Aculux3 and Rollei RPX Film

[Craigus666]

Hi All,

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I wondered if any of the guys (or gals) here have any experience of developing Rollei RPX films with Aculux3? I don't seem to be able to find any guide times for this kind of film at all....

What development times would you recommend?

Also looking to push 400 to 800 / 1600 if possible.

Any sharing of knowledge would be appreciated. :-D

 

[Роберт]

Maybe you could consider for push processing the special Rollei RPX-D for the RPX 400 film. It seems to be that this developer is made fur push this film up till 1600 iso.

Rollei RPX 400:

ISO 400/27°, Dilution 1 + 11, Temperature 20 ° C, Dev. time 11 Minutes,

ISO 800/30°, Dilution 1 + 7, Temperature 22 ° C, Dev. time 13 Minutes,

ISO 1600/33°, Dilution 1 + 5, Temperature 24 ° C, Dev. time 14 Minutes

 

[Craigus666]

No one has any information or findings whatsoever?

ARGH, I'll cut up a film and try a few different times to see what I come up with and post back...

 

[Craigus666]

Well...

For anyone that's interested, I've developed two rolls of rpx 400 now; 9 mins seems the right amount of time in a 1:9 aculux mix.

I agitated once every 2 minutes, for no more than ten seconds.

If anything, the negs appear a little over developed, but I've yet to transfer my negs to paper.

 

[artobest]

Digging up an old thread ... has Craig or anyone else tried RPX 400 pushed to 800 in Aculux 3? Or would I be safer sticking to Rollei's own chemistry?

Thanks!