Spur HRX Developer

Hi All,

 

Just wanted to see if anyone has had any good success using this developer. I recently bought some to use with Rollei 80s to 'tone down the contrast' a bit. I understand that you need to rate the film a bit lower when using this developer. It's much different than what I usually use, Rodinal, D76, Microphen, HC-110, and DDX.

 

Let me know your thoughts!

My "standard" developing for Rollei 80s (rated at 50asa) is 3ml of Rodinal in 450ml of DI. Semi-stand developing for 30min. 3 min presoak with DI. Constant (but gentle) agitation for 30sec after developer is in the tank. (1) Over n Up inversion @ 2min, 5min, 10min, 20min & out at 30min. Standard processing after that. . .just use a non-acid fixer. I have tried the SPUR developer & it has not shown me anything that the Rodinal lacks. If you want to walk on the wild side, Coffenol also produces some fine results. Aloha, Bill

My "standard" developing for Rollei 80s (rated at 50asa) is 3ml of Rodinal in 450ml of DI. Semi-stand developing for 30min. 3 min presoak with DI. Constant (but gentle) agitation for 30sec after developer is in the tank. (1) Over n Up inversion @ 2min, 5min, 10min, 20min & out at 30min. Standard processing after that. . .just use a non-acid fixer. I have tried the SPUR developer & it has not shown me anything that the Rodinal lacks. If you want to walk on the wild side, Coffenol also produces some fine results. Aloha, Bill

I agree with Bill. My own developer for this film is Rodinal 1ml plus 1ml of HC-110 syrup in 250ml water. HC-110 has an excellent buffer system in it and fixes the pH at 8.8 despite the high dilution which is not possible with Rodinal alone.

I haven't used any R80s for ages now. I use Rodinal or HC110 for most things, and never got rid of the blown highlights with either of them. Though I was pleased with some of my pictures anyway, and I was grateful then to have a choice of two 127 films instead of just one, I gave up on it, rather than start buying more expensive developers just for this film.

My "standard" developing for Rollei 80s (rated at 50asa) is 3ml of Rodinal in 450ml of DI. Semi-stand developing for 30min. 3 min presoak with DI. Constant (but gentle) agitation for 30sec after developer is in the tank. (1) Over n Up inversion @ 2min, 5min, 10min, 20min & out at 30min. Standard processing after that. . .just use a non-acid fixer. I have tried the SPUR developer & it has not shown me anything that the Rodinal lacks. If you want to walk on the wild side, Coffenol also produces some fine results. Aloha, Bill

 

Hi Bill,

 

Thanks for the input- I will try this exact method this weekend. Now I need to find a use for this Spur HRX that I purchased. :)