There WAS one best developer for all films, giving perfect negatives in all conditions and at all dilutions and at all temperatures & time. It was used while gently imbibing a bottle of Kentucky Bourbon and as you developed longer & the bottle got lower your prints & talent just got better & better. It was called Dammitol. You put in your negatives & started drinking & it all worked to perfection. Then one day while the creator of this perfection was near the end of a particularly good bottle he lost the formula. Dammitol, now we have to experiment with less than the best.(posted 8436 days ago)Listen to what Bill Mitchell said. If it works, keep it up as there are NO magic answers or solutions.