Specialist black & white chemicals
for fine photographers
NEW!!! We now have ready the long-awaited successor
to Prescysol - the new 'EF' - extra fine and very sharp, and some very
interesting toners and paper developers. And we stock the Cromatek range
of filters and accessories!
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Hi Peter.
Used Prescysol for the first time yesterday
& am most impressed. Developed a 35mm. Delta
400, rated at 400 & exposed in a Ricoh GR
4 compact (an amazing lens!) for 10.5 mins,
water stop & Alkifix for 3 mins. The negs.
appear to be excellent (not had chance to print
any yet). They are very sharp, fine grained
with a remarkably even density. They have stained
well (better than Exactol),
having a delicate brown shade - quite unlike
the mess that Pyro makes. The negs. were exposed
under a wide range of conditions, from indoors
to bright sun on the seafront, yet the similarity
of the individual densities is amazing. I am
delighted with the results, and am puzzled by
Roger Maile's comments in "Mono" mag.
saying that he could not detect any great difference
between negs. developed in Prescysol, ID11 &
CM Pyro. I know which negs. will be the easiest
to print & give the best results! Well done
& keep up the good work - monochrome needs
people such as you. I will spread the good word
at our N.Wales Mono Group meeting next week.
Cheers, Geoff.
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Hi Peter,
It seems as if things are going
well for your prescysol. I also hope to
include its use in one of my future 'Printer's
Art' articles for B+W mag. The
trouble is if you use it correctly you don't need
much printing skill to get a decent print ;-)
I find the partial stand method
extremely useful for obtaining that flexible negative
that leads to easy printing. This developer
has everything I look for in a developer,
smoothness of tone, very fine grain and offers
sharpness to a high degree particularly if you
use the PS method of development.
Yes Peter I'm hooked.
Thank you for introducing me
to your excellent prescysol.
All the best,
Trevor.
PS. I need to do some N-2 development
using the PS method any ball park figures for
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Hi Peter,
I've just finished with my first test of your
remarkable developer. Needless to say I am very
impressed! The sharpness, fine grain and tonal
gradations are amazing. I have been very successful
extending the stand development with Ilford FP4+
to up to one hour without streaking. I diluted
the developer 1 1/4: 6 1/4 : 500, agitating for
the first 60 seconds, then for 30 seconds at the
halfway mark. For the 30 minutes development I
diluted the developer 2 1/2 : 12 1/2 : 500, and
agitated for 30 seconds at 15 minutes. ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL NEGATIVES! I was equally successful
using HP5 with the same times and dilutions. I
can't wait to try your Prescysol 'EF'.......I
just received your e-mail that you will be selling
Barry Thornton's products. Bravo!!! However,
I love your developer even more than his remarkable
Dixactol. In any event, thank you for
keeping monochrome alive and better than ever!
Steve Hart,
Brooklyn,
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