Your thoughts on a reasonable developer for initial use with 35 mm FP4, Fomapan 200 and some expired HP5 + some other random sheets...

[YorkshireBloke]

Hi,

So now I have been reminded of how to load dark slides and achieved 6 X sheet loading into a Patterson 5x 4 holder (result!) I want to dev some 35 mm FP4, some expired HP5 and some undeveloped sheets in a box of dark slides from eBay (what a mystery...).

What's a reasonable 1st choice of dev, emphasis on convenience rather than cost - all comments appreciated!

I used to like the accutance effects of Accutol and Acculux, back in the day...

Robert

 

[Alan Clark]

For 35mm Fp4 you can't beat Perceptol diluted 1+3 (three parts water) in my opinion. It's a wonderful combination.

 

[Nas]

Rodinal or HC-110. Both liquid and very easy to work with and great shelf life.

 

[Dave_P]

For convenience go for a liquid developer. So Ilford DDX is a good choice but there are of course hundreds of opinions. Obviously the most convenient option is just buy whatever your local camera shop has in stock.

 

[HowLarge]

For the mystery sheets a long stand dev with Rodinol could be a good approach as as far as I understand it works to exhaustion so less guesswork.
I found it to be great for grain if you are a bit loose with time and iso and HP5 with standard short dev times .
As per the others a liquid dev in one shot mixes is very convenient.

 

[Matt Bigwood]

I agree with Nas, Euro HC from Nik and Trick is a modern version of HC110 and worked well for me with Fomapan 400 5x4, rated at 200