Neutol?

[Stephanie Brim]

I assume that this can be found again since Rodinal can be found. Can someone point me in the right direction? If I can't find it, what's the best alternative to Neutol Plus for a beginning printer?

 

[Gerald Koch]

While the A&O version of Rodinal appears to be available now in the US, other Agfa chemicals such as Studional do not seem to be imported at present.

 

[srs5694]

Note that there are several different developers in the Neutol line. You specifically mentioned Neutol Plus. Is there any specific reason you want this developer? If it's because it's a phenidone/vitamin C (PC) developer, you could look into the Silvergrain Tektol developers. There are also several mix-it-yourself PC print developers, such as DS-14, which is predecessor of Tektol Standard. If you like something particular about the way Neutol Plus works, please elaborate.

 

[nworth]

"AAF" is a key. It stands for Army Air Forces, dating the paper to before 1947 and after 1942. By 1945, the Army was using Kodak Resisto (an early resin coated paper) for contact prints from aerial film, so this is probably earlier. The loss of contrast may simply be due to age. Resisto was similar to Azo, which is a simple chloride emulsion. This too may be an Azo variant. You might try some benzotriazole in the developer to see if the tone and contrast improves a bit.

 

[Ole]

"AAF" is a key. It stands for Army Air Forces, dating the paper to before 1947 and after 1942. By 1945, the Army was using Kodak Resisto (an early resin coated paper) for contact prints from aerial film, so this is probably earlier. The loss of contrast may simply be due to age. Resisto was similar to Azo, which is a simple chloride emulsion. This too may be an Azo variant. You might try some benzotriazole in the developer to see if the tone and contrast improves a bit.

I think your mouse has slipped a bit here. I think I know where your reply was supposed to have gone, but I can't find it right now. Besides I'm off to a wine-tasting in just a few minutes...

 

[nworth]

Ole:

Your right. I don't think it was my mouse, but this certainly went to the wrong place. The right place disappeared for a while, but now I found it again. Thanks.