Maybe this is a stupid question. Won't be my first. I'm wondering if there is a film developer that might be perceived as a standard, much as Dektol is for a print developer? Maybe it is D76. Here's the issue. I have done a lot of developer testing of my own brews in the past year and a half on HP5+. I'd like to compare the developer to a 'standard'. It would be nice so that in description, I could say 'it has more of this and less of that' than the standard. It would be good so that I can tell if all my work was worth it or for nothing.
I've read other descriptions of developers and people say it is better than DD-X and worse than pyroX. But I haven't tried DD-X (the X must stand for Xpensive) and I've only used one pyro. There are comparisons to all kinds of things, but a good, clear, analytical description is hard to come by and a comparison to some "standard developer" is as well. I'm considering something like PC TEA, as I have these chemicals and it is well respected and easy to make.
OK, thanks for looking. Sorry for the trouble.
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