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Developer
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Dilution
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Time
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Temperature
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E.I.
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Tetenal Neofin Blue
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1:11
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12 m
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20° C
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100
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Comments: Agitation......Rotary lab, 50 cycles per minute. (The product comes in a 50ml bottle, to which is added water to make 600ml.)
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Jim Vanson’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100
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Developer
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Dilution
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Time
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Temperature
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E.I.
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Rodinal
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1:100
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20 m
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68° F
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100
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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.]
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Patric’s Recommendations for Agfa APX 100
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Developer
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Dilution
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Time
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Temperature
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E.I.
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Agfa 8
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Full Strength
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8-9.5 m
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20° C (68° F)
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100
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Agfa 14
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Full Strength
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9 m
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20° C (68° F)
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100
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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
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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)
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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
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Bruce Appel’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100
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Developer
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Dilution
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Time
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Temperature
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E.I.
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Rodinal
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1:50
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13 m
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68° F
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100
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Comments: Continous agitation first minute, 5 second every 30 second thereafter. Cold light head.
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Ed Buffaloe’s Recommendations for Agfa APX 100
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Developer
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Dilution
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Time
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Temperature
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E.I.
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Rodinal
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1:50
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7.5 m
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70° F
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50
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Rodinal
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1:50
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11 m
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70° F
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100
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PMK
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1:2:100
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12 m
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70° F
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50
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PMK+
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1:2:100
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12 m
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70° F
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80
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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.
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Nigel Smith’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100
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Developer
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Dilution
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Time
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Temperature
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E.I.
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Ilford LC-29
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1:29
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10 m
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20° C
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100
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Comments: Not neccesarily a favourite (haven't used enough of it). Agitation continuous 1st 30sec then 3 inversions every 1 min.
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Michael Goldfarb’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100
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Developer
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Dilution
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Time
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Temperature
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E.I.
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D-76
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1:1
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9 m
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68° F
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100
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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.
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Jim Hawker’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100
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Developer
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Dilution
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Time
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Temperature
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E.I.
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D-23
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Stock
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7.25 m
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70° F
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100
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Comments: Agitation by hand is 45 seconds initially and 10 seconds at 30 second intervals thereafter.
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Frederik Boone’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100
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Developer
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Dilution
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Time
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Temperature
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E.I.
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Rodinal
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1:60
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15 m
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20° C
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100
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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
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1,25 X 1,4
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Paula Swaim’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100
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Developer
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Dilution
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Time
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Temperature
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E.I.
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ID-11
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1:1
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12.5 m
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68° F
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100
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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.
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Fritz Ptasynski’s Recommendation for Agfa APX 100
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Developer
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Film Type
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Time
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Temperature
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E. I.
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Divided D-76
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35 mm
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5m/7m
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75°F
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50-80
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Divided D-76
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120
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5m/8m
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75°F
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50-80
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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.
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