EFKE FR-16 developer

[nzeeman]

i need help with this developer. i tried to develop efke 50 with it and i used official efke times. but results were not so great. i got better results with some no-name developer i used before. i tried few times to change time but i never get pleasing results. i was wandering if there is someone with more experience with this developer. and i am also interested in times for using this developer with other films (foma, ilford, agfa...) i must use fr16 because in serbia we dont have other( and if someone have it its too expensive 🙁 )
thanks in advance.

 

[markinlondon]

Can you explain just how the results were disappointing? I'll look up fr16 and see what it's like.

 

[rogue_designer]

The massive dev chart may have some times for you.

http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.html

 

[nikola]

Try at hr.rec.fotografija news group...

Evo nedavno jedan post bash u vezi FR-16:

Covjek koji koristi FR16 za razvijanje filmova ne da nije profesionalac
nego nije niti napredni amater

lol 😀

 

[nzeeman]

Can you explain just how the results were disappointing? I'll look up fr16 and see what it's like.

i dont know how to explain - low contrast , too thin....
something missing, but i dont know what...

 

[kmack]

i dont know how to explain - low contrast , too thin....
something missing, but i dont know what...

It sounds like you are either under exposing or under developing.
Your best bet is to do some testing to determine the optimum EI for your process.

See Allan's Technical Photography Wiki for some good info on EI testing.

 

[nzeeman]

It sounds like you are either under exposing or under developing.
Your best bet is to do some testing to determine the optimum EI for your process.

See Allan's Technical Photography Wiki for some good info on EI testing.

i developed many films before in other developer and everything was ok. im not begginer in this, i just want other people experiences about fr16 dev. times.