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Two-Bath Development: Exposure and Development Strategy for Scanning.

The article presents information on film development using the two-bath development procedure. The theory and history of the two-bath development are discussed. Particular focus is given to two two-bath formulas, Diafine and Ansel Adam's Divided D-23. Experimental procedure and results from tests on...

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Published in:View Camera Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 50 - 56
Main Author: King, Sandy
Format: Article
Published: View Camera Magazine Jul/Aug2008
Subjects:
Photography developing & developers
Photographic chemicals
Photographic processing
Photographic negatives
Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984
Photographic film
Photographic equipment
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article presents information on film development using the two-bath development procedure. The theory and history of the two-bath development are discussed. Particular focus is given to two two-bath formulas, Diafine and Ansel Adam's Divided D-23. Experimental procedure and results from tests on the two products are also presented. As a conclusion, the author stated, that the process of the two-bath development guarantees the highlights will not be blown out, even in scenes having extreme contrast.