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I repeat the MeCD4 formula here:
Bath A
Metol...............................1g
Sodium Sulfite anh..........35g
Color developer CD-4......4g
Sodium Metabisulfite........1g
Water to............................1L
Bath B
Sodium Sulfite anh............35g
Sodium Carbonate anh......30g
Water to..............................1L
Develop 3m +3m 25C, correct the time for other temperatures, I use the Ilfordphoto chart.
Agitate in Bath A 2 inversions every 30s
Agitate in Bath B 2 inversions at start and 2 inversions at half time only.
MeCD4 flattens the S curve of the Aviphot films to some extent giving EI=200 for Aviphot 200 and EI=80 for Aviphot 80.
Hello Raghu, as of 5 March 2022 it is too early to say. I have only developed 3 films in the latest batch of MeCD4 which is 2 months old. However the capacity of the related Emofin was 15 films. If it is found that more density is wanted for silver printing, I suggest that the times in A and B baths be increased as indicated in post 173.
Thinking about whether the original use of Aviphot could be any clue:
The lower contrast of the aerial shots is not mainly due to the inherent low contrast of the subject, but rather because of aerial perspective (humidity in the air the accumulates density even over a few hundred meters) and the absence of big shadow areas that has to be discernible.
We can’t do much about the shadows, outside of fill flash for close range.
But what we can do, is to simulate “fog” with flashing or latensification.
My humble experience with silver nitrate hypering, points to that flashing (chemical or physical) actually works very well for this film.
The combined result is a modest speed increase and normalized contrast.
It might also be worth looking into how the original very short high temperature development scheme works.
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