Pushing via temperature instead of time?

andre mueller

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I'm sure some of you have done this already and can help me out.
I want to push 120 Trix in HC110 - dilB by increasing temperature instead of time.

I would use this graph from:
http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/hc110/

timetemp.jpg


My questions is if I have to increase the frequency of agitation?
Does the developer exhaust itself faster at a higher temperature?
So far I do 2-3 inversions every minute after the initial agitation.

Would it matter at dilution B?

Would it change the look of the negative compared to pushing by increasing developing time?

This is what I developed today by pushing and overexposing 1 stop.
I quite like the tones.

 
In general, no, no, no and no. But only if you do not increase the temperature to the point where you get critically short development times (where the time spent filling or emptying the tank, with uneven exposure of the film to the liquid, gets disproportionally big relative to the fully immersed and properly agitated timespan)! Which I would consider a issue with Tri-X in HC-110 Dil.B, which is already at a very short four minutes at 20°C for nominal speed - given that, I'd consider it beneficial that you get a longer development time as a side issue of pushing.
 
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