LEARNING TREE UNIVERSITY
INTRO TO DARKROOM CLASS #2

Film Developing Summary
Black and White Film Development

(HP- 5 film & NACCO D-76 developer mixed 1:1)

Sequence:

 Step 1  Developer: (be sure it's film developer not print developer!) Develop for 11 minutes at 68 degrees or 10.5 minutes at 70 degrees. Agitate continuously for the first 30 seconds and then for 5 seconds every 60 seconds. Tap the tank after each agitation procedure.

 11 min. at 68° F OR
10.5 min. at 70° F
 Step 2  Stop Bath: Agitate continuously.  NOTE: RETURN STOP BATH TO JAR!  60 seconds
 Step 3  Fixer: 5 minutes. Agitate continuously for the first 30 seconds and then for 5 seconds every 60 seconds NOTE: RETURN FIXER TO JAR!  5 minutes
 Step 4  Water Rinse: Fill and dump the canister with fresh water (about 70º F)  1 minute
 Step 5  Hypo Clear: Agitate continuously.  1 minute
 Step 6  Water Wash: In running water tray  5 minutes
 Step 7  Photo Flo: with NO AGITATION!  1 minute.
 Step 8  Hang to dry  

 

 FILM DEVELOPMENT TIME CHART

Find the 35mm film used in the left column and the developer used in the top row. The correct development time (at 68° F) is the intersection of those two rows. The standard developer at LTU is Nacco D-76 mixed 1:1. This is shown in purple. The standard film for Intro to Darkroom is Ilford HP-5 Plus, which is also shown in purple.

Development times

 D-76

 D-76

  Nacco D-76

 Rodinal

 HC-110

in minutes

Straight

  1:1

 1:1

 1:25

 Dilution "B"
 Agfa pan 100

 8

 12

 12

 8

 7
 Agfa Pan 400

 10

 14

 14

 7

 6
 Efke 25

 6

 9

 9

 N/A

 N/A
 Efke 100

 8

 12

 12

  N/A

  N/A
 Fuji Neopan 100

 8

 10

 10

 7

 7
 Fuji Neopan 400

 7.5

 9.5

 9.5

  N/A

  N/A
 Fuji Neopan 1600

 7.5

 9

 9

 5

  N/A
 Konica B&W Infra-Red

 6

 8.5

 8.5

   N/A

   N/A
 Ilford FP-4 Plus

 5.5

 8.5

 8.5

 6

 5
 Ilford HP-5 Plus

 7.5

 11

 11

 9

 9
 Ilford Delta 100

 9

 12

 12

 9

 6
 Ilford Delta 400

 7

 10.5

 10.5

 9

 7.5
 Ilford SFX 200

 10

 14.5

  14.5

 N/A

 N/A
 Kodak T-Max 100

 9

 12

 12

 5.5

 7
 Kodak T-max 400

 8

 12.5

 12.5

 5

 6
 Kodak T-Max 3200

 15

 N/A

 N/A

 8

 12
 Kodak Plus-X

 5.5

 7

 7

 6

 5
 Kodak Tri-X

 8

 10

 10

 5

 7.5
 Kodak B&W Infra-Red          

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