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OK, did some searching and Obsidian Aqua is a compeletly different beast to D76. For starters its a staining developer.
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It isn't Clive. It's the same developer. D76 is Kodak's name for it, ID11 is ILFORD's name for it.
richard Last edited by richardw; 9th April 2014 at 12:09 AM. |
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I mix 510-PYRO as per Jay DeFehr's instructions. See attached pdf richard |
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Thanks muchly
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I mixed up some 510-Pyro and found it to deliver rather low film speed (1 stop slower than any other developer I had ever tried).
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I think there are some very subtle differences in the chemical makeup these days but yes they are essentially the same except the D76 seems to be a lot cheaper.
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I seem to remember reading there is some minor difference between ID11 and D76, evident because one comes in a single packet and the other comes in two parts. One of these days I need to get round to using either. Anyone know if there's any marked difference between the results from them compared to DDX?
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Personally I think DDX is best suited to very fine grain films where you want to add a tad of subtle grain. With old style filmS DDX is a tad too grainy for me. Best suited to T-Grain films.
DDX will give full film speed + maybe a third stop. D76 doesn't give that little xtra speed and I'd say a tad less grain. Also D76 doesn't get off the toe so quick as DDX. But as usual YMMV and you should test yourself. |
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Thinking that an Ilford chemist would surely know which was their best developer, I bought an expensive bottle of DDX only to discover what Argentum has said, above, i.e. it gives quite grainy results.. So it turns out that it is actually quite different to ID11 (and D76). So much for Ilford chemists! To be fair to Mr. Butcher, he was using it with 120 FP4, and I used it with 35mm Tri X.... I didn't buy any more. Alan |
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I think DDX was developed (sic) because the delta t-grain films require an extra kick to lift the toe up. Without that kick you can lose maybe a stop of film speed if you are looking to achieve good shadow separation. So with a t-grain film using ID11/D76 you won't get nearly as much film speed as you would with DDX but at the cost of some extra grain.
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