What is your favorite developer for Acros sheets?

[Songyun]

And developing time. There are not many information on digitaltruth for sheets.

[Roger Thoms]

I'm wondering the same thing, just exposed 8 sheets. Was thinking of trying Pyrocat HD, any thoughts?

Roger

[polyglot]

For sheets I don't know but it should be the same emulsion... and I've shot a lot of 120 Acros.

My favourite devs for it are Rodinal 1+50 (huge resolution, sharp grain) and Xtol 1+1 (ultra smooth, good speed even with rotary dev). D76 is OK unless you want to do rotary development, in which case you lose at least a stop of speed.

[Jay DeFehr]

Hypercat II is very good. According to Ryota Itoh, times are different for different formats. Here's what he wrote me in a message:


Ryotah Itoh:

I modified your recipe. Instead of sodium carbonate for solution B, I use potassium carbonate. This is same as Pyrocat-HD you know. Conditions about film development were described below;

Dilution: A:B: water = 1:1:100

Temp: 24C

Time:
8 min 30 sec. for Neopan 100 ACROS (135 film)
7 min for Neopan 100 ACROS (120 roll)
5 min for Neopan 100 ACROS (4x5 sheet)

Agitation: 30times for 1 minute initial, 4times for 8 sec/min


I can't argue with his results.

[Songyun]

what is your development time for sheets with xtol 1+1?

For sheets I don't know but it should be the same emulsion... and I've shot a lot of 120 Acros.

My favourite devs for it are Rodinal 1+50 (huge resolution, sharp grain) and Xtol 1+1 (ultra smooth, good speed even with rotary dev). D76 is OK unless you want to do rotary development, in which case you lose at least a stop of speed.

[Tony Evans]

+ for Rodinal 1+50, 13.5 mins, inversion.

[tgtaylor]

I rotary process Acros in Xtol 1:1 for 9.75 minutes @ 68F.

Thomas

[Ari]

I like HC-110, dilution H, 9 minutes at 21˚C.

[ROL]

Hypercat II is very good. According to Ryota Itoh, times are different for different formats. Here's what he wrote me in a message:



I can't argue with his results.

5 minutes seems incredibly skimpy for any film/developer combination aimed at fine art work. Barely longer than a presoak and little to no room for contraction. :confused:

[Jay DeFehr]

5 minutes seems incredibly skimpy for any film/developer combination aimed at fine art work. Barely longer than a presoak and little to no room for contraction. :confused:

There are many options for increasing development time, including:

Decreased developer concentration

Decreased agitation frequency

Decreased processing temperature

Or some combination of the above.

I don't think there's any important correlation between development time and artistic content. Mr. Itoh's work speaks for itself, and I've developed films as quickly as 45 seconds without compromising image quality.

[Renato Tonelli]

X-TOL 1+1
7 min at 68F/20C
Full box speed

[Mark Woods]

Do any of you do Stand developing?

[Tony Evans]

Yes (Semi), Rodinal 1+100, Inversion, First 60 secs then 1 each at 15, 30 & 45 mins.

[polyglot]

what is your development time for sheets with xtol 1+1?

9:00 (rotary) at 20C for rolls. I've never shot Acros in sheets because it's unusually expensive for a B&W emulsion despite being interestingly cheap in 120. When I need good reciprocity for LF night shots, I just use TMY2.