Hello:
I'm contact printing my first 8x10 negs onto Lodima soon, and am trying concoct an Amidol developer with robust contrast and a cool to neutral tone. I'd like to use benzotriazole completely (no bromide), but have no idea how much to use as a starting point, as almost all formulas use bromide, so I have no reference. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how much benzo. I should start with?
Otherwise I'm using Michael Smith's developer as a base (since it's his paper), with maybe a little extra Amidol to cool it town, so I'll try:
With 1L of water:
Sodium Sulfite - 30g
Citric acid - 3g
Benzotriazole - ____???
Amidol - 10g
Fein's amidol has .8g of benzo, but the loads of citric acid and sulfite in that formula probably introduce a lot of other variables, so I'm reticent to use that as a starting point.
Suggestions?
Thanks!