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Tri-X @ EI 800: Microphen or Rodinal? (john l bagtas)
XTol as a stand developer (George Paltoglou)
Lifespan of PMK (David Parmet)
100asa film for pyrocat hd (matthew stanton)
Alternate developers for tech-pan (Jason Eitelbach)
Microdol "ghost" flaw? (Ben Crabtree)
Acros Neopan 100...Rodinal or Xtol (Tim Hardin)
The Truth About Pyrocat HD Stain. (Matt Baily)
"Grey" film base after Stoekler 2-bath development (Neil MIller)
Recipe for vestal's divided d-76? (matthew stanton)
Film/developer testing (Jonas Vilslev)
higher acutance variant of divided d- 76 ? (matthew stanton)
Recommendations for processing TMAX 100 exposed at multiple speeds (Aric Rothman)
black specks on film (David Myers)
Compensating developers and accutance developers (Ryuji Suzuki)
Film developed in 130 paper developer (Henry Ambrose)
Developer to enhance the grain in Tri-X (Bill Mitchell)
Dev Times for Tri-X D76 1:1 in Jobo (Kent Phelan)
film speed for ilfotec dd (maurice anderson)
Rodinal with Ascorbate - what am I doing wrong??? (David R. Williams)
Speed increasing with 2-bath developers (Don M)
FX-15 film developer for Tri-X. Any opinions? (Jerry Merz)
Water quality and developer (Don Karon)
Maxim Muir (Ted Kaufman)
what is the result of Ilford Perceptol with Tri-x?! (Luis Enrique Ascui)
General Characteristics of Developers... (Chris Gillis)
Defender 777 - mixing questions (Tom Purdum)
FP-4+/TFX-2 "Haloing" of highlights (Andy)
Rodinal and fast film (John Galloway)
Mixing D76 stock solution (Peter Schauss)
beetler/ beatler developes (Rhys)
Delta 400: Develope in Rodinal or Xtol? (Ollie Steiner)
Ilford Delta 400 (New) in Perceptol (Ed Hurst)
Dixactol (Peter Choo)
Comparitive efects of D76, HC110, Xtol, Gainers TX (Andy Vance)
how to read graph (PETER)
Tetenal Emofin - Where to Buy? (Jeff Schroeder)
D-23/Nighttime (Sean McDonough)
d76 in liquid form (david myers)
Ilfosol S = Xtol? (Dan Lohmann)
developing (inigo uriz)
Diafine for film developer (charles magers)
Pyrocat-HD/EDTA (robert charles)
Ilfotec DD-X (Marc Leest)
Dilute Developers and how to tell how much chemical needed (Larry Gebhardt)
Nacco Film Developer Question (Francis T. Knapik)
Developer for using TMX as a mask (David R. Williams)
"tonality" and "acutance" (stefan randlkofer)
Push the slow or pull the fast? (Ollie Steiner)
New Delta 400 - Recommended Developer/Times for Push Processing (Jeff Schroeder)
Developing times (Sajjad)
Perfection XR-1 (Salty)
Vitamin C developer article (Gene Johnson)
Formulae for H&W Control, and Xtol developers (Gene Johnson)
Does anyone have a formula for Diafine? (Don M)
Windisch as two part developer? (Gene Johnson)
Champlin #17 (Garry D. Lewis)
tmax dev. for tmz 3200 didn't work (ade)
T-MAX vs. X-TOL for TMX TMY and TMZ (Martín Crovetto)
tmax vs tri-x , what tmax dev will yield similar midtones?
