>>3921936>>3921946My developer was exhausted which might have been causing the issues.
I've just tried a test shot with fresh developer and it's like night and day. I'm not sure if tired developer has been the cause all along, because I've been getting red/purple in the shadows since about the start. Maybe originally it was just me not developing properly, and that got replaced by bad developer. Probably done about 10 real batches, with a bunch of test strips in between over about 2 months, so my 1st batch of dev being used up sounds about right.
Results from this are encouraging though. Not a hint of shadow cast; in fact colors are very true to life.
>>3921990Yes, QWD kit.