Re: dektol question

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I remember  seeing some concentrate D-76 bottles at one time but not 
anymore.

As for paper dev, I prefer Ilford or the Russell brand.

 
> 
> Yes, Dektol tends to be light brown, like others have said. And D76 is 
> definitely a film dev - and I've never seen it sold in anything other 
> than single packs of powder.  Dektol will oxidize rather quickly 
> compared to the Ilford/Agfa paper devs in my experience but sometimes 
> yields rather more sublte results w/fiber-based paper...espec as it 
> heads towards its exhaustion point. Many times I will stop and store my 
> dev at around the 50% of recommended capacity, and use that in next 
> session mixed w/fresh batch. This helped take out the overly stark 
> "snap" one sometimes gets from absolutely fresh paper dev.
> Norman
> 
> 


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