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With "modern" commercial B&W developers, this is all true. However, pyro (in various forms) is still available, still used by some photographers who prefer the
by i_am_proteus 4y ago
With "modern" commercial B&W developers, this is all true.
However, pyro (in various forms) is still available, still used by some photographers who prefer the results they get with it, and still quite toxic. You do have to go out of your way to find it, though.
- musictubes 4y agoI loved my pyro developers! Loved both PMK and the really old school versions as well. And yes, those are nasty but as you say they are really rare. I also think the raw materials are much more dangerous than working solutions. PMK was heavily diluted to make a working solution.
- i_am_proteus 4y agoPyro does give some very sharp results! Although these days, HC-110 does everything I need and it lasts forever on the shelf, so my pyro days are past me.