Best developer for Tri-X 400?

I would much appreciate your comments on using TMax or HC100 developer for
the Tri-X 400 film.
Thanks,
--
Eric

I only use TMax developer for TMax films.

I have found that Agfa Rodinal is an excellent developer for most B+W films.


"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

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

There is serious uncertainty about the correctness of the published
development times for 400TX in HC-110. See:
www.covingtoninnovations.com/hc110


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and (new) How to Use a Computerized Telescope

"Mister K" wrote in message
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I only use TMax developer for TMax films.

Which of course this isn't...

By the way, you may be missing something. Try D-76 or Xtol.

I have found that Agfa Rodinal is an excellent developer for most B+W
films.

It is a speed-reducing developer; expect an effective speed of 250 with
Tri-X.

Rodinal is great for reliability and reproducibility, but it is not very
much like the developers for which modern films are designed.

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
...
I would much appreciate your comments on using TMax or HC100 developer for
the Tri-X 400 film.
Thanks,
--
Eric

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

You mean HC110? The 'best developer' for this film does not exist. All
are different, with slightly different characteristics.

"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.

I think if it had been reformulated I would have heard about it, and I don't
recall such a development. I think what has happened is simply that people
are more satisfied using it as a general-purpose developer than they
expected.

HC-110 gives excellent reproducibility; that's its selling point. For
negative quality, depending on what you want, you could outdo HC-110 in
several different ways. As for me, I'm about to go develop some Neopan 400
in HC-110.

By the way, as I may have mentioned earlier, there are serious doubts about
Kodak's published times for 400TX in HC-110. Some experimentation may be in
order.

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Clear skies,

Michael Covington -- www.covingtoninnovations.com
Author, Astrophotography for the Amateur
and (new) How to Use a Computerized Telescope

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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The Improved Links Pages are at
http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html
A sample chapter from my novel "Haight-Ashbury" is at
http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html
"E Colar" wrote in message
...
I would much appreciate your comments on using TMax or HC100 developer
for
the Tri-X 400 film.
Thanks,
--
Eric

"E Colar" wrote in message
...
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.

Ah! The "half B" dilution, also called "dilution H" (not Kodak's name). I
independently started using that with Fuji Neopan recently, and it works
well. Development time is about twice that of dilution B.

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

It should be better in all respects except convenience. Possibly not much
better.

D-76 is the developer for which most films are designed.


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Clear skies,

Michael Covington -- www.covingtoninnovations.com
Author, Astrophotography for the Amateur
and (new) How to Use a Computerized Telescope

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 17:28:50 +0100, "E Colar"
wrote:
....


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

Thanks,
Eric
....

FWIW, I would think that more rolls of 35mm TRI-X have been developed
in D-76 than any other developer. Tri-X 35mm roll film and D-76 has
always been considered a classic combination. Whether or not you like
the combination is a mater of personal taste.



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