Yes. That crossed my mind too. I would gladly pay a price for a copy of the formula.
I've used Harvey's almost exclusively since 2003. My current seasoned gallon is beginning to get quite long in the tooth (I've been using it for about 2 years now) and I'm thinking about mixing up a new one.
I have at least 4 one gallon packages but they're all at least 3 years old and I don't have any idea how long the powders last. The last time I corresponded with Fred DeVan he said that they should be ok but in case they're not I'll be looking to buy some more from Bluegrass. If anyone wants to get a custom order together I'm good for at least 2 four gallon cases.
Has anyone asked Bluegrass how much demand they would need to see to begin packaging it again?
I doubt that they'd do it, Jay. As an aside, the closest thing I've seen to it in a published formula that I've tried is Crawley's FX-2. In fact, it's so close that I'm sure 777 must have glycin in it, though Bluegrass swears that it doesn't.
There's been a lot of speculation on photo boards that Germain's is also close to 777 but I've never tried it.
Sal,
I mentioned it because Harvey's 777 developer was discontinued a while ago.
Wayne (venchka) verified that fact in post#11.
I was experiencing difficulty with Ilford DDX developer. Frequently getting blow out highlights. I began searching around for a developer that would match my personal method of exposing for the shadows and developing for the highlights.
The Unblinking Eye website published an article about Harvey's 777. When I inquired at Bluegrass, I was told that it was a proprietary formula that was mainly sold to commercial labs.
Shortly after that, Sandy King's Pyrocat-HD became available and I forgot about Harvey's 777.
Pyrocat-HD has been my developer of choice since that time.
Does anyone know if it's the same as what Photographer's Formulary offers? I was going to try this developer in the spring.
http://stores.photoformulary.com/-st...777/Detail.bok
Thanks.
John,
Thank you very much for brining this to me attention. I should have checked with them too. I just ordered it.
Roger
Hi Jim,
I doubt they'll do it, too. I have my own glycin-only developer (GSD-10) I'm happy with, and my own replenished superfine grain developer (Halcyon), too. I'm surprised you compare 777 to FX2; I thought 777 was a superfine grain developer like Edwal Super 20, etc., not an acutance developer. That's very interesting, because I've been surprised at the sharpness I get with Halcyon. Very interesting!
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