I don't know if anybody is watching this or not. I did notice, and if you tried to mix, you'd notice, that the amidol amount was off by a factor of 10x. It has been changed from 40 to 4 grams of Amidol in 100cc PG.
Although I don't use this developer much, for certain things I like it very much. It is good for pushing film to higher than normal contrast levels. It produces a lot of contrast in the shadows without blowing out the highlights. I believe with different dilutions, there is still much to be discovered about this developer. I'd also like to add a little restrainer, either potassium bromide or BZT. This should clear the base a bit and maybe allow for even greater development.
Also, since I originally designed this developer, I'm using a lot of Ilford FP4+. I'd like to try some of that with this developer.
As a side, while looking around the web for other pyro-amidol film developers, I found this patent:
patent 2877116, Dickerson dev, AF.
More later. EW
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