400tx. hc-110(b). 4 minutes. olympia, wa. august 24.

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It is Saturday evening. I have had dinner. It is 7 PM. The sun will not set for an hour. I have plenty of time to shoot a roll of 400TX.

I have the film loaded into my Nikon N75 and the Nikon 50mm and 28mm D Lenses to be mounted on the camera.

Some dispute has arisen about the development time for Kodak 400TX when developed in HC-110(B). Kodak maintains that a 3-minute, 45-second development @20C is good, but most photographers say you need more time. In the next few weeks, I am going to shoot a few rolls of the film and use a 4-minute development time to keep it simple.

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  2. There’s hardly a better way to spend a Saturday evening… I think 4 minutes is a safe bet with Dilution B. I do agree with most others that 3m45s is too short and risks inconsistent results. Personally, regardless of the film, I like to use HC-110 at 1+50 to extend the development time and allow for better consistency. In this day and age when almost all lab equipment (tanks, beakers, graduated cylinders, pipettes, etcetera) is marked in mL, why everyone continues to make their lives difficult by using Kodak’s bizarre dilutions of yesteryear remains a mystery to me. 🙂

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    1. I have rarely used HC-110 this year but the bottle I have was bought early last year so I am finishing it up. It does work well with well with 400TX. I am sure it is better to use a more diluted solution but I am keeping it simple and easy for me.

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