----- Original Message ----- From: gfen Subject: Re: Home developing -- details, details
> I think I'm in way over my head, these days. I actually thought I had teh > basics pretty well laid out, but its becoming clear that I do not. > > If someone here would be kind enough to offer a suggestion or two as to > what you use, I'd be much oblidged. As I've shared before, I've been using > Sprint Systems' developer, which they claim is a match for ID-11 and D-76. > I've been using it 1 part of developer to 9 parts of water, as per > manufacturer's suggestion, and using their times, as well. Hi Glen, I have pretty much settled on HC:110 for the Jobo, and Ilford ID-11 for inversion. As a general purpose developer, you can't go wrong with either of them. I haven't tried X-Tol, though if Tom keeps raving on, I might have to. I did some pretty extensive testing with T-Max when it first hit the market, and discovered that it works really well with T-Max developer, but in ID-11 it does lose film speed, which may account for the extra granularity that you are seeing. One thing you have to remember, the manufacurers times are starting points only. You need to determine your own film speed and processing times according to your own working environment. I suggest starting with the paper and moving backwards to the film in order to dial things in. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