Agfapan APX 400 pushed to 1600 (Derek Simpson)
Film/developer choice (Saad)
PMK for printing??? (Ed Farmer)
777 Fine Grain Formula (Ed Buffaloe)
More on Carbonate (Conrad Hoffman)
Best Ratios using Dektol when developing ILFORD films (Joe Stewart)
Rodinal (Daniel Baharal)
PMK expections (Joe Guay)
Rodinal Shipping (John Galloway)
Am I only one to mess up carbonate? (Conrad Hoffman)
XTOL What is the latest? (Carl Crosby)
Crawley vs. PF: FX-2 (Mike DeVoue)
DDX vs Xtol for Delta 400 (Steve Wring)
Does acufine render a similar result as rodinal? (Luciano Cost da Silva)
20 Mule Team T-MAX (D-76) booster? (Ryuji Suzuki)
Ifosol S (Jeff)
The End Is In Sight
Rodinal --- What's it best for ? (Andrew A)
A question regarding film , developer and development (Carl Crosby)
D-76 Follow-Up (Tony)
Rodinal w/sodium ascorbate (John Hicks)
D-76 (tony)
id-11 developer (david myers)
chemicals used in photo development (mae velasco)
Creative Two Bath Developers (Warren Way)
FINE GRAIN DEVELOPER (Tony)
Categorising Developers (Ed Hurst)
High Resolution developer SPUR (martin tai)
Glycin/Metol Developer (Henry Ambrose)
Divided D-23 (David Parmet)
pH of Kodak's D-76 (Narupol Krairiksh)
Mail order source for Neutol WA (Steve W.)
Storage of diluted Xtol (Jeff Hughes)
Leitz developer formula (John Wallace)
Rodinal + metol (Xosni)
Rodinal, vitamin C, grain, & bad weather (Conrad Hoffman)
HC-110 Dilution (John Paul)
Pyrocat-HD, wrong stain color? (Ken Miller)
Tetenal E-6 (Paul Nelson)
D-76Ad, anyone tried? (Ryuji Suzuki)
Opinions / experiences regarding DD-X (Joe Miller)
XTOL 5L (Marc Leest)
Demise of Xtol 1 liter packages?
Fineline Developer for Kodalith film 2556 (Jack Faulkner)
FG 7 (Patrick Doyle)
D-76Ad -- ascorbic acid version of buffered D-76 (Ryuji Suzuki)
Stiener's developer for cloud photos (James Chinn)
Sodium Sulphite in Rodinal (Patrick Doyle)
Vitamin enriched D-23?? (Ryuji Suzuki)
HP5 Plus developed with PMK pyro (Mei leng Lau)
Acu-1 (Paul Philips)
Pruplish cast on negative after developing in Perceptol (Xosni)
FP4+ confusion (Paul Nelson)
T-MAX developer concentrate - shelf life after opening (Peter Schauss)
Gainer's Vit-C developer (Ted Kaufman)
Diafine? (Patrick Doyle)
Divided D-76 which formulation and times (Frederik Boone)
AGFA APX 100 (Eugene Safian)
HP5+ and Tri-X in Rodinal (Bob Atkins)
New Delta in Patterson FX39 (Ed Hurst)
Formulay TFX-2 (Steve Wiley)
Formulary's BW-2 T-MAX developer (Chris Hargens)
Acros in Perceptol 1:3 (Xosni)
Capacity of Ilfosol-S? (Nicholas Barry)
Help me out. What's your recommendation? (Don M)
Anybody used Paterson FX-50 yet? (Bob Atkins)
dilute T-max Developer? (Harv Jenkins)
Ilford DD-X vs Ilfosol S (John Pyles)
Web based resource for film developers? (Bob Atkins)
XTOL 1L Packages (Nicholas Barry)
Rodinal Stock Solution (Craig Sterling)
Can you reuse film developer? (Kenneth Snyder)
FX-2K (Jim Jasutis)
Do I have to make my own PMK developer? (Alain Bessette)
2 bath processing with normal developers (Frederik Boone)
Pyrocat HD in tubes? (Ken Miller)
HC 110 vs Ilfotec HC (Lennart Åström)
Freezing liquid developer (specifically XTOL) for longer life? (Duncan McRae)
