ian_mazursky Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Hi, I ended up with a whole case of Ilford universal developer which i believe is now Ilfosol.Would anyone know how this developer would perform in a photo-therm rotary tube processor?I shoot mostly fp4, hp5 and tmax 400 sheets. Thanks all! -Ian Mazurskylargeformat@mac.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_noel1 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Ilford Universal is not the same as Ilfosol. Universal is designed to be used with film and paper at various dilutions. Since I don't use it for its designed purpose, I can not give you suggested times. Look on the Ilford web site for suggested development times. I believe they give intermittent agitation times. If so, you will need to reduce the time 15-25% for use in rotary devlopment with constant development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith_tapscott Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 James is right, Ilford Universal which is more commonly called PQ Universal, is used mostly for processing B&W prints although it may be suitable for some specialist type films requiring a high contrast developer.It will yield very grainy and quite contrasty negatives on the films you have mentioned.Ilfosol-S is a different developer all together and is designed only for film development. The last three letters, `sol`, is because it is a solvent type (fine-grain) developer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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