Re: [Rollei] Rodinal

[Mark Rabiner <mark >]

On 7/1/04 11:24 AM, "Bob Shell" <bob  > wrote:

> 
> On Thursday, July 1, 2004, at 01:44  PM, Dennis Purdy wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I have never heard of DDX.  Is that generally on the shelf at the
>> photo store?  Would you have a formula for it by chance?
>> Thanks Dennis
>> 
>> 
> 
> It's a standard Ilford product which comes in one liter bottles.
> Actually the formal name is Ilford Ilfotec DD-X.  I get mine by mail
> order from B & H or Adorama since local shops don't carry any darkroom
> stuff to speak of any more. No, I don't know the formula. You can
> download the info sheet as a pdf file here:
> 
> www.ilford.com/html/us_english/pdf/ilfotecd.pdf
> 

To be a devils advocate it is a basic Phenidone developer not interestingly
different than HC110 or the other Ilford products available.
I only mention this because it is supposed to be Ilfords answer to Xtol
which they dredged up from some stuff they were only making available to big
pro processors. There is no "newer technology" involved. Certainly no major
development like ascorbic acid is now thought to be by a lot of folks.
Certainly me.
Not that it has to be superadditive with Phenidone as it is in Xtol.
I'm more excited about it with Metol/Elon.
In other words: a tab of vitamin C in your d76. Shaken not stirred.
And 1:2 not 1:1.
I used to do my d76 at 1:2 not one to one. As also did my friends in
college. Peer group pressure. But a lot more sharpness to make up for the
slight increase in grain.
Then I came to Portland and everyone I knew as using HC100 as the rumor was
out Ansel was.





Mark Rabiner
Photography
Portland Oregon
http://rabinergroup.com/

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