Agfa Ansco 103 Universal Film and Paper Developer

[Tom Hoskinson]

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Agfa Ansco 103 Unversal Film And Paper Developer
Water (125 deg F)-----------------------------------------750 ml
Metol-----------------------------------------------------3.5 grams
Sodium Sulfite (Anhydrous)--------------------------------57.0 grams
Hydroquinone---------------------------------------------11.5 grams
Sodium Carbonate (Monohydrated)-------------------------78.0 grams
Potassium Bromide (KBr)-------------------------------------1.2 grams
Water to...

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[Sean]

Comments from previous article system:

By gainer - 05:51 AM, 09-27-2005 Rating: None
Looks much like the Air Force Standard developer from the 1941 manual.

 

[Anscojohn]

I have long used Ansco 103 with a slight modification for, I believe, richer, blacker, blacks:. Use one half the potassium bromide, and substitute 6ml 10% sodium benzotriazole in the stock solution.

Anscojohn, Mount Vernon, