Black and White developers

These are just a relatively sparse list of developers I have used for black and white film.

Rodinal (from Labo-Argentique)

High acutance, my mainly used so far, generally at 1+25 to 1+50. Reveal grain

Used 2 times to do semi-stand at 1+100, agitate 1 minute, stand 30 minutes, 4 inversions, then 30 minutes of stand again.

When developing Ilford Delta 3200, it is better to push development time one extra stop when using the time form Massive Dev chart to get a more contrasted/denser negative that is easier to scan.

Fomapan 400 looks better when over exposed by around 1 stop when developed at it’s normal times.

ILFORD ILFOSOL 3

Finer grain developer. Very convenient to use. One-shot, generally diluted at 1+9 or 1+14. Shelf life is said to be bad, but this never died on me.

Good performance with Ilford Delta films.

KODAK D-76

A classic. Only used a few times. Due to my plastic tank, this is not an economical choice because I need to use and dump way more developer than really needed, just b

Developers I want to try

KODAK XTOL (ADOX XT-3)

I have a bag of XT-3, I plan to do a replenished setup.

510 Pyro

Very curious about staining developers in general. Seems both economical and with amazing performance. Retains the highlights while developing the shadows.