I've had great results with APX 100 (sheet and 35mm) using FX 37. Don't have the formula in front of me but it's published and I believe will show up on a Google search. Seems fine grained with excellent sharpness. Charles Ellis Martin Jangowski wrote: >On Sat, 12 Mar 2005, Christopher Woodhouse wrote: > > > >>I have a general idea of the characteristics of different agents and >>additives as well as the need of commercial companies to add further >>ingredients to make their formula keep, transport and mix effectively. It= >> >> > is > > >>a whole new world so I need to start with some sensible, practical >>recommendations in the first place. >> >>Specifically, I'm interested in other's comments on D-23 and how it diffe= >> >> >rs > > >>to Perceptol and possibly Microdol-X in both makeup and performance with >>films such as TriX 320 and Neopan 400. >> >> > >I tried D-23 extensively, especially with 100 ASA films. I found that it >is a fine grain developer with average sharpness and some loss of speed. > >After Ryuji published his DS-10 formula, I tried it and found it plain >better than D-23 with suitable films (I had good results with the Deltas, >T-Max, Acros and 400TX and not-so-good results with APX and Lucky films). >DS-10 1+1 is my standard developer for my standard films, Delta 400 and >100, I use if for about 90% of my work. > >OTOH, I love APX100. So I looked for a fine grain formula for it and tried >a Microdol/Perceptol lookalike from the net (or Anchell-Troop?). > >5g Metol >100g Sodiumsulfite >33g NaCl (iodide free, not plain table salt!) >1g Boric acid >dist. water to 1l solution > >My results (used 1+3 with APX100) are very good, I rate it at 40 ASA and >got extremely fine grained and sharp results. My dev time is 11:00 at >24deg in a ATL3 (75 RPM). > > >Gr=FC=DFe aus Hohenlohe, > >=09Martin Jangowski > >| Martin Jangowski E-Mail: Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxx| >| Netzwerke und Multimedia | >| Voice: +49 7946/940790 Fax: +49 7946/940791 | >| Snail Mail: Von-Olnhausen Str. 4 74626 Bretzfeld Germany | >============================================================================================================= >To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your >account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) >and unsubscribe from there. > > > ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.