D76 anyone?

[GeneW]

I think HC-110 acquired a lot of caché when Ansel Adams began using it for his rollfilm work. Before that, I'm told, it wasn't used much by amateur photographers.

I do find HC-110 a good push developer. It's fairly vigorous stuff.

Gene

 

[pshinkaw]

My problem is that it tends to be very sensitive to temperature variations. When you work out of a bathroom, that can result in a lot of variability. If you let the temp climb upwards, the graininess increased. It was a real nuisance when I was using half-frame 35's a lot. D-76 and Microcol-X were just easier to use.

-Paul

 

[Scarpia]

My wife and I have been cleaning out the accumulated detritus of 34 years of marriage and ratpacking. Last week she found in our front closet some developing gear and a sealed can of D-76 plus a sealed can of D-76 refresher. Both are at least 35 years old. Does anyone think they will still work? I used to use D-76 with plus-x and tri-x with very good results.
Kurt M.

 

[oftheherd]

I too heard that HC-11- was the liquid concentrate equivalent of D-76. I tried some as result and fouynd that to be untrue.It's poosibgle to use it in a way that gives results very similar to D-76, but as long as D-76 is available, why bother?

I think HC-110 may have been originally created for commercial applications back when you could actually get B&W developed at the drugstore. Some people love it, I'm more than happy to let them have it.

-Paul

I used to have a book, I think it was the Photographer's Handbook but I don't remember for sure. Anyway, it listed all the formulas for the different developers. I don't remember how differeent now, but I do remember HC110 and D76 were not the same. I have heard that D76 and Ilford ID11 were the same, but don't remember if that was from that book or just having read it somewhere.

Wish I had that book! It explained the chemical makeup of different developers and what they were best for. It was neat in Korea in the mid-70's to go to photography stores and buy chemicals and mix my own developers for trial. Hydroquinone cocktail anyone? 😱

 

[doubs43]

Walker, I bought these in the local photo store ... in 1972 ... they used to be a common item. Gene

That's what I was afraid of. Bottles like that are almost nonexistent now...... at least I haven't seen any in years. I keep hoping to run across a few in flea markets and the like but no luck yet.

Walker

 

[pshinkaw]

You can buy the chemicals here:

Photgrapher’s Formulary:

http://www.photoformulary.com/DesktopDefault.aspx

and the formulas are here:

Digitaltruth.com

http://www.digitaltruth.com/

Not as easy as walking down an drugstore aisle, but a lot more information and accessibility than in years past.

-Paul

 

[GeneW]

My wife and I have been cleaning out the accumulated detritus of 34 years of marriage and ratpacking. Last week she found in our front closet some developing gear and a sealed can of D-76 plus a sealed can of D-76 refresher. Both are at least 35 years old. Does anyone think they will still work? I used to use D-76 with plus-x and tri-x with very good results.
Kurt M.

Well it would be a hoot to try it out to see. Try it on a test roll rather than something important to see if it's still okay. My guess is that if the can is still sealed, it'll work.

Gene

 

[Todd.Hanz]

Like Sean suggested, I shoot Tri-X at ISO 200 and process in D:76 for about 8min 45sec with good results.
I just returned from Playa Del Carmen in the Yucatan (where I had a really hard time seeing in BW, seems like you should shoot color, which I did also) using Acros, I will hopefully upload some tonight ,developed in D:76.

Todd

 

[Doug]

I think HC-110 may have been originally created for commercial applications back when you could actually get B&W developed at the drugstore. Some people love it, I'm more than happy to let them have it.

I think so, Paul... My recollection is that HC-110 was popular with newspapers, with fast development times to help get the scoop into the next edition.

 

[back alley]

nice shots on your blog todd!

joe

 

[FrankS]

I spoke with a very experienced and knowledgable old-time type photographer who swore that he consistently got perfect results by mixing up a small amount of the powdered D76. Now I, and we, have all read that that is a no-no, that the different ingredients are not evenly distributed in the powder, but, his experience has been positive with this procedure. Anyone else doing this?

 

[tomtodeath]

has anyone here had good results using d-76 and neopan? i have free acces to a darkroom that only has d-76, and cant really afford to buy anything besides film and paper.

 

[shodoman]

I have been using that combo lately only because i just switched from diafine (my first experience with developing) and decided to use the standard d-76. heres a few with that combo.
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=45270&cat=500&ppuser=3832
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=43420&cat=500&ppuser=3832
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=45271&cat=500&ppuser=3832

 

[JimG]

I only use premixed D-76 1:1 (Lauder's). Works very with Neopan, very consistant results.

 

[suzums]

has anyone here had good results using d-76 and neopan? i have free acces to a darkroom that only has d-76, and cant really afford to buy anything besides film and paper.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzums/tags/neopan/

I've developed both Neopan 400 and 1600 with the D76, and been pretty satisfied with the results!