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Old 29th April 2018, 03:08 PM
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I may have imagined this but in my head I have FX4 down as Crawleys attempt to offer a developer that would perform the same as D76/ID11. Has anyone used FX4, what are you findings please?
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Geoffrey Crawley claimed that his FX4 developer would deliver a 50-60 percent speed increase over D-76. I tried it and found that for critical shadow detail and printing density this was not the case for how I work (exposure technique, developing technique and printing style).

If you want to try it, here is the formula that I have in my note book with a starting development time of 9 minutes at 20˚C:

Metol 1.5g
Sodium Sulfite 100g
Phenidone 25g
Hydroquinone 5g
Borax 2.5g
Potassium Bromide 0.5g

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Geoffrey Crawley claimed that his FX4 developer would deliver a 50-60 percent speed increase over D-76. I tried it and found that for critical shadow detail and printing density this was not the case for how I work (exposure technique, developing technique and printing style).

If you want to try it, here is the formula that I have in my note book with a starting development time of 9 minutes at 20˚C:

Metol 1.5g
Sodium Sulfite 100g
Phenidone 25g
Hydroquinone 5g
Borax 2.5g
Potassium Bromide 0.5g

Bests,

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Thank you David I have the formula as above but with 0.25g Phenidone and 6g Hydroquinone.

I have plenty of film developer at the moment, but I may give FX4 a try later this year. I would like to know if it is best matured and used replenished or one shot.
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Just stick with D-76 or ID11 or one of the liquid alternatives from Ilford or Kodak.
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