Glen J
Newbie
Hello,
I recently picked up a bottle of Clayton F-60 to try as a more affordable alternative to T-Max and DD-X to use with T-Max 400 pushed to 1600.
I have found very little information out there for dilutions and development times for this combo.
Having written Clayton, it was suggested I start with at 20% increase of development time (approximately 8.5 mins 1:9, at 68 degrees). Before I jump in, I wanted to ask if anyone out there has tried this combo and could offer their thoughts or suggestions?
Thank you.
I recently picked up a bottle of Clayton F-60 to try as a more affordable alternative to T-Max and DD-X to use with T-Max 400 pushed to 1600.
I have found very little information out there for dilutions and development times for this combo.
Having written Clayton, it was suggested I start with at 20% increase of development time (approximately 8.5 mins 1:9, at 68 degrees). Before I jump in, I wanted to ask if anyone out there has tried this combo and could offer their thoughts or suggestions?
Thank you.
znapper
Well-known
I thought the rule of thumb was 20% increase for each stop push (TMax 400 at 1600 is -2 stops), correct me if I am wrong.
Edit: I see Kodak's own recommendations is 10%-15% per stop push, so between 20%-30% is within the recommendations (depending of developer). No idea about your developer though and how it works as a push-developer, but I would do a test-strip or two (shoot a whole film at 1600 and develop 5-10 frames at a time, trying 20%, 30% and 40%, just to see how the film actually looks.
Takes a couple of hours, but should give you a pretty good idea which process works best.
Oh and when you are finished, you can contribute to MDC and get your name on there \o/
Edit: I see Kodak's own recommendations is 10%-15% per stop push, so between 20%-30% is within the recommendations (depending of developer). No idea about your developer though and how it works as a push-developer, but I would do a test-strip or two (shoot a whole film at 1600 and develop 5-10 frames at a time, trying 20%, 30% and 40%, just to see how the film actually looks.
Takes a couple of hours, but should give you a pretty good idea which process works best.
Oh and when you are finished, you can contribute to MDC and get your name on there \o/