I'm a big fan of FP4+ in PMK Pyro - 12 mins @ 70F for enlarging on silver bromide papers, 13mins @75f for alt-process (Platinum, Azo, etc) papers.
As an aside, if anyone tells you Pyro developers are no good for fleshtones, they're smoking something.
It all depends on your application and tastes.
I do mostly landscape work. My biggest enlargements from 5x4 negatives are about 10x, so grain doesn't begin to enter the discussion. What I need, is speed. Hate to stand around waiting for the foliage to quit moving in the breeze...
My film is Tri-X, which I develop in XTOL 1:3, in a Jobo 3010 tank. An excellent combination.
Bruce Watson
Tri-X @ 200 in D-76 1:1 for 8-1/2 minutes.
Any 100 speed film in Divided D-23.
HP5+ in 510-Pyro or Hypercat; long, straight curve, full emulsion speed, no grain, excellent sharpness.
Jay
FP4, home brewed ID-11 (near enough), 1+2 in a Jobo. N+ and N- no problem, ace contrast, smooth as you like, and sharp.
thanks for all the suggestions guys. lots of interesting combinations here.
walter, i rate my fp4+ at 100. the solution used is 1:1:100 at 70 degrees in Combiplan tanks. constant agitation for the first 30 seconds, followed by slight agitation once a minute thereafter. slower development times were tested, but 13 minutes produced the best negs.
what are you doing to get results in 8:30? i suppose the difference could be your rotary tanks vs my dip and dunk?
---Scott
www.srosenberg.com
JIM, I agree with you.
What would make my ears wiggle is a chart showing the times and temperatures for every film brand in D76 and D76 1:1. Wow, that would be good! Anyone have such an animal?
By the way, since Kodak could not care less about black and white it might be prudent to download all their developing charts before they decide the data is "outdated" by digitial and remove it all.
"what are you doing to get results in 8:30? i suppose the difference could be your rotary tanks vs my dip and dunk?"
Yep, the rotary process must be it (plus the temp. I use 20c/68f). Sandy King in his article on unblinkingeye.com suggests 8 min for fp4 in rotary if I recall correctly.
I love Sandy's pcat hd and have used it alot. Here recently I've been using j&c 400 in wd2d+ 1.5: 2: 40 @ 70 degrees for 8:30 min. brush development. beautiful negs with a DR around 1.5
Film: 6000E-HS Digital Scanning Back
Developer: Adobe Photoshop CS2, development by inspection at 70 degrees, 2 minutes to 2.5 days, in Dell Dimension Desktop Towers
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