Recommended B&W Developers for Niitrogen Gas 4X5 Tanks

[bob carnie]

We used D76 or ID11, I still use ID11 when not using PMK

[Jim Noel]

At the college we used D-23 which was replenished after each set of film. The developer was changed only at the beginning of each semester.

[Tin Can]

I have been using only Rodinol 1 shot for nearly a decade

I use 4-Up 4X5 hangers X 4, so 16 is possible

I use compressed air as Rodinol is one shot, 1/100. TF5 Fixer same air, no N2 needed for stop or TF5

Covered tanks, next winter I will be using smaller 5X7 tanks

Here is my very short gas bursting youtube

Calumet Arkay Tanks Gas Burst youtube

Thanks for all the comments. I tried HC110 a couple of years ago and wasn't happy with the results plus the fact there was no source of a replenisher. I have some old D76 and D76R but it eneded up being to old and the D76 chemistry would not completely dissolve and remained cloudy. I have some old cans of DK50 and replenisher and I might that give that a go or the 5L XTOL which the Camera Store has in stock. The Gas Burst tanks that I have allow processing of 4X5 or 5X7 film but take about 4.5L of chemistry. I have a lot of film and intend to shoot as much of it as I can this year so that is why I am digging the Gas Burst tanks out. I processed 18 sheets of 4X5 yesterday 6 sheets at a time on Kodak Tanks but doing 12 sheets at a time seems like a way of saving a lot of time. I am not familiar with Pyrocat so I hadn't have that developer as an option but I will look into it.