Agfa APX 100 135 developed in HC-110

[mjobk]

I haven't been able to find any information on developing APX 100, 135 in HC-

110; there's some info on medium and large format APX in HC-110, but I'm not

sure how relevant this is to 135. So here's my question....

 

I'm ready to develop some test rolls but want to get a ballpark temperature

and agitation time for this combination to start. Any suggestions?

 

Or, do people strongly suggest not using this combination, and develop the APX

in Rodinal? I have a lot of HC-110 (I usually shoot TriX) and Rodinal is not

so easy to come by. In addition I have only 2 rolls of APX which I want to

develop (after I do the test rolls).

 

Thanks for your time and attention.

 

Martin O'Brien-Kelly

[nikos peri]

Massive Development Chart shows 7 minutes in dilution B

[john_gleason1]

I believe there are some recommendations here:

 

http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.html

[mitchell_kirschner]

I personally prefer Rodinal with APX100, but I've gotten more than acceptable results with HC110 (I believe I used Dil. B).

 

Agfa's recommended time for Dil. B is 7 minutes, though I suggest pulling back 10% or so for starters, as Agfa's recommended times tend to result in a high contrast index.

 

Here's a link to the datasheet:

 

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/pdf/Agfa_Films.pdf

[nikos peri]

Actually let me qualify that: it shows 7 minutes for 135, 120 and sheets. The other major

qualifier I need to add is... I've never used APX 100! But that should be a good enough

starting time.

[mjobk]

Thanks, didn't know of the massive development chart.

[jon_porter1]

I've had good results with 35mm APX 100 using HC-110 1:32 for 8' @ 68 degrees.

Agitation was four inversions every minute. I use a diffuser enlarger. I like the film, but still

prefer FP4+.

[tlr]

I have developed APX-100 @ 100 in HC-110 1+63 (dilution H) for 10:30 min., continous agitation the first 30 sec, and them 3 inversions evrey minute. I like the results.