helimat wrote:
madNbad wrote
When I returned to developing B&W at home, I used HC-110.Got great results with HC-110 and TMax but wanted to try something different when it was gone. For the last year it's been Tri-X in Rodinal. A love/hate relationship but I certainly learned a lot. Had a short experiment with Ilfotec HC. Tried it, just didn't like it. I"ve been wanting to try Xtol but not five liters of it. Adox has their version, XT-3, in one liter packages. None of the U.S. distributors has any in stock. I stumbled across a D76 clone made by The Film Photography Project. I hadn't used D76 since the Ford administration and it was available in one liter packages. Just to really test things, I did a 1+3 dilution for twenty minutes. The negatives are great! Easy to scan, so here are a few:
Lincoln City, Oregon
M4-2, Voigtlander 35 1.4 Nokton Classic SC V2, ND4 filter, Tri-X @ ISO 200, FPP-76 1+3; Initially I just scanned through the images, but having gone back and read the text I only now realize that this was a development trial. Looks really good! Love the contrast. I really need to experiment more with developing my own B&W.
I posted the same photos on Photrio and one of the moderators pointed out the 1+3 dilution of D76 was under Kodaks recommended strength for the amount of developer for each roll. Looking at the negatives, the edge markings are a bit faint. Reading through the D76 data sheet, two rolls of 135-36 can be developed in a single tank using a 1+1 dilution and adding ten percent to the developing time. I should have a few rolls ready for development soon and I'll try that method.