MPerson Posted January 24, 2013 Share #1 Posted January 24, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Before Christmas I was trying to locate Diafine and had an interesting conversation with Matt at Ag Photographic. He told me about a new developer he will be stocking made by Spürsinn Germany. Well last week I received Matt's newsletter saying it was now in stock. I emailed Spürsinn to try and get some more info and the instructions in English Today I a replyl from Michael Weyl at Spürsinn with the instructions in English. Also some advice for me as I use an ATL-1500 autoprocessor but guess it will also apply to all rotary style development: "It's possible to use HCD in rotary developing process – but only the part with HCD-2. Please don't use HCD-S (start process) in rotation. You can start with HCD-S by hand and use in second process HCD-2 by rotation. Even the ultra-short-time-development (extreme pull development – example Ilford HP5 + @ ISO 25) can not developed with rotation. By rotation you need 10% up to 15% less development time, as specified in data sheet. Please test it, because rotations speed is crucial. Orient them on the highlights." The instructions are comprehensive and cover most films. The developer can be used as a two bath or you can just use the second part. I have put the PDF on my server for those that might be interested. Spürsinn HCD-S & HCD-2 Developer - English Instructions I have heard of the Spürsinn range of developers and papers before but anyone here used them? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Hi MPerson, Take a look here Spürsinn Developer available in UK. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
250swb Posted January 25, 2013 Share #2 Posted January 25, 2013 Thank you for posting that. The .pdf makes an interesting read, and it looks very interesting, I think I'm going to have to order some! Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPerson Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted January 25, 2013 At some point I will have to try TriX at 51200 asa! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted January 25, 2013 Share #4 Posted January 25, 2013 At some point I will have to try TriX at 51200 asa! You have just got to, just to see what happens! Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPerson Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share #5 Posted January 28, 2013 Some examples on the Spürsinn blog. Interesting, especially the Efke/Adox 100 @ 1600. The Tri-X @ 3200 is good too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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