diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c46df87..fdc9d5a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ # A Breathless And Brief Introduction To Stand Development -**WARNING**: *What follows is for the advanced darkroom practitioner. - It is not for beginners and people should be well - acquainted with safety and good darkroom practices. - If you do not already have a least one film/developer - combination "dialed in", don't bother with any of this.* +**WARNING**: What follows is for the *advanced darkroom practitioner*. + It is not for beginners and people should be well + acquainted with safety and good darkroom practices. + Pyro, in it's various forms, is TOXIC and should be + handled with the utmost care and protection of eyes, + hands, clothing, in well ventilated settings. You + should be using a good lab apron or coat, nitrile + gloves, eye protection, and a lab grade respirator mask. + If you do not already have a least one film/developer + combination "dialed in", don't bother with any of this. **NOTE**: Please note that I periodically update this document with new findings. If you've already read it in the past, @@ -441,7 +446,7 @@ ## When Should You NOT Use These Techniques? With over a year's experience under my belt at this point, and having -tested many film/developer cominations across a variety of subjects, +tested many film/developer combinations across a variety of subjects, I've concluded that Semistand/EMA is a superior development strategy for many things. It yields full box ASA, protects the highlights from blowing out, and gives you snappy midtone local @@ -463,8 +468,8 @@ edge effects far more so than does the 1 midpoint agitation of Seminstand. Given a subject with a lot of midtone texture and local contrast, you might prefer Semistand with a film like Shanghai GP3 or -Tri-X. Of course, conventional development is always a thought if the -dynamic range of the scene can be properly managed. +Agfapan APX 100. Of course, conventional development is always a +thought if the dynamic range of the scene can be properly managed. ## Updates @@ -538,7 +543,7 @@ minutes then placed in the developer. It was initially agitated continuously for 2 minutes and then left to stand. At 31 minutes, another 15 seconds of agitation was applied. The film was removed -from developer at 60 () minutes and fixed/washed as usual. +from developer at 60 minutes and fixed/washed as usual. Findings: @@ -557,7 +562,7 @@ One of the test scenes has deep shadows in a building directly illuminated by late afternoon sun. There was probably something - like a 13-15 stop subject brighness range. Pycocat-HD would have + like a 13-15 stop subject brighness range. Pyrocat-HD would have handled those highlights just fine, but the super-dilute HC-110 yielded a thick, dense negative. It WAS printable and there WAS detail in the highlights, so the highlight exhaustion inherent in @@ -681,7 +686,7 @@ ## Copyright And Use -All content here is Copyright (c) 2021-2022 TundraWare Inc., Des Plaines, IL USA +All content here is Copyright (c) 2021-2023 TundraWare Inc., Des Plaines, IL USA Permission is hereby granted for non-commercial redistribution by any means so long as you agree to these conditions: