Efke 25 & D76 -recommendations?

[snausages]

I'm looking to process a roll of 120 Efke 25 in D76 (1+1 or 1+3).

Massive Dev Chart times for this combo are too disparate to trust.

Anyone have experience with this combination?

Thanks!

 

[snausages]

Bumping this thread and my Efke 25/D76 question in case someone today might catch it and be able to advise...

Thanks!

 

[snausages]

Okay, did some digging on adox website. Looks like it's 9min in D76 1+1.

Is Adox CHS 25 the same thing as Efke?

 

[reiki_]

I believe it to be so.
Actually I was just about to open a topic for this film/developer combination. Just , in my case , it is efke 50 rated at 25. I'll try it the way you mentioned.

 

[charjohncarter]

I know it isn't D-76 but I use Rodinal 1+100 for Efke 25: indoors EI 12.5, outdoors EI 25. I did 17 minutes, 30 second initial agitation, the 3 inversions at 16, 12, 8, 4 minutes at 68 degrees.

Indoors:

 

[Denis M.]

I developed some Efke in D76 1:1 for 7minutes recently. I rated the film at 20 and the films looks "alright," though it did look like it could use 1/3 more in some shots (though I could have miss-metered).

 

[Fotohuis]

Fotoimpex Berlin is selling Efke films under Adox label but it's all from the same factory in Croatia.
In the 50's sold under Dr. Schleussner/Adox and later by Dupont were these single layer films very popular.

Best fit developer for the Efke films is:
Rodinal 1+50 / 1+100
Beutler 1+1+10

Both developers are high acutance type developers which gives an extremely sharp negative and certainly for the iso 25 Efke film fine grain. Beutler is a very simple developer to make yourself and is even cheaper then Rodinal which is already a very economical and cheap developer.

Best regards,

Robert

 

[sepiareverb]

Keep the agitation gentle, the 25 and 50 get contrasty fast.

 

[snausages]

Thanks for the notes everyone. And Robert M., great advice about the agitation. I took it much easier than I do with tri-x.

This is D76 1+1. Started filling tank at 9:30, emptied about 10 seconds after time ran out (because with the tricky lid on my tank it takes me forever to fill the developer).

Bokeh weirdness by the tractor in the 2nd shot due to uneven film in the scanner - didn't have patience to put it under glass and deal with all the dust.

Next question: how do you keep Efke from curling like a pig's tail?

 

[batterytypehah!]

Next question: how do you keep Efke from curling like a pig's tail?

Let us know if you find out... I'm stuck with no other options besides Efke 100 for my beloved 127 cameras, and I'm also working my way through some KB400. Maddening, that curl.

 

[Trius]

Next question: how do you keep Efke from curling like a pig's tail?

Easy. Shoot PanF+. 😀

 

[snausages]

Let us know if you find out... I'm stuck with no other options besides Efke 100 for my beloved 127 cameras, and I'm also working my way through some KB400. Maddening, that curl.

To be honest, it's bad enough that I probably won't use Efke again. I'm sure people have workarounds for it, but I'm okay with sticking with the b&w options that lie flat...

 

[sepiareverb]

Very nice tonality there. Less hardener in the fixer can keep the film flatter. It doesn't always tame the curl- I gave up on Bergger 200 because even with no hardener it was too dang curly. I find some curl in the Efke films, but nothing like the Bergger did- my standard is half the hardener called for by Sprint in their mix. I don't have scratching, but am extremely careful handling my films.

 

[Nokton48]

I have some 6x9 Efke 100, it dosen't curl at all. I'm planning to buy some 6x9 PL25 and PL50, when B&H reopens after their Holidays. I'm using these films in Single Exposure Film Holders in my Hasselblads, using the Hasselblad Film Cutter to cut the 6x9 to 6x6 in the dark. Developing the film in a standard a 16 oz Nikor tank, with a Nikor Subminiature Cut Film Rack, solds 12 6x6 films at once. I'm looking forward to using this system, I enjoy the slowness of the view camera, and am used to it.

Good to know the PL25 and PL50 build-up the contrast quickly. Will minimize on the agitation. I think I will try the Beutler developer.