dektol on my film

[pellicle]

Hi

was busy talking yesterday while loading the caps for my tubes with D-76. On of my sheets ended up really really dense (like wow, I've never seen ADOX this dense), I chalked this up to my mistake in metering on that sheet ... anyway, this morning I notice that one of the empty containers had the label dektol on it ... so I thought "sheet, did I put dektol on my sheet?"

I keep my developers in the same shaped glass bottles, but have labels in masking tape on them to tell them apart (and the dates mixed) ... if it was dektol (neat) no wonder it was so dense

just wondering however, does anyone have any experience using dektol on film? I mean a good experience?

 

[Ian Grant]

There's a thread about processing film in Dektol, D72 was originally designed as a film developer, but it's not fine grain and goes back to a long past way of working where plates & sheet films where processed to higher densities & contrasts.

Highly dilute it's said to be not too abd with modern films where the grain is more an inherent factor of the film & less affected by developer.

Ian

 

[Rick A]

I use Dektol to develope C-41 film all the time, I find it boosts the contrast. Be forewarned, I use it very diluted, and very old to the point that its blacker than espresso(worse than 'old brown').

Rick

 

[mts]

I used Dektol for sheet film many years ago--for films like Super Panchro Pan X in 4x5 exposed with flash. Dektol was a favorite for press photography where high contrast was important and grain was not. These older films responded well to Dektol diluted 1:2, although DK-50 was usually better and preferable giving slightly lower gamma. In response to your question, Dektol/D-72 was used quite a lot for film years ago (late 50s and early 60s). As film speeds increased and press quality improved from newspaper to magazine reproduction, D-76 pretty much replaced Dektol for film.

 

[Konical]

Good Afternoon,

Dektol, diluted about 1:15, works well for producing Kodalith continuous-tone positive transparencies from B & W negatives.

Konical

 

[removed account4]

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

at the end there is a link to images processed in dektol ...

have fun!
john

 

[pellicle]

John

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

at the end there is a link to images processed in dektol ...

have fun!
john

the link seems to be no longer working (the one at the end) but I've read enough that I think I'll experiment a little here ... probably start with a roll of 120, cut into strips and try develop it in different times to 'see'

thanks everyone!