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Response to Switching from tray to drum developing

from John Hicks (jbh@magicnet.net)
I usually reduce development time by 10%, which has almost always been close enough to not need any adjustment. TMX wants around 5%.

I can't tell you anything about Ilfosol.

Generally, if you're developing film to the same CI in the same developer you'll get the same EI no matter how you agitate it; if you want to find out what's going on you'll need to do some carefully controlled test rather than using pictorial negs.

One thing to consider is that if a film/developer combination has some shouldering when using intermittent agitation, that shoulder may straighten up entirely when using continuous agitation. That _may_ be what you're seeing but with modern films the shoulder us usually _way_ above (higher density) than the range you'd actually be able to print.

Increasing dilution may help. Don't try to sneak up on it; use your original development time but double the dilution for a test. If that's ok then you're all set; if it's too flat then try 1.5X the original dilution.

Usually if you double dilution 1.5X the original time is a good starting point if the goal is to obtain about the same CI.

I often use D-76H 1:3 for a strong contraction using the 1:1 development time; HP5+ and TMX lose 2/3 stop and Delta 100 loses only 1/3 stop, but this is a _strong_ contraction, at least N-3.

(posted 8622 days ago)

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