BIG FISH

    Dixactol experimenting.
    Portugese parade, Toronto

    Mamiya C330
    Kodak Tri-X
    Dixactol Ultra 2 part developer, 5 minutes each

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    1. alessianna (73 months ago | reply)

      Lovely tonal range!!!

    2. ektarama (73 months ago | reply)

      Thanks. I'm really enjoying Dixactol. It has a nice look and doesn't care what kind of film. It's great for a disorganized person like me. All I have to do is try to remember where the minute hand on the clock was when I started, and put the stuff in the can in the correct order.

    3. hagee (73 months ago | reply)

      Yes, great tonal range!
      Can Dixacol be compared with Diafine, which is also a two-step compensating developer?

    4. ektarama (73 months ago | reply)

      Thanks, hagee. I found Dixactol Ultra while researching Diafine. Dixactol is also two part, though the instructions say it can by used as a one step process by mixing the two. I got it here www.photoformulary.com/ and there is information in pdf if you search for Dixactol.
      I have not used Diafine, yet anyway, but the big difference that I know of is that Dixactol does not require pushing the film, and therefore produces a much less grainy negative. I rated the Tri-X at 400asa. The similarities that I know of are that it is not fussy about time or temperature, and one uses the same procedure regardless of film type. I just used 5 and 5 because that's what the instructions recommend as a starting place. The temperature was something like 73 degrees.
      I am looking for maximum tonal range without a lot of fuss and I think Dixactol Ultra really accomplishes that. It is not so suitable for Zone System because it requires experimenting with dilution, but I haven't gotten that far in photography anyway so that doesn't bother me.

    5. ektarama (73 months ago | reply)

      I just talked with the people at Photo Formulary, and they say that Dixactol Ultra works equally well as a one part developer when the two parts are mixed according to directions. This uses far less of the product so I will be trying that next.

    6. alessianna (73 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for the tip.
      Gonna try some ;)

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