Len Middleton
4-Sep-2009, 09:10
Background first. I got a bunch of surplus B&W chemicals from my brother. He no longer does wet darkroom work, and got these chemicals from someone else.
Part of it was a number of foil packs of Kodak D-19 developer. It says on the outside of the package "A high contrast developer for scientific, technical, and aerial photography". Looking at the Kodak web site and their B&W chemistry matrix, it shows it as higher contrast and increase in graininess, but recommends none of its current films (on the matrix) with it.
Those comments confirm the very brief description ("high-contrast developer") in the appendix of "The Manual of Photography" (formerly "The Ilford Manual of Photography"), 7th edition.
Is this a speciality developer intended for lith or X-ray film, or has time and the market passed it by?
Does it have any use anymore, and if so with what film?
Thanks, I appreciate the insight that the combined knowledge that this forum provides,
Len
Part of it was a number of foil packs of Kodak D-19 developer. It says on the outside of the package "A high contrast developer for scientific, technical, and aerial photography". Looking at the Kodak web site and their B&W chemistry matrix, it shows it as higher contrast and increase in graininess, but recommends none of its current films (on the matrix) with it.
Those comments confirm the very brief description ("high-contrast developer") in the appendix of "The Manual of Photography" (formerly "The Ilford Manual of Photography"), 7th edition.
Is this a speciality developer intended for lith or X-ray film, or has time and the market passed it by?
Does it have any use anymore, and if so with what film?
Thanks, I appreciate the insight that the combined knowledge that this forum provides,
Len