Generally the coffee stain produced a good contrast filter, such as the one produced by Pyro developers. I really loved the results in FP4, efke 100, J&Cpro100 but hated the result in Agfa APX400, very little details in the shadow and a too strong stain.
At the same time I was playing with P.Gainer's ascorbic developers (spring/summer 2004) so I decided that nothing could be lost in adding some ascorbate to the developer. To my surprise the stain was gone (almost) and the shadow detail was boosted.
The negatives were even easy to print, and DonaldQualls confirmed my results, after that he came with the Low-Contrast version (LC) and so forth.
That said I'm no chemist but chemical engineer (yes a geek by any count)
Originally Posted by KungPOW
1. thanks, yes the prints I had done do show less grain. Even at 4x6 the prints show great detail.
2. I'm using the jar of Folgers shown in the photo. I need to use it up somehow..
3. Thanks for this advice on order. I'll give it a try next time.
4. You added the ascorbic acid? I'll guess that with a handle like Titrisol, you are a chemest?
5. I don't have any other scans other then C41 processed film. Maybe someone could help out and post a 100% crop of tri-x 400?