Kodak Technical Pan film processing

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Can Kodak Technical Pan film ( ISO 25 ) be processed in any other developers besides the recommended Kodak developers ? Can it be processed in Ilford Ilfotec HC ( 1+15) or ID-11 ? What will the development times be ?

-- JJ Gildenhuys (janto@mweb.co.za), April 07, 2000

Answers

I had terrible luck with HC. I have good puck with PMK. If you want GREAT TP, you need Technidol or possibly one of the Formulary's blends. Other combinations apparently work, but I can only speak from experience here; TP is too beautiful to give you the wrong info, and possibly disuade you. shawn

-- shawn gibson (SeeInsideForever@yahoo.com), April 07, 2000.

I shoot techpan 35mm at iso of 100, develope in Kodak SD-1 (1:1) pyro for 12 minutes, no rinse, fix in sodium thiosulfate (pure hypo) for 5 minutes (no stop or water rinse) wash for 20 minutes and dry. Beautiful neg's. Regards, Pat

-- pat j. krentz (krentz@cci-29palms.com), April 07, 2000.

TechPan goes great with Rodinal 1:150 or 1:200. I use Rodinal diluted 1:200 at 23 deg C for 8 minutes, agitating once every minute.

-- R Sriram (r_sriram@bigfoot.com), April 09, 2000.

Microphen, diluted 1+5, EI 32, 14 min @ 75 deg. F.

-- Tim Brown (brownt@ase.com), April 10, 2000.

The Formulary blend designed for Tech Pan is TD-3. It does a fabulous job of taming TP's contrast and making it appear like a normal continuous tone film. The sharpness is excellent and TD-3 gives the highlights a little bit of a glow--kind of like pyro does, I guess.

-- Brian Hinther (BrianH@sd314.k12.id.us), April 13, 2000.


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