Shelf Life of IlfordID-11 (Paul)
Sensitometry problem (Terrence Brennan)
XTOL keeps how long after mixing? (Idan Gazit)
Adding Amidol to PMK Pyro (Alan Shapiro)
Diluted Xtol and New Delta 400 (Ed Hurst)
help with some terms please...... (Moiz Abdulkader)
Shelf life of MCM100 (Peter Wong)
PMK vs PYROCAT-HD? (NICHOLAS HOMRICH)
PMK + AMIDOL = DIFFERENT COLOR STAIN? (NICHOLAS HOMRICH)
DiXactol (Frank Alvaro)
Xtol update... dreaded Xtol failures (Dan Smith)
Rodinal, Rodinal, where for art thou, Rodinal? (Bruce Tiemann)
microdol 1:3+ 120 film= superfine grain?? (walt martin)
xtol - thin negs (carol maurin)
Alternative to Xtol (John Stockdale)
FX-11 development times (George Paltoglou)
Effect of Rodinal dilutions? (Dan Smith)
The best formula for Ilford Multigrade warmtone FB (Xosni)
Rodinal 1+100 & Bergger BRF200 (SCB)
Pinholes on HP5+ neg developed in PMK Pyro (Jeanne Flowers)
xtol 1+3 (sean o'fiain)
water pre-soak (Mark)
PMK development specs for new Delta 400 (Don Canning)
Acutol & Neofin Red (Xosni)
Agfa publishes times for Rodinal 1+100 (john stockdale)
Tetenal Temal-Hydroquinon developer (Xosni)
PMK: less stain in 35mm than 120? (Brian Hinther)
PMK - less stain on FP4+ than HP5+ (Michael Waldron)
Kodak 120 Tri-X pan and 400 pro development (Lars Kristensen)
Has anyone else tried the "New" Arista chemisty from Freestyle? (Jeff)
Catechol-Metol (Patric)
Minimum amount of Rodinal (David Parmet)
Formula for Perfection XR-1 (J. Salta)
Phenidone vs. Metol developers: grain and sharpness (Ted Kaufman)
push and pull?? (Wendy Conti)
Clayton F-60 Film Developer Time for Fuji Neopan SS (100) (Cielo Roth)
Phenidone vs. Metol--grain (Ted Kaufman)
Shelf life of D-76? (Scott Haraldson)
have you seen the movie "Pi" ? (peter bg)
PMK? (Melvin Bramley)
D-76 contains Phenidone? (Patric)
ID-11/D-76 at higher temperature (24-25C) (Ryuji Suzuki)
TX 400 35mm Developer for pleasing grain/ sharpness? (Dan Stanley)
Gainer's HC-110P, HC-110PP (Ryuji Suzuki)
Developer (Sajjad)
D-76 in Higher Concentration (Lonely Boy)
PMK: how much developer for a 35mm film? (john stockdale)
Acufine Reusage w/ and w/o replenisher (John Oppenheimer)
D-76 pH rise? (John Hicks)
Is ID-11 the original D-76 or the buffered one? (Brian Hinther)
Agfapan APX 400 (John R. Fowler)
ID11 Recipe (Trish Johnson)
What PMK have I bought?? (Brian W. Thomas)
HC-110 dilutions other than B (John Fleetwood)
Di-Xactol developer (George Papantoniou)
TMax Developer Question (Jeff Schraeder)
does d76 get more grainy with age? (Joe Holcombe)
Much or little Metol? (Patric)
Developer Dilution and its Effects (Andrew Buckley)
How do I solve this ID-11 mixing problem? (Frank C. Burtnett)
Fog with Diafine (John Fleetwood)
Film and Developer combinations (Andrew Buckley)
two bath develope? (LEE BYUNG YONG)
highly diluted developers (Jorge Andrada)
tmax developer (xosni)
Paterson FX-50 (Nigel Craig)
Pyro & Toxicity (john stockdale)
Developing 400ASA film to 100ASA - Atomal FF dev. (George Paltoglou)
Safety of Pyro (Nigel Craig)
emofin with HP5+ and FP4+ (Russell Brooks)
Dixactol & Aristo Head? (Robert Bedwell)
PMK vs DiXactol (John Welton)
Sodium sulfite added to Rodinal (Mark Novack)
developer temperature (xosni)
Weak XTOL (Conrad Hoffman)
DK-50 (xosni)
Too much contrast... (Stefano Ravizza)
Xtol and TMax woes? give Microphen a try (daniel taylor)
Final Soak In PMK (Bill Mitchell)
Rodinal @ 1+100 vs Rodinal Special (Jim)
Different film speeds in different developers (Ed Hurst)
Ideal Developer for New Version of Ilford Delta 400 (Ed Hurst)
Begining Photographer (Michael Marchand)
99% Isopropyl for dissolving Glycin?? (Mike DeVoe)
DiXactol developer (Jack G)
Question about Rodinol (Wayne Brown)
Kodak HC110 & Ilfotec HC? (Michel Leclerc)
Hazards using Xtol, TF-2 (Wayne Crider)
Is there much advantage using PMK with 35mm film? (Alan Shapiro)
The Problem with Xtol - Some After Thoughts (Bill Lester)
Acutol v Rodinal (Nigel Craig)
high definition developers (xosni)
rodinal edge sharpness (xosni)
The Trouble With Xtol (Bill Lester)
Has anyone tried Fotospeed FD10 developer? (mitch brown)
TMX in Ilfosol-S? (Sal Santamaura)
bromophen as a film developer (ahmad hosni)
Neopan: Best results....? Acutance/Tonality (Mike DeVoe)
formula for lith type developers? (doug mcfarland)
film/developer combinations (Carl Crosby)
Experience with POTA developer (Igor Brusil)
2 bath development of TMAX 100 (Steve Nicholls)
Novice Q ; one-shot or reuse? (Richard Ross)
Reason to change developers (Nigel Craig)
T-Max & Acufine same formula? (Dave Jenkins)
FX-2 developer anyone?? (Mike DeVoe)
Shelf life of XTOL (Bill Mitchell)
I don't understand about Pyro (Bill Mitchell)
XTol - Dilutions higher than 1:3 for Compensation? (Dave Williams)
Availability of 2 bath developers in Kodak's Technidol and XTOL (PJTaylor)
FX-50 characteristics? (Sal Santamaura)
metol instead of phenidone (N Dhananjay)
Microdol-X (Sharon)
Developing film according to end use: enlarger vs scanner (Brian W. Thomas)
Preventing Developer Oxidation (Dave Williams)
H&W Control Developer (Kent Bean)
2 baths solution developer (sajjad)
Wimberley's W2D2 (Arthur Nichols)
A crazy idea about combining film developers (Kevin)
Pyro - Gordon Hutchings - in UK ? (Anthony Brookes)
Discussion TMX in Xtol or T-Max developer... (PJ Taylor)
Harvey's 777 (Larry Price)
Beutler developing time (Pablo Livov)
dektol as a film developer (Xosni)
PMK experiences (Robert W Boyer)
Which liquid (i.e., not a powder in concentrated form developer do you recommend? (Chris Werner)
XTOL - success with TMax .... at last (daniel taylor)
FX 1 - Film Developer (Stavros V.)
Delta 100 in FX-39 (Patterson FX-39) (John Hicks)
100 Delta in DD-X (Ilford DD-X) (Sal Santamaura)
xtol developer problem/question (anthony)
illumitol or Pyro and metol formula (Frank Tatonw)
Shelf Life of T-Max and Rodinal Developers (Sol Campbell)
Xtol/Perceptol (Steve Nicholls)
Rodinal chemical components? (Adrian Walsh)
Re XTOL dilution (Hirohiko Inatome)
Any feedback on MCM-100 ? (Patric)
Any experience of D-25 developer? (Patric)
How to compensate for XTOL dilution with increased development (Matthew Nolker)
Dixactol .... initial results (fw)
Developer shelf life (Jim Kish)
TMAX one shot or not! (Jeff Riehl)
Chemical Mixtures (Colleen)
Opinions on two bath developers (Pete Caluori)
What's in DiXactol? (Ed Buffaloe)
