I've been trying to develope some microfilm.... this stuff has amazingly tight grain.... but the contrast is terribly high... I've tried the Formulary TD-3 but the results are not so great.. Kodak's Technidol has so far given me the best results. However it is really expensive stuff.. Has anyone else tried to develope microfilm and gotten good results using a more economical developer then Technidol ?? thanks, Jimmy

-- Jimmy Allen (dfiddler@erols.com), May 05, 2000

Answers

Try Rodinal 1:100-1:200 and Ethol TEC.

-- John Hicks (jbh@magicnet.net), May 06, 2000.

Jimmy;

I experimented with copy film for some time a while back. I believe I ended up using the ethol TEC "A" solution only to tame the contrast. But after using up about 3/4 of a 100 foot roll of kodilth, I gave up and defaulted to Tech Pan. I ended up having an effective E.I. of 3 and still lost detail in the shadows. I currently shoot tech pan in 35mm and develop in Diafine, the "A" solution for 3+ minutes as per the instructions and exactly 60 seconds in the "B" solution. TEC in the two solution fromula also works and is a lot less $ than Technidol.

The added bonus to Diafine and TEC development is I get an E.I. of 100, which makes tech pan a general purpose film for many applications. 16x20 inch prints look very good.

-- Gene Crumpler (nikonguy@worldnet.att.net), May 08, 2000.

P.S. I also picked up a 6x7 camera for the really big prints. 35mm has it's limits.

-- Gene Crumpler (nikonguy@worldnet.att.net), May 08, 2000.

Try Microphen diluted 1:5

-- Tim Brown (brownt@ase.com), May 08, 2000.