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Microphen vs ID-11


RaymondC

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Hi all

 

I tend to use mostly ID-11. Out of interest what is the advantage of Microphen? I know that it is said to be for pushing film. When film is pushed does it give lesser grain compared to ID-11? With Ilford's documents Microphen is listed as a recipe when you push HP5+ to 3200 but it is not listed for ID-11. When pushed to 1600 both ID-11 and Microphen list development times what is the difference between the two developers?

 

 

Cheers.

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Ilford Microphen is a "speed enhancing" developer. Actually yields higher film speed for the same contrast index. So it's optimized for pushing. (Where Microdol-X was a speed losing developer.)

 

Ilford Ilfotec DD-X is also a little on the "speed enhancing" side. Handy liquid formulation, reasonable shelf life opened.

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