Dimitris Louris’ Recommendation for Agfa APX 100

Developer

Dilution

Time

Temperature

E.I.

Tetenal Neofin Blue

1:11

12 m

20° C

100

Comments:  Agitation......Rotary lab, 50 cycles per minute.  (The product comes in a 50ml bottle, to which is added water to make 600ml.)

Jim Vanson’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100

Developer

Dilution

Time

Temperature

E.I.

Rodinal

1:100

20 m

68° F

100

Comments:  10 -15 gentle complete inversions in the first 30 seconds, then 1 inversion  every 30 seconds for the remaining time.  I process using plastic Paterson tanks.  I meter out the Rodinal in a syringe 3 ml of Rodinal to 300 ml of  68° water.  The resulting negs print wonderfully in my diffusion enlarger.  Using the syringe is important...there is very little difference between 3 ml and 4 ml when you use a beaker to measure.  The single inversion every 30 seconds is important because my highlights blow out if I over agitate.  [Rate film at EI 125 for condenser enlarger.]

Patric’s Recommendations for Agfa APX 100

Developer

Dilution

Time

Temperature

E.I.

Agfa 8

Full Strength

8-9.5 m

20° C (68° F)

100

Agfa 14

Full Strength

9 m

20° C (68° F)

100

Comments:  Agfa 8 is a glycin developer intended for portraits, and it gives superb  mid-tones and a very sharp result.  The grain is similar to what you get with Rodinal.

Agfa 8:

Warm Water (125 F or 52 C) -          750.0 ml
Sodium Sulfite, desiccated -               12.5 grams
Glycin -                                                    2.0 grams
Potassium Carbonate -                        25.0 grams
Add cold water to make -                      1.0 liter

Agfa 14 will give you very fine grain, but is not as sharp as Agfa 8 or Rodinal.

Fine grain film developer Agfa 14:

Warm Water (125 F or 52  C) -         750.0 ml
Elon (Metol) -                                         4.5 grams
Sodium Sulfite, desiccated -               85.0 grams
Sodium Carbonate, monohydrated -   1.2 grams
Potassium Bromide -                              0.5 grams
Add cold water to make -                       1.0 liter

Bruce Appel’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100

Developer

Dilution

Time

Temperature

E.I.

Rodinal

1:50

13 m

68° F

100

Comments:  Continous agitation first minute, 5 second every 30 second thereafter. Cold  light head.

Ed Buffaloe’s Recommendations for Agfa APX 100

Developer

Dilution

Time

Temperature

E.I.

Rodinal

1:50

7.5 m

70° F

50

Rodinal

1:50

11 m

70° F

100

PMK

1:2:100

12 m

70° F

50

PMK+

1:2:100

12 m

70° F

80

Comments:  For Rodinal continuous agitation for first 30 seconds, then 10 seconds (4 inversions) per minute thereafter.  For PMK and PMK+ continuous agitation for first 30 seconds, then 5 seconds (2 inversions) every 30 seconds thereafter.

Nigel Smith’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100

Developer

Dilution

Time

Temperature

E.I.

Ilford LC-29

1:29

10 m

20° C

100

Comments:  Not neccesarily a favourite (haven't used enough of it).  Agitation continuous 1st 30sec then 3 inversions every 1 min.

Michael Goldfarb’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100

Developer

Dilution

Time

Temperature

E.I.

D-76

1:1

9 m

68° F

100

Comments: 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:  gentle agitation at 1-minute intervals.

Jim Hawker’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100

Developer

Dilution

Time

Temperature

E.I.

D-23

Stock

7.25 m

70° F

100

Comments:   Agitation by hand is 45 seconds initially and 10 seconds at 30 second  intervals thereafter.

Frederik Boone’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100

Developer

Dilution

Time

Temperature

E.I.

Rodinal

1:60

15 m

20° C

100

Comments:   Agitation during the first 30 seconds, followed by two inversions at the  beginning of every minute. Works perfectly for my condenser enlarger (Focomat  1c), probabely too flat for a colour enlarger.

     Zone Density
I     0,08          II     0,16
III   0,3           IV    0,46
V    0,62         VI    0,77
VII  0,91        VIII  1,09
IX   1,25          X    1,4

Paula Swaim’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100

Developer

Dilution

Time

Temperature

E.I.

ID-11

1:1

12.5 m

68° F

100

Comments:  I use 400 ml total (200 ml ID-11 and 200 ml water) in a 16-ounce tank.  I gently agitate for the first 30 seconds (banging the tank several times to loosen air bubbles), then four gentle inversions every minute after that.  I keep it at 68 degrees, but sometimes it's 69 or maybe even 70 degrees at the end.  I use a water rinse and Photoformulary T4 alkaline fixer for about four minutes.  I'm amazed at the end result with this film.  No matter
what film I try to compare it to, this combination of developer and film still gives me the sharpest-appearing images.  It's a wonderful film and developer combination.  I haven't used the 120 format enough to comment because this same amount of development time yields negatives that are overdeveloped, so I'll need to test.

Fritz Ptasynski’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100

Developer

Film Type

Time

Temperature

E. I.

Divided D-76

35 mm

5m/7m

75°F

50-80

Divided D-76

120

5m/8m

75°F

50-80

Comments:  In a large tank, agitate the A Bath continuously for the entire 5 minute cycle. Agitate the B Bath continuously for the 1st minute, then 5 seconds every 30 seconds for the remainder of the time cycle.