Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know if it's still around, but my favorite developer for Tri-X and FP4 was Edwal FG-7. I used it diluted 1:15 with (distilled) water for 400 E.I. and with a 9% solution of sodium sulfite for 800 E.I. For Panatomic-X (my favorite film) I used Rodinal 1:100 or 1:50 depending on subject contrast range. And all my processing was by inspection. The developing times were usually consistent, but I just enjoyed seeing that there was an image before fixing. I noticed that developers oxidized faster in storage when the makers switched from amber glass bottles to plastic, so by inspecting I could compensate for the lessened strength, or mistakes in exposure. -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt