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I use Fotospeed FX30 Odourless Fixer and Fotospeed SB50 Odourless Stop Bath in my darkroom. Because there is no smell I don't need a fume extraction system and run an air-conditioner instead; very pleasant in all seasons.
These Fotospeed products are more expensive than the cheapest (smelly!) alternatives but the costs are trivial compared to the price of photographic paper.
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Another proponent of FX30 odourless fixer since the old Agfa machine fixer was discontinued a few years ago - that was stupidly cheap and neutral ph to boot... I tend to to use Ilford stop-bath as that too is odourless (citric acid based).
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A few years ago Fotospeed was often a budget option compared to ILFORD but that no longer seems to be the case.
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Just started using FD10 and, though it’s early days, it looks to be outstanding. Delta 100 negs are perfect to my eyes and I’ve never managed to get HP5 looking this good. It’s also cheap and versatile. If Fotospeed can keep supplying it I think I’ll keep buying it.
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I've used FD10 film developer, and their stop bath, fixer, and warm tone print developer, all to my satisfaction.
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I've been using their Lith developer a lot recently. Works very well and is responsive to different dilutions.
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I have not yet tried much from Fotospeed, but I am going to try their FD10 film developer very soon. I know Richard had bad results from FD10, but perhaps it was from a bad batch? It seems cheap enough and does the business from what I have read, so must be well worth a try.
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Richard's well-documented problem with FD10 put me off for a while as well, Keith. However, if you do a search online there are only one or two people who have had an issue with FD10 so I wouldn't let that bother you. It may have been a dodgy batch but I think there would have been more complaints on the internet had that been the case.
Reading Richard's report about his experience, I don't think he ever found out what the problem actually was and, if I remember correctly, it ended in a strange fashion. Richard had been getting thin negs at 15 mins and four inversions, changed to 13 mins and two inversions and started getting good negs. The developer is certainly cheap enough to give it a go and there are many more people with positive experiences than negative so I'd say go for it! |
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I can understand that Richard. I will report my findings in due course.
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