Re: Too much testing going on?

OK Pat... Well, some interesting things have shown up in the testing...
Your article in Unblinking Eye stated that your original formula was about
as active as undiluted D-76... I'm finding that it takes a minimum of ten
minutes with either the metol or the phenidone in the original formula to
approach straight D76 at 6.5 - 7.0 minutes... (and the phenidone is a bit
denser than the metol in this formulation for the same time)
And I'm finding that the original formula is a stop faster than Borax B...
Does that match your later experience?

I'm beginning to wonder if the sodium ascorbate I bought locally is up to
snuff (C&L Health - California)...  The NOW brand ascorbic acid is the same
as you used so I assume we are seeing about the same activity in our
solutions...  I'm thinking of doing another clip test today with Borax B and
doubling the sodium ascorbate to see if it is a bit lacking in the levo
isomer, though this may bump the pH...  Thoughts?

Denny
oh yeah, I'm having a ball...  even if the identical test rolls aren't real
scenes :)

"Patrick Gainer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message but such
> things as compensation and some other fictions will show. The practical
> exposure, grain, acutance and so on will come from trial and error on
> real scenes.