Permit me to suggest using Diafine developer. It's a two-part (Part A and Part B) developer.
It's not sensitive to temperature or time, as most developers are, so it removes two problems with tray processing.
You put the dry film in Part A and agitate very gently for four to five minutes.
Move the film to Part B and agitate in the same manner and for the same time.
Then stop bath, fix, and wash as with any other developer.
Use of PermaWash or similar hypo clearing product dramatically reduces washing time.
Also, do NOT use a presoak with Diafine, so that eliminates one tray in the process.
Diafine produces excellent gray scale and very fine grain; usable with any b&w film.
- Leigh
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