experience with Diafine? (bill zelinski)
the minimum amount of D-76 needed (John Burch)
XTOL question (Robert W Boyer)
developing with HC110 (Hirohiko Inatome)
RE:using DiXactol (Hirohiko Inatome)
PMK vs. DiXactol? (Don Karon)
TFX-2 again (John Hicks)
Who uses HC 110 (Frank Piner)
TMX in TFX-2 (John Hicks)
where to buy Book of Pyro (carol maurin)
DiXactol (fw)
Diafine / Tetenal Emofin (fw)
XTOL as two bath developer (Bill Mitchell)
Xtol dev times - contradicts by Kodak (rick simpson)
Rodinol min. vol. at high dilutions (Michael Haas)
What are the advantages and disadvantages of Glycin developers (Patric)
Anyone have a website for Diafine? (Bill Mitchell)
Will I get finer grain if I have more metol and less hydroquinon in D-76? (T. Heimlich)
Devellopers Qualities (Michel Leclerc)
PMK: is an after-fix bath in used developer needed if alkaline fix is used? (Jim MacKenzie)
Has anyone tried Calbe developers? (Patric)
Two bath (a.k.a. split) D 76 (Wolfram Kollig)
Emofin developer, has anyone tried it? With Agfa APX films? (Patric)
Acutol/Acutol FX-14 ?? (Nacio Brown)
Has anyone tried FX-39 developer? (Patric)
loss of shadow detail - Xtol (Joseph Lacy)
Does the color of the PMK stain make a difference? (Ed Buffaloe)
The Perfect developer for TMY? (Roam)
PMK Pyro (fw)
PMK negative density (Brian Hinther)
Continuous-tone Negatives on Lith Film Using Rodinal? (Thomas Wollstein)
non-PMK pyro formulas (shawn gibson)
OK, one more little PMK question..... (John Kilmer)
PMK - Question about format (John Kilmer)
Pyrocat-HD Report (Ed Buffaloe)
Xtol Quantity (Terry Carraway)
PMK Pyro (fw)
PMK (Diego K.)
PMK (carol maurin)
Rodinal dilution (Paul Perron)
Pyro for low grain (carol maurin)
XTOL negitives seem brown .. is this normal? (Ken Heflinger)
a question of develpoers... (jerry hazard)
can I use t-max developer with 120 film (steven jhonson)
Ethol UFG-fill strength or diluted? E.I. ? (Francis T. Knapik)
Tri-X (TXT) in Dektol and in XTol (Chris Hawkins)
Rodinal (David Hedley)
HP-5 Developer (Harry J Vrobel)
DiXactol developer (Brian Jefferis)
Ever tried Edwal's TG-7 dev with Ilford Delta 400? (Frank Burtnett)
DEv time for tmax 100 in TG7 (Scott Dorick)
Ilford Powder Developers (Paul)
New Ilford Developer (Walter Massa)
T-Max Developer with Ilford Pan F? (joe t.)
Useing FX39 with FP4+ (John Comer)
HC-110 (che baby)
devoloper for ilford fp4 plus (Joe)
Printing the TD-3/TechPan Negatives (Follow up) (Harry Pluta)
Ever heard of Ilford XP1 400? I got some but don't know what to do. (John Jensen)
Ilfotec DDX and Delta 3200 @ 12,500 (David Hou)
Follow up to TD-3 and Tech Pan (Harry Pluta)
Adams' D-23 for TXP... (shawn gibson)
Pyrocat-HD - New Film Developer (Ed Buffaloe)
Fading PMK stain? (kevin kemner)
Old Microphen & ID-11 (Harry Pluta)
Need Vit C film developer formulas and help (Todd Foster)
What is the preferred pronunciation of metol? (Chris Hawkins)
Divided developer: Does anybody use it? (Scot Murray)
PMK Pyro+Amidol (shwn gibson)
Pyro & snow (Sakari Makela)
Delta 3200, Xtol and me (Debra Rozin)
Diafine for tech-pan (Walter Massa)
Xtol / Japan (David Hedley)
Are Pyro-Developed Negs Scannable? (Mike H.)
