Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan, These are the times I use for two-bath D23 and HP5+: EI 400 - 4 mins in bath A, 6 mins in bath B; EI 800 - 5 mins in bath A, 9 mins in bath B (a favourite combination for people indoors - it doesn't have the look of a pushed film at all). All at 21 degC. Bath A is D23, B is: Borax (Sodium Tetraborate) 2 g Kodalk (Sodium Metaborate) 5 g Sodium Sulphite 5 g Sodium Chloride 30 g Water to 1 litre If you are having difficulty getting metol, try Ilford Perceptol, if availability is better and you haven't yet tried it of course. This is another metol only developer that is similar to D23. I use it diluted 1+3, and use 200 ml of stock per film - which means that a high-rise Jobo is required to develop more than one film. Regards, Malcolm