Double X 5222 in HC110

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First time developing this film/dev combo. I want to try D96 or even the df96 monobath but for now HC110 is what I have on hand.

The film was shot at ISO225.

Looking at the long thread on RFF and other resources online, I found:


  • 1:60 dilution (H-ish) 10-11 minutes ..no temp mentioned (this comes from a Tom A. post)

  • 1:31 dilution (B) 6mins at 20c

What's your process, and how do you handle agitation?
 
I haven't shot Double-X for a while now, but I've been using LegacyPro L110 for the last few years, which is a clone of HC-110. Looking back at my notes, I used:
  • EI 200 - 1:31 at 68 degrees (20c) for 5.5 minutes
  • EI 400 - 1:31 at 68 degrees (20c) for 6 minutes
Bog standard agitation scheme, 30 seconds initial, then 10 seconds every minute, using a Paterson Super System 4 tank. If it's helpful, you can see some of the results in an album on my Flickr.
 
As mentioned above, standard agitation protocol.
My personal preference is dilution H. The negs I have gotten from 5222 using this scheme are very good for scanning as they are slightly flat but have detail across the range of tonality.

Phil Forrest
 
Haven't shot Double-X in a while, but from my notes I was shooting it at ISO 320, processing in HC-110 (the old formula, not sure if the new stuff is the same) at 64:1, 68ºF, for 16 minutes.

That combo scanned fairly well on my Nikon Coolscan.

Best,
-Tim
 
Timmyjoe said:
Haven't shot Double-X in a while, but from my notes I was shooting it at ISO 320, processing in HC-110 (the old formula, not sure if the new stuff is the same) at 64:1, 68ºF, for 16 minutes.

That combo scanned fairly well on my Nikon Coolscan.

Best,
-Tim
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Interesting. Your times seem longer than what I've seen for the 320 rating (mostly 12-13 mins range at 68F). Do you do minimal agitation?
 
One set of inversions every minute. I use Double-X with Nikon lenses from the late 1940's and early 1950's, they are low contrast lenses. If you're shooting Double-X with new Leica glass, which is considerably higher contrast glass, you'd want to use shorter development times.

Best,
-Tim
 
This was exposed at ISO 125 with a yellow filter. The development time was 4 1/2 minutes at 20° C, agitations 5 seconds every 30 seconds:


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