Post #1777394
2026-04-17 15:44 UTC
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D-76 was also the developer that Kodak recommeded "for panchromatic negatives and variable density sound negatives" made from their motion picture film stocks. That's right, the negatives for many classic Hollywood movies were developed in this stuff. Every manufacturer of b&w films to this day provides recommended times for developing their films in D-76.
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@bosak@flx.masto.host 2026-04-17 15:45
5/ D-76 is best diluted 1:1 and used as a one-shot. It's cheap and available in powdered form from multiple suppliers. At 1:1, a gallon of stock will process 32 rolls of film, an ambitious shooting goal for the six months that the stock will last. (In commercial studios of the past, D-76 was used as the regular developer and kept continuously active through the periodic addition of a replenisher, D-76R.) It's also easy to mix up from scratch, but there's really no reason to bother.