Anyone tried this Microdol developer

Yes, I checked the Freestyle product page too. No times are given.

BTW I should mention that I was printing with a condensor enlarger.
If you will be scanning you may prefer a slightly thinner negative.

Chris
 
I started with the times from Digital Truth and then adjusted from there.
I bracket just about everything (out of habit) but one stop speed loss is about right.

But I don't shoot Tri-X, I use Eastman Double-X 5222 motion picture film.
 
With the old Kodak Microdol, you would lose about one stop of speed when used straight. Last year, as a test, I shot two sheets of 4X5 Tri-X, one at an E.I. of 320, which I developed in Xtol 1:1; the other I shot at an E.I of 160 and developed in straight LegacyPro Mic-X. Density, contrast, etc. was about equal between the two sheets of film once they were processed.

Jim B.
 
I ran a roll of Pan F+ yesterday. I rated it at 25iso and processed it for 12min at 68f. I'm very pleased with the tonality. Shadows are full with open highlights. I'd been using Rodinal 1:50 for 8 min at 68f and get nice negs but just looking at the negs I think these are better. I'll print some in the darkroom and see how the look in a few days.
 
I'm looking forward to trying FP4 in it. Microdol x was always a lower contrast developer and that's what I need for FP4. I've always had trouble taming it's contrast.

I still have a stash of Efke KB25 that I often used Rodinal with but always felt shadows were an issue and didn't want to cut ISO back to increase shadows information. Mic x might be the trick as long as I don't have to rate it at ISO 12. That's just too slow to be practical. The best results I had with KB25 was with Neofin Blue but I think it's gone now.
 
x-ray, I recently started playing with some Efke 25 I have in 4x5. I have 3 or 4 boxes of it but the contrast was wild and uncontrolled when developing with my normal developers. Shot at about an EI of 20 and developing in Pyrocat has given me excellent negatives. Just another suggestion.

I like the tonality in the first two images above. Might need to try this developer for high-contrast scenes.
 
Corran said:
x-ray, I recently started playing with some Efke 25 I have in 4x5. I have 3 or 4 boxes of it but the contrast was wild and uncontrolled when developing with my normal developers. Shot at about an EI of 20 and developing in Pyrocat has given me excellent negatives. Just another suggestion.

I like the tonality in the first two images above. Might need to try this developer for high-contrast scenes.
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I have some PMK pyro and will give it a try. I wasn't sure how well it would work but looks like it's a good option. Thanks!
 
PMK+ (I use a flat toothpick to add a dash of Amidol right before pouring it in) is my favorite developer with all three Ilford films. Legacy Mic-X is different and a close second.

I tried Legacy Mic-x with Efke 25 but I was dissapointed. You can easily mix Beutler developer, X-Ray. Just Metol and sulphite and the same thing as Neofin Blue. It's the Leica developer Willie Beutler made up for Leica, to exploit the quality of their lenses. I learned about this from TomA.
 
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