To many variables - an alternative
All,
As a reader of this forum, as well as a reader of VC magazine I am less interested in the relative 'betterness' of one Pyro vs another Pyro vs any other developer. Doing a comparison test is a fruitless exercise as the results may apply to some - but inherently exludes others - those that use diferent films, process diferently or print using other materials
I propose that there be a series of articles one for each of the Pyro Developers.
- What is the base work flow that should be used. Pre-bath (y or n), Dev, Stop, Fix (type), Post Fix Bath (y or n), Wash (duration) etc...
- Any compensations for diferent developing methods (tray, brush, jobo, drums, etc...)
- Any compensations to get negatives that will work for diferent printing types (VC, Graded, Azo, UV)
- A chart with temp and dev times for the films available today
I think the purpose of an article on Pyro is to get folks to try the developers and see which ones work for them, and then allow them to refine their process or workflow to create the images they are happy with.
But heck this is just my opinion...
Steve