[pure-silver] Re: short dev. times - Yikes!
- From: titrisol <titrisol@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:39:29 -0700 (PDT)
4 minutes seems awfully short, maybe you can use a higher
dilution to increase the time.
Check the covington innovations website of HC-110 for
times/diluitions and more data
http://www.covingtoninnovations. com/hc110
--- Russ Gorman <rusty57@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's good to avoid development times shorter than 5 minutes,
> to avoid
> uneven development.(and personally, I prefer to avoid times
> less than
> 7 and half minutes)
> Uneven development is just another one of those "good enough"
> things
> that people do and then wonder why their prints/negs don't
> look as
> good as a "pro's"
> I would dilute the developer to 1:62 instead of 1:31 and
> double the
> development time.
> I would run a test roll exposed similarly to the "real" roll
> to make
> sure.
> For high dilution developing I like to use a tank one size
> larger- so
> for one roll of 120 film I would process it in a two-reel tank
> with
> an empty reel taking up the space. This is to ensure the
> developer
> doesn't become exhausted.
>
> I haven't used HC-110 for many years but do like it and have
> gotten
> wonderful results- I don't remember for sure which dilution I
> used to
> use, but vaguely remember it yielded processing times on the
> 35mm
> version of Tri-x of around 13 minutes, so a test would be in
> order
> before trusting my rusty brain.
>
> I currently use PMK Pyro and 35mm Ilford Delta films.
>
> On Sep 21, 2006, at 7:56 PM, Janet Cull wrote:
>
> > I was wrong about the recommended time. The print on the
> box is
> > tiny - I thought it said to add 1 1/4 min (for Professional
> Tri-X)
> > to the recommended 3 3/4 min with HC110 dilution B. It says
> to add
> > 1/4 min. That's short. 4 minutes only? Should I wait till
> I can
> > get another developer? If so, I'm in trouble. I was hoping
> to
> > have something ready to try and sell Saturday and I live
> hours from
> > anywhere that would sell chemicals.
> >
> >
>
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