Although I have fairly happily settled on D-23 for film developing for several years since returning to the darkroom, I did some experiments with Patrick Gainer's Vic C developer over at the unblinking eye site, on the recommendation of a local LF photographer. He scans his negs and can deal with highlights much denser than I prefer. I was having trouble taming this very active developer, especially for N- developments, and did not see the speed and grain improvements he liked about it, so I didn't continue my efforts too far.
I'm curious as to whether others have tried either greater dilutions or other means with this developer to tame long ranges for silver gelatin printing.
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