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Monobath Film Developing
If I could take a good picture, I would take one every time.
-Robert Doisneau
The ability to develop and fix film in one operation is appealing. It eliminates the need for separate stop and fixing baths, and for hardening solutions. Moreover, it does not require precise timing of development and decreases the effect of variations in agitation, temperature, and other processing conditions. A monobath is a single solution that combines the actions of development and fixation in this manner.
Solutions of this type were first proposed in 1889, but only relatively recently have the difficulties associated with their formulation been overcome. The main problem has been the loss of emulsion speed that results when the exposed ...
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