Arista/Foma in PMK Pyro

[Kenj8246]

This sculpture detail taken with a Cambo 45 on Arista EDU Ultra 100 4X5 @ 50. Developed in PMK Pyro 1+2+50 for 10:50 @ 68 degrees.

Vietnam Veteran's memorial by kenj8246, on Flickr

Kenny

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I've used PMK with Fomapan 100 in 120 size with great results. The Foma films stain nicely, and the 100 looks very similar to Ilford FP4 when both are developed in PMK, the main difference being that FP4 is faster. I get EI-40 from Fomapan 100 and EI-80 from FP4.

Fomapan 100, 120 size, EI-40, developed in PMK 1+2+100 for 8 minutes at 75 degrees.

 

[x-ray]

Beautiful tonality!

 

[Kenj8246]

Chris, I'd not used this 1+2+50 before but figuring it's less dilute than the 1+2+100, I adjusted my agitation to 2 or 3 inversions every 30 seconds and it seems to work okay. My negs seem to take longer to dry, though, because of the relatively prolonged final wash. No big deal really.

Kenny