Best developer for Tri-X 400?

3 words;

HC110 Dilution B.

A magic combination better than the sum of it's parts.
Regards
JJ
"E Colar" wrote in message
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I would much appreciate your comments on using TMax or HC100 developer for
the Tri-X 400 film.
Thanks,
--
Eric

"John" wrote in message
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3 words;

HC110 Dilution B.

A magic combination better than the sum of it's parts.

What development time are you using? Kodak's recommended one is awfully
short and many of us think it's erroneous.

www.covingtoninnovations.com/hc110

E Colar wrote:
I would much appreciate your comments on using TMax or HC100 developer for
the Tri-X 400 film.

A lot of people love HC-110 dil B w/Tri-X. I don't have a lot of
experience with HC-110 and TX so I can't really comment on that.
Others have pointed out the issue with the suggested processing
time, so it's particularly important to test and adjust processing
time for desired negative contrast. Write down the processing
time you arrive at so you don't forget, since it may be tedious to
determine.

Between T-Max developer and D-76, I'd use D-76 1+1 one-shot.
It's a classic look.

For Kodak B&W films in general, my personal preference is
Xtol 1+1.

Dana

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:19:13 -0800, Dana Myers wrote:

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For Kodak B&W films in general, my personal preference is
Xtol 1+1.

What advantage does Xtol offer over D-76? (Genuine question, I'm about
to try Xtol for the first time, and I'd be interested in others'
experiences of it, compared with D-76/ID-11 for standard B&W films).

I wouldn't say it was the most popular. I suspect D-76 is the most common,
but I never got into it because mixing powders was never my forte - I have
skin allergies.

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"E Colar" wrote in message
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From your answers, it seems that HC-110 is the most commonly used
developer
for the Tri-X then.

True, the times are suspicious when using the B dilution: I have used a
1+19
dilution (european stock solution) and double the time, which so far gives
pretty nice results (compared to what I used to get with TMAX!). This
leads
to a longer time, easier to master and probably more reproducible results.


Some people use D76: any comments about this one, compared to HC110?

Thanks,
Eric


"Tony Spadaro" wrote in message
. com...
I used HC-110 for TriX for about 30 years, and it's an excellent
developer
for that film and many others. T-Max developer I never really got down
to
the point where it worked well with anythig except pushing T-Max 400 to
800
or 1600. and P3200 at 3200 and 64009even 12500 once but it was pretty
much
a
dismal failure). Back when it first came out, Kodak said T-Max developer
was
mainly for pushes - perhaps it's been reformulated since then.

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"E Colar" wrote in message
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I would much appreciate your comments on using TMax or HC100 developer
for
the Tri-X 400 film.
Thanks,
--
Eric

Andrew Price wrote:

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:19:13 -0800, Dana Myers wrote:

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For Kodak B&W films in general, my personal preference is
Xtol 1+1.


What advantage does Xtol offer over D-76? (Genuine question, I'm about
to try Xtol for the first time, and I'd be interested in others'
experiences of it, compared with D-76/ID-11 for standard B&W films).

In general, Xtol offers about 1/3 stop more real speed,
as well as less-apparent grain without the proportional
loss of sharpness one would normally expect. I use
dilute Xtol which improves sharpness slightly at a
slight grain penalty.

Your experience may differ.

Dana

"Andrew Price" wrote in message
...
What advantage does Xtol offer over D-76? (Genuine question, I'm about
to try Xtol for the first time, and I'd be interested in others'
experiences of it, compared with D-76/ID-11 for standard B&W films).

Higher true speed (hence more shadow detail); less grain; less water
pollution.

See www.covingtoninnovations.com/xtol .

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:32:11 -0500, "Michael A. Covington"
wrote:

What advantage does Xtol offer over D-76? (Genuine question, I'm about
to try Xtol for the first time, and I'd be interested in others'
experiences of it, compared with D-76/ID-11 for standard B&W films).

Higher true speed (hence more shadow detail); less grain; less water
pollution.

Thanks, Michael & Dana.

Iprefer D-76 1:1 or HC110 to TMAX. TMax developer is really a push
developer. If you need the extra speed that's fine