Prescysol / Prescysol EF

[Austerby]

Anyone else use this? I've tried both formulations, not sure if I can see the difference between them but I love being able to develop any film together as I'm quite a one for mixing films up. It's a staining pyrocat type developer and I've been using the semi-stand time of 10m30s with a whole range of film types - from HP5+, through Acros 100, PanF+, Neopan 400, Tri-X, CHS50 and Tmax400 - (120, 35mm and 4x5) - all with really good results.

It handles contrasty and non-contrasty scenes well, the film latitude is wide, and you get lovely, lovely tones with it.

Any other users out there in RFF land?

e.g. 1

Normandy orchard by Vidwatts, on Flickr

e.g. 2

Cabin roof & pushpit by Vidwatts, on Flickr

 

[jpa66]

Haven't used it yet, but I've got some that I need to mix up. It looks like a very interesting developer.

 

[mrtoml]

It's a great developer. I used to use it a lot and never had a problem with it with a variety of films (worked well with Delta and Acros as I recall). The only awkward part was getting the alkaline stop, but I think just using water is OK.

 

[Jonathan]

This is my go to developer these days. Easy to mix, foolproof & reliable results.
Added to that, Peter is a top bloke, and is always helpful for advice.
Regards Jonathan

 

[mfogiel]

It is a great developer (Prescysol EF), as long as you don't need to enhance speed - in fact it reduces the speed of most films, and as long as you don't want to see dark skies - for whatever reason they always turn out white, even when using a red filter.


MF20091405 by mfogiel, on Flickr