Home Film Developing Tables
Some simple tables for the film development process at home.
Mixing Chemicals
Developer
Fomadon P D-76
- Warm 700ml water to 40°C.
- Dissolve contents of small bag.
- Dissolve contents of large bag.
- Mix in 300ml water (Total 1L).
Fujifilm SPD ( スーパー プロドール )
- Warm 1L water to 40°C.
- Dissolve contents of bag.
Fixer
Fomafix P (Film)
- Warm 600ml water to 40°C.
- Dissolve contents of large bag.
- Dissolve contents of small bag.
- Mix in 150ml water (Total 750ml).
Fomafix P (Paper)
- Warm 600ml water to 40°C.
- Dissolve contents of large bag.
- Dissolve contents of small bag.
- Mix in 400ml water (Total 1L).
Developing
D-76 / ID-11
1L: 10 uses, 20°C, increase time by 15% after 4th roll
Continuously agitate for the first 30 seconds. Then for the first 10 seconds every minute.
Film | Minutes |
---|---|
FilmNeverDie Kuro 100 | 10 |
Fomapan 100 Classic | 7 ~ 8 |
Fomapan 200 Creative | 5 ~ 6 |
Fomapan 400 Action | 10 ~ 12 |
Ilford Delta 400 Professional | 9 ~ 10 |
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 | 7 ~ 8 |
Ilford Ortho Plus 80 | 8 |
Ilford SFX 200 | 10 |
Kentmere 400 | 9 ~ 10 |
Kodak TMax 100 | 6 ~ 7 |
Kodak TMax 400 | 7 ~ 8 |
Kodak RAR Film 2495 | 7 |
Fujifilm SPD ( スーパー プロドール )
1L: 10 uses, 20°C, increase time by 5-10% after 4th roll
Continuously agitate for the first minute. Then for the first 5 seconds every minute.
Film | Minutes |
---|---|
FilmNeverDie Kuro 100 | 10 |
Fomapan 400 Action | 10 ~ 12 |
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 | 7 ~ 8 |
Rodinal
There are two ways in which I use Rodinal.
- As a normal developer
- For stand developing
I don’t usually do stand developing, but I find it especially useful for mystery film. Occasionally at markets I’ll find either very expired film, or something that was bulk rolled from an unknown origin. I find stand developing gives me a nice workable image. I don’t think I would prefer it over using a regular developer in other cases.
Normal Developing (1+50)
~1L (20ml Rodinal to 1L water, or for single steel developing tank 6ml Rodinal to 300ml water), 20°C, discard after use.
Continuously agitate for the first 30 seconds. Then for the first 10 seconds every minute.
Film | Minutes |
---|---|
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 | 11 |
Stand Developing (1+100)
~1L (10ml Rodinal to 1L water, or for single steel developing tank 3ml Rodinal to 300ml water), 20°C, discard after use.
Continuously agitate for the first 30 seconds. Then optionally once or twice about half way through the developing time.
Film | Minutes |
---|---|
Any | 60 |
Fixing
Fomafix P
750mL: 15 uses, 20°C
Continuously agitate for the first 30 seconds. Then for the first 10 seconds every minute.
Medium | Minutes |
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Any | 10 |