abram
Member
Hi guys,
I started doing my own home developing this past fall. Since I have a septic system and live near sensitive wetlands, I wanted to avoid putting any chemicals down the drain, which means that any used developer has to be stored and disposed of. And I don't want to be storing gallons and gallons of waste chemicals (my town only offers hazardous waste disposal once a year).
So I've been using Diafine, which has worked well for those purposes - I can reuse the same developer over and over again, and every 12 months or so it will be exhausted and I can set aside two 1-liter bottles for proper disposal.
The problem is, I'm really not happy with the look I'm getting from Diafine and Tri-X/HP5. It just seems to have a weird contrast curve and I don't like the way skin tones look. So I'd like to find something that gives more of a classic high-contrast look. But I don't want to be generating a lot of chemical waste, which rules out developers that get mixed fresh each time and then tossed. Any suggestions? Thanks!
I started doing my own home developing this past fall. Since I have a septic system and live near sensitive wetlands, I wanted to avoid putting any chemicals down the drain, which means that any used developer has to be stored and disposed of. And I don't want to be storing gallons and gallons of waste chemicals (my town only offers hazardous waste disposal once a year).
So I've been using Diafine, which has worked well for those purposes - I can reuse the same developer over and over again, and every 12 months or so it will be exhausted and I can set aside two 1-liter bottles for proper disposal.
The problem is, I'm really not happy with the look I'm getting from Diafine and Tri-X/HP5. It just seems to have a weird contrast curve and I don't like the way skin tones look. So I'd like to find something that gives more of a classic high-contrast look. But I don't want to be generating a lot of chemical waste, which rules out developers that get mixed fresh each time and then tossed. Any suggestions? Thanks!