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Response to Several questions about TXP 4x5 processing in ID-11/D-76.

from Charlie Strack (charlie_strack@sti.com)
From the Kodak Master Darkroom Dataguides 1972 & 1970 printings

1972 For Tri-X sheets with intermittent agitation at 1 minute intervals, large tanks, 68 degrees F: 11 minutes; For continuous agitation (trays), same temperature, 9 minutes.

1970 For Tri-X sheets with intermittent agitation at 1 minute intervals, large tanks, 68 degrees F: 9-1/2 minutes; For continuous agitation, same temp., 7-3/4 minutes.

Both datguides say to develop D-76 at 1:1 for the same time as Microdol-X straight up (undiluted), regardless of film.

Kodak's recommendations err on the side of overdevelopment, and through out the 70's, if I remember right, they just kept on increasing their recomended development times. I'd start off with the shorter of the two times suggested (1970 times).

(posted 8544 days ago)

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