Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Lutz: Here are details of the magic I use to obtain great negatives in 35mm : Tri-X prior to expiration date exposed at ASA 320. Stored at ±0°F until use. Use at least 12 ounces of dilute developer for one roll and 32 ounces for four rolls. D-76 EK powder disolved in distilled water. Filter before use. Diluted 1:1 with distilled water for use. Use at exactly 68°F for 7½ minutes timing from when tank is full to time to dump. Agitate by swirling and inverting tank about ten seconds at start and for about five seconds every 30 seconds until time to pour the used developer down the drain. Follow with tap water at 68°F±0°F for a minute or two without agitation and fix with EK Rapid Fix, [Film Dilution] w/o Hardner at 68°F. After washing in >ten changes of tap water at 68°F with generous agitation and one to two minutes standing in in tapwater at 68°F, with a capfull of EK Photo-Flo 200, hang and wipe once with a clean viscous sponge-set after a quick rinse in running tap water still at 68°F. That's it! Good Luck. Bill Carson Lutz Konermann wrote: > Hello > > I'm a newbie to the LUG and keep reading praise on TriX in your mails. > I've had a good time with Ilford's FP4 (developped with the late > Promicrol, sob...) and out of darkroom-inertia have recently shot my b&ws > on XP2. Having turned back to an old and not consumed flirt by buying a > Leica M6 again (after years of not being able to afford one), I got this > lust for rich negs back and would like to try the TriX (no pun intended) > which seems to be your favorite for available light photography, the kind > I'm interested in, too. > > Could you please be so kind as to point me out, which is the best > developer/dilution/temperature/time as for your darkroom experiences - be > it the nominal 400ASA or pushing it to 800ASA? > > Thanx in advance, > Lutz Konermann