Black and white developer // one shot
Develops what you saw, not what you hoped
Halation No. 2 is a one-shot black and white developer mixed for kitchen-sink darkrooms. Fine grain, honest shadows, and numbers you can set a timer by.
Pick your stock, read your numbers
Dilution
1+31
Temp
20.0 C
Time
11:30
EI
400
- Warm the bath to 20.0 C and hold it there.
- Pour in one motion, start the clock as the tank fills.
- Agitate continuously for the first 30 s.
- Then invert four times at each minute mark, tap the tank twice.
- Stop, fix, and rinse as your stock demands.
Agitation rhythm
18.0 C13:0020.0 C11:3022.0 C10:1524.0 C9:05
What it is
A metol and ascorbate developer that keeps midtones long and grain tight. It is mixed for one-shot use, so every roll meets fresh chemistry and your times stay honest from the first tank to the last.
What it is not
It will not rescue a roll you metered wrong, and it does not pretend to. Push past EI 1600 and you are on your own, but here is where we would start: add forty percent to the push time and expect the shadows to thin.
Storage
Keep the concentrate cool, dark, and squeezed of air. An opened bottle holds six months and a sealed one holds twelve. If it pours the color of strong tea, mix a fresh batch and pour the old one out with respect.