Selectol Developer for Making a Contact Sheet

Video Transcript

"This is another popular paper developer. This is called Selectol soft and if you compare it to the Dectol this has more of a, it's not as a contrasty look to it. Some people actually combine both Dectol and Selectol so in a way you actually get the best of both worlds. It's called two bath developing. And later on I will talk about what a two bath developer does. But to make this developer you have to get the water, again, between 90 and 100 degrees Farenheit. Very important when you're pouring this in to your mixing container as well as the Dectol you want to stir. You want to make sure you get all the crystals completely stirred around so that they totally combine into the water and you don't have anything floating on top. That's bad. These developers are powder developers and they're just one of the many. There is plenty of developers out there. Some are called liquid developers or referred to as one shot developers where you just pour the liquid into the water and then you can begin printing. They're always a little more expensive and they tend to go bad faster. They arrate quicker. So again it's economics versus time and convenience. I tend to like these powder developers a little bit better. They usually cost about five dollars a pack and they last a long time."