Dilution of Technidol with 35mm/120 Tech Pan vs. sheet film? (Sergio Ortega)
Rodinal at 1+100 is it compensating? (Jim Vanson)
X-tol and tri-x,agfa (S.L. Mitchell)
Highly dilute developers (fw)
DK-60A (Margie Kelley)
XTOL - caked part A (follow up) (Daniel Taylor)
Ilford PQ for film (Vasko Bojadziski)
Rodinal - Minimum Concentrate Amount? (Jeff Schroeder)
Experience with DiXactol (Matthew S. Comern)
Film developer advice (Erin Conroy)
Quantity of Diafine (Les Myers)
PMK Densitometry (Mike Kravit)
What are PMK and Diafine? (Bill Mitchell)
"Full" film speed and Xtol (Frank Alvaro)
Kodak Developer D-23 (Terrence Brennan)
X-Tol dev times with various high-speed films (Greg Fight)
Developer comparison (J.L. Kennedy)
Alternitives to commercial film devolpers (Chris)
Re-using XTOL (Paul Arnold)
Microdol X - How does this product compare to xtol? (Orman Hall)
Ilfosol S as a general purpose developer (Ling-N. Zou)
Ilfotec DD-X processing times (Daniel Taylor)
Developing times for Beutler film developer (Fabio Fantazzini)
kodak DA-163 developer (chia s.c.)
PMK and Rollo Pyro (kevin kemner)
Any opinions about XTOL? (Don Karon)
Do films developed in PMK need cold light? (John Kilmer)
i need developer (isidor stankov)
ILFOTEC DD-X (Jiri Dvorak)
Looking for general XTOL review (John Kilmer)
Want copy of original Gainer article re: Phenidone & Vit. C (George Ingram)
Pyro (fw)
D-76 and PMK sources. (John Kilmer)
Want formulas using phenidone + ascorbic acid (George Ingram)
problems with D76 (chris kloss)
What is a compensating developer? (Richard Jepsen)
Xtol vs. D-76 for Tri-X, and Delta 400 (Paul Arnold)
x-p2 chemistry (gil garcia)
XTOL mixing, part A caked (Daniel Taylor)
TMAX Developer... when should I throw it? (Felipe Huicochea)
Emofin problems (Antti J. Hyvdrinen)
Diafine Experiences (Sean yates)
Rodinal and FP4 (Debra Rozin)
Pyro - Processing Fexibility (Michael J. Kravit)
dilution and graininess w/ D-76 (hoko hoko)
Rodinal Special (Kenneth)
can I re-use Tmax developer? (Greg Brosnan)
Agfa Studional (qdb)
developer quantities (matt carson)
B&W development data sheets on web? (Janet Matthews)
PMK in Australia (Tim Bolotnikoff)
Useful capacities for B&W developers (Robert Vinyard)
Harveys 777 (Lot)
ABC Pyro (Michael Chappell)
Cachet AB55 Film Developer (Francis T. Knapik)
What is PMK? (Hal Haygood)
Technidol LC recepie (Ilia)
HC-110 (Miladin Colakovic)
Agitation in PMK (Evgeni Poptoshev)
ABC Pyro (Michael Chappell)
Developer allergy? (Sean yates)
x-tol (kirk kennelly)
Developer Dilutions (Victor B. Soto)
Sprint Film Developer (Francis T. Knapik)
XTOL, Rodinol, TMAX (Grant A. Thompson)
Inversion Agitation Rhythm For TETENAL DEVELOPER (Roam P.)
Xtol Developer (Wes Sechler)
Pyro...what's all the fuss please? (Howard Posner)
A&B Diafine (WHATI FORGOT TO TELL YOU!!!) (Gabrielle)
A&B Diafine (Gabrielle Dawn Goodman)
xtol development times adjustment for low volumes (chris almqvist)
developer formula wanted: Weston's Amidol & PMK (jerry)
Tmax developer at 1:9 (steve vancosin)
tmax 100 and tmax rs developer (joeyb)
Can Ilfosol s developer be reuse? (Kevin On Man Lee)
A Film Developer, "HC110" (Nathaniel H. Siegel)
Coffee for film and paper development! (Kevin B. Finigan)
mixing D-76 (mark hall)
Rodinal shelf life (Andy Laycock)
XTOL - minimum volume? (steve vancosin)
Tetenal film chemistry, any good? (Evgeni Poptoshev)
PMK developer (Luis Ramos)
TMax developer & D-76 with TMax 400 (Jeff Siddens)
developing times (anne hays)
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