{"id":9724,"date":"2013-05-26T15:10:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T21:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jbhphoto.com\/blog\/?p=9724"},"modified":"2018-08-22T12:07:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T18:07:50","slug":"pyro-staining-film-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/26\/pyro-staining-film-developer\/","title":{"rendered":"PYRO STAINING FILM DEVELOPER"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jbhphoto.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/26\/pyro-staining-film-developer\/pchd01\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9738\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9738\" src=\"http:\/\/jbhphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PCHD01.jpg\" alt=\"PyroCat HD\" width=\"171\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PCHD01.jpg 356w, https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PCHD01-123x150.jpg 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a>I had written about my experiments with Pyro Staining Developers back in October of 2010, and that should make it very clear that I have chosen my favorite film developer.\u00a0 Take a look at my previous post, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jbhphoto.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/03\/the-pyro-cat-is-out-of-the-bag\/\" target=\"_blank\">THE PYRO-CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG<\/a><\/span>.\u201d\u00a0 Of all of the Pyro Staining Developers I tested, PyroCat-HD by Sandy King has proven to be, hands down, the best of the best.\u00a0\u00a0 If you are seriously looking for the finest all-around film developer, I would strongly suggest you take a serious look into PyroCat-HD. <\/p>\n<p>Sandy King has done his research and formulated an excellent developer.\u00a0 Also, he has a new web site that is outstanding.\u00a0 I was pleased to find that he has a section dedicated to his technical writings which contains his original article on Pyro Developers.\u00a0 If you are seriously thinking about working with Pyro Developers, I would highly recommend you take a look at the article,\u00a0 \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sandykingphotography.com\/resources\/technical-writing\/pyro-staining-developers\" target=\"_blank\">AN INTRODUCTION TO PYRO STAINING DEVELOPERS, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE PYROCAT-HD FORMULA<\/a><\/span>&#8221; by Sandy King. <\/p>\n<p>There is no need for me to go into the details of my experiments with Pyro Developers since I have covered what I learned in my previous BLOG post.\u00a0 I would also recommend the above mentioned article by Sandy King, which covers a lot of what you need to know about Staining Developers.\u00a0 All I can add is that\u00a0 PyroCat-HD is the only developer we now use.\u00a0 Maybe you should try it yourself? <\/p>\n<p>JB<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had written about my experiments with Pyro Staining Developers back in October of 2010, and that should make it very clear that I have chosen my favorite film developer.\u00a0 Take a look at my previous post, \u201cTHE PYRO-CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG.\u201d\u00a0 Of all of the Pyro Staining Developers I tested, PyroCat-HD byContinue reading &rarr;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,11,12,9],"tags":[15,33,16,18,50,45],"class_list":["post-9724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-darkroom","category-film","category-how-to","category-photography","tag-darkroom-2","tag-darkroom-formulas","tag-film-photography","tag-jb-susan-harlin","tag-pyrocat-hd","tag-pyrocatechol","no-thumb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PYRO STAINING FILM DEVELOPER<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Of all of the Pyro Staining Developers I tested, PyroCat-HD by Sandy King has proven to be, hands down, the best of the best. 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