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Response to Development Chart 5 - Agfa APX 100

from Michael Goldfarb (mgoldfar@mobius-inc.com)
I get very nice results with APX 100 in good old Kodak D-76 1:1 (even my Minox negatives yield sharp, nearly grainless 5x7s) with nice, even, medium-density negatives that are a joy to print on our good old Omega D-3v condenser.

However, I definitely use less developing time than Agfa recommends, and less agitation than nearly anyone recommends:

9 minutes at 68 degrees, with gentle agitation at 1-minute intervals.

Then a plain water rinse (in the dark, I open the tank and dip the reel in a graduate of water a couple of times), a couple of minutes in the fixer (still in the dark, take the film off the reel and immerse it in a big tray - wait about a minute to turn on the light), a short vigous wash (in a big tray with cold tapwater coming in quickly through a rubber tube, including some manual swishing around to make sure it's even), a quick dip in very dilute PhotoFlo, and hang up with an "easy clip" on the bottom to weight it.

(posted 8576 days ago)

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