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Response to Need fine grain B&W film, develop in HC-110

from Brian C. Miller (brianm@ioconcepts.com)
I have used HC-110 and Agfa APX 25. Agfa is really easy to develop, but I recommend that you dip it in a drying agent after you finish washing it. I have used Kodak Photoflo with good results, and I now use Edwal LPN with distilled water. One commercial lab I've used, which incidentally uses Rodinal, very often put irremoveable streaks on the film due to faulty drying.

I have used T-Max 100 with excellent results, but I am extremely precise with all of my developing procedures.

Tech-Pan is fine with Technidol. I haven't yet used it with Xtol. Just mix the developer as directed, and it's fine. Technidol can't be used with anything other than Tech-Pan.

If you want to compare the film grain between the Kodak products, take a look at Kodak's book of black & white films. There is a page in there which compares about eight of them, and Tech-Pan comes out the undisputed winner. A violin (some similar stringed instrument, anyways) was photographed with each of the films, and then a section of a 13x enlargement was published next to the film. Tmax 100 was excellent, but Techpan was the clear champion. The enlargement looks like a contact print.

Believe it or not, Kodak produces Techpan in 8x10 sheets.

(posted 9204 days ago)

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