Are there Kodak equivalents for Acufine and Microphen developers?

Ricardo

-- ricardo (ricardospanks1@yahoo.com), February 28, 2002

Answers

If it's emulsion speed you're after, diluted Xtol comes closest.

-- Tim Brown (brownt@flash.net), February 28, 2002.

NO. Are there any Kodak developers similar in formula to Acufine and Microphen??

-- r (ricardospanks1@yahoo.com), February 28, 2002.

Hello, I think you are looking for developers which are based on hydrochinon and phenidon (or close derivates). To my knowledge, Tmax and HC belong to this family. If you're in need for speed, Tmax is one of the best developers (pushed and unpushed).

georg

-- Georg Kern (georg.kern@uibk.ac.at), March 01, 2002.

Kodak's Microdol X is not dissimilar to Microphen. I prefer Microphen.

-- drew (swordfisher@hotmail.com), March 02, 2002.

Actually, Microdol-X is not similar to MICROPHEN at all; it is very different, and more like PERCEPTOL. It gives a speed lose, and is not very suitable for push processing.

As far as I know, Kodak does not have any developers similar to MICROPHEN or Accufine.

David Carper ILFORD Technical Service

-- David Carper (david.carper@ilford.com), March 04, 2002.

The closest that Kodak has is T-Max RS film developer. It is a P-Q formula very similar to ID-68 which preceded Microphen.

-- John S. Douglas (john@darkroompro.net), April 12, 2002.