Tuesday, September 02, 2003
Developers to try with Forte Pan... Microdol X. Acutol, Ethol UFG, ABC Pyro, Ansco 130 or 136.
Long thread about Forte film.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=2fd2ff8c.0308291645.5a6ddee7%40posting.google.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dforte%2Bgroup:rec.photo.darkroom%2Bgroup:rec.photo.darkroom%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Drec.photo.darkroom%26scoring%3Dd%26selm%3D2fd2ff8c.0308291645.5a6ddee7%2540posting.google.com%26rnum%3D1
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=2fd2ff8c.0308291645.5a6ddee7%40posting.google.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dforte%2Bgroup:rec.photo.darkroom%2Bgroup:rec.photo.darkroom%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Drec.photo.darkroom%26scoring%3Dd%26selm%3D2fd2ff8c.0308291645.5a6ddee7%2540posting.google.com%26rnum%3D1
From Darkroom newsgroup...
"Jim MacKenzie"
> > Over the last 35 years, I've tried just about ever B&W film out there,
> > including Adox (KB14 was excellent, KB17 was passable, and KB21 was
> > very grainy), Agfa, Ilford (I used FP3 and HP4, the latter of which
> > despite my best efforts was unable to match Tri-X). I've also tried
> > just about every developer available during that period. My conclusion
> > is that it's damned hard to beat FP4 in Acutol, or Tri-X in D-76 1:1.
> > Both work very well in UFG as well, and can be developed together in
> > that developer, as both take the same developing times (at least they
> > did back in the 70's).
"Jim MacKenzie"
> > Over the last 35 years, I've tried just about ever B&W film out there,
> > including Adox (KB14 was excellent, KB17 was passable, and KB21 was
> > very grainy), Agfa, Ilford (I used FP3 and HP4, the latter of which
> > despite my best efforts was unable to match Tri-X). I've also tried
> > just about every developer available during that period. My conclusion
> > is that it's damned hard to beat FP4 in Acutol, or Tri-X in D-76 1:1.
> > Both work very well in UFG as well, and can be developed together in
> > that developer, as both take the same developing times (at least they
> > did back in the 70's).
