On 4/27/05, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've started developing film at home, using Sprint developer. > Oddly, I've been getting better results with 120 than with 35mm, > though I may have finally solved that (I just don't know why). > Sprint says this developer is the same as D76 diluted 1:1, but > the times on the bottle don't match those on Kodak's web site. > This morning I used Kodak's times for the 35mm Tri-X and Sprint's > times for 120 Tri-X, and oddly, both came out pretty. > > So a tangential question is, "Why?" ...
Getting into this late, but, how much developer are you using? And how large are the 35mm rolls? I find that if I need to do two rolls of 36-shot 35mm in D-76 1:1, I have to use more developer than is necessary to just cover the film. I usually use one of the 3-roll tanks, and use a full 900ml of developer. If I only use 600ml, enough to cover the film, it gets exhausted before the film develops fully. Dunno why the different between Sprint and Kodak for the times, but I have noticed a bit more grain using the Sprint developer than I have w/ real Kodak D-76. Though the fact that you can reuse the Sprint developer works in its favor... -Mat
