Spent the weekend testing two developers - 510 Pyro and Pyrocat PC.  The 510 Pyro surprised me, showing in the test negatives, the ability to handle scenes from below SBR4 to SBR 15 or so.  We'll see how that tests out in the field over the next couple of weeks.  The Pyrocat PC seemed to top out at about SBR 10.3.  Both of the tests were with Extreme Minimal Agitation, and both still gave rather short development times.  Some folks claim they allow their negatives to stand for a half hour to an hour.  My times are more in the 12-15 minute range, and the extreme contractions are more like 8 or 9 minutes. 

I found an advantage of my hugely heavy C-1 metal camera yesterday.  There were high winds and Jeff didn't even try to shoot, Doug made only one exposure.  They have nice, lightweight wooden cameras.  The heavy C-1 didn't blow in the wind.