and well for variable contrast papers. In addition, you got more chemistry use out of a gallon at 1:3 vs 1:2.
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Rich in what way, Blue black, warm tones, good separation ?

I ask because it appears it's quite a standard print developer, somewhere between Dektol & Bromophen, and easy to make up something very similar, just altering the Bromide level for greater warmth, or dropping it as Anscojohn suggests and adding Benzotriazole for a colder effect.

Ian
 
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