Anyone tried this Microdol developer

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Is there any speed loss with Buetler? It's the same as Neofin Blue!or similar?

 

[Nokton48]

Yes it's the same as Neofin Blue from what I have read. I learned about it from TomA. He recommended it to me for some old Panatomic-X I acquired. Regarding speed loss perhaps someone will comment here from recent use.

Lots of people love Beutler, I have read many many positives. Easy to make. There is more info in my 5222 XX thread but you will have to mine it.

 

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I used Neofin Blue in the 60' and 70's with Adox KB14 and didn't experience any speed loss. Last week I ordered two 5 bottle sets and one of the forum members is sending another. I have a stash of Efke 25 (KB14) that I'm going to use it with. I'm also interested in seeing how it works with Pan F+. I shot a roll of Pan F+ at ISO 25 and ran it in Mic X and was very pleased. The shadows were full and highlight density was about perfect. If anything it was a touch flat which is easy to deal with. I wet print with diffusion (Ilford head) so I need a tad more snap to the neg. I'll probably push up the development time to 13min at 68f ne t time.

I'll give Neofin / Buetler a try with Pan F. I have everything to mix a batch.

Thanks!