Roll A Week

There are many dedicated sites and communities that gather film developing recipes* but this is going to be my personal film dev library. Please free to comment below.

I’m listing some of the (black and white) developing recipes I’ve used, categorized by the film type. I’m also listing some of the interesting recipes that I’ve found during my internet crusades.

[Film type, box ISO speed @ shooting speed | developer and dilution | dev time | temperature | additional comments]

Kodak Tri-X

Kodak Tri-X 400 | Rodinal 1+50 | 13 min | 20°C | good contrast and grainy results as expected

Kodak Tri-X 400 @ 400-800 | Kodak D-76 1+1 | 22°C / 20°C | 8 min / 10 min | ok results, not so contrasty

Kodak Tri-X 400 @ 400-800 | Kodak D-76 1+1 | 21°C / 20°C | 9.5 min / 10.25 min | ok results

Kodak T-Max

Kodak T-Max 400 @ 1600 | Kodak D-76 1+1 | 18.5 min | 20°C | good results, very usable recipe

Kodak T-Max 400 @ 1600 | Rodinal 1+25 | 12 min | 20°C | one slow inversion per minute; very very nice results, amazingly small grain (originally by Jock)

Kodak T-Max 400 @ 800 | Rodinal 1+100 | 1 h stand | 20°C | grainy results, there must be a better way to push T-Max 400

Kodak T-Max 400 @ 400-800 | Kodak D-76 1+1 | 10 min | 22°C | very nice results, must be tried again

Kodak T-Max 400 | Kodak D-76 1+1 | 12,5 min | 20°C | dev time from D-76 instructions, okay grain, in my opinion lacks contrast

Kodak T-Max 100 | Kodak D-76 1+1 | 10 min | 22°C | must be used again to say more

Ilford HP5+

Ilford HP5+ 400 @ 3200 | Rodinal 1+25 | 18 min | 20°C | gentle inversion every 60 seconds, contrasty but nice push results

Ilford HP5+ 400 @ 800 | Rodinal 1+50 | 16 min | 20°C | gentle agitation every 45 seconds, strong pushed results

Ilford HP5+ 400 | Rodinal 1+50 | 11 min | 20°C | nice results, must be used again to say more

Ilford FP4+

Ilford FP4+ 125 @ 400| Rodinal 1+50 | 30 min | 20°C | very nice results with light agitation (30 seconds and twice every 45 seconds)

Ilford FP4+ 125 | Rodinal 1+50 | 16 min | 20°C | nice constrasty results but the film cannot be under exposed

Ilford FP4+ 125 | Rodinal 1+50 | 12,25 min | 22°C | nice constrasty results

Ilford FP4+ 125 | Kodak HC-110 B | 9 min | 20°C | one inversion every minute, really nice dark tones, even contrast

Fuji Neopan

Fuji Neopan 400 | Rodinal 1+50 | 11 min | 20°C | nice results, nice contrast

Fuji Neopan 400 | Rodinal 1+25 | 6 min | 20°C | small grain, nice flat negs for scanning

Fuji Neopan 400 | Rodinal 1+100 | 1 h ständi | 20°C | very grainy, ugly grainy, won’t use again

Rollei Retro

Rollei Retro 100 | Kodak D-76 1+1 | 13,5 min | 20°C | very nice results

I want to try

Kodak Tri-X 400 @ 1600 | Rodinal 1+100 | 1 h semi stand | 20°C | two inversions every 10 minutes (rmho)

Kodak Tri-X 400 | Rodinal 1+100 | 1 h stand | 20°C | (rmho)

Rollei Retro 100 @ 400 | Rodinal 1+50 | 29 min | 20°C | two stop push for a cheap film, must be tested (Jess P.C.)

Rollei Retro 100 | Kodak D-76 stock | 6,5 min | 24°C | (mblomqvist)

Rollei Pan 25 | Rodinal 1+50 | 11 min | 20°C | (ikusan)

Fuji Neopan Acros 100 | Rodinal 1:90 | 17 minutes | 20°C  | (Greg Nissen)

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*) one of the most well known database is The Massive Dev Chart and another one is FilmDev which can be integrated to Flickr.