[LargeFormat] t-max developer d76

[Philip J. McCourt]

Barry,
The 12.5 mins is using a 1:1 dilution of D76. According to the official 
Kodak info, they do not recommend the 1:1, but it works good for me. The 
time of 6.5 mins is the normal time for straight D76.  Like I stated in 
an earlier post, I almost gave up on the Tmax 100 8x10 sheets untill I 
started using the D76.  I am sure other developers will do a great job 
also, but I am having pretty good luck using the 1:1 mix.

I have been using the D76 for all of my film including 120 and 35mm.
Phil

Barry Treleaven wrote:

>I have tried tmax in rodinal and was not impressed but d76 the negs are
>almost grainless this is using roll film 120
>I noticed a time of 12.5 minutes for dev times the kodak sheet that I have
>is 6.5 minutes does the extra time give more density ? or is the 8x10 sheet
>film different time?
>I am happy with the negs at the 6.5 Min so I am curious as 12.5 seems a huge
>time difference
>the 5x4 tmax 100 negs I first developed had the occasional spot on them the
>advise that I reviewed was  dust in the dbl darks
>etc I consulted the archives and one posting recommended a pre wash
>pretemper so I tried this presto no spots?
>have I stumbled upon a solution for the dreaded spots.
>regards
>Barry Treleaven
>
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