PMK ad Tri-X are a great combination for severe minussing. I have done up to/down to -5 and then burned the hightlights a little bit. Tri-X holds on to its local contrst the best of any film and I have tested several times over the last 25 years.
steve simmons
Last edited by steve simmons; 11-Oct-2006 at 08:53.
I learned extreme compensating development from Ray McSavaney who is a real master in the field as evidenced by his images from teh Royal Tire Factory.
Ray uses a simple pyrocatechol developer highly diluted. ALthough I have this formula, I would not like to pass it on without his permission. Instead, I would suggest Pyrocat diluted about 2-3 times as much as usual with semi stand develoment.
Jim
There is a great article in the July/August 2005 issue of View Camera magazine about minus development.
The author used dilute HC-110 or dilute Pyrocat-HD to capture up to 15 zones.
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