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Development Stats: Two reel stainless steel tank, inversion and twist agitation.
1. No Pre-soak
2. D23T (Barry Thornton Formula) SEE LINK ABOVE D23 PREP
3. Stop with water, four dumps.
4. Fix A TF-4, 3 minutes, agitation first 30 sec then for 10 sec every subsequent 30 seconds. Fix B TF-4, 2 minutes same agitation.
5. Wash 5, 10, 15, 20 second heavy agitation with rinsing between; gravity washer 20 minutes.
6. Hang and sprits with DI water
Densitometry - Measurements taken from center of negative using Macbeth TD-502.
Exposures - All test exposures were taken using a flat painted grey surface during normal film shooting.
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This is great for very high contrast scenes. I only made one test but clearly the split times can be modified to bring up contrast is desired. For a 1:0 without the second bath the max time will be about 12 minutes for an N development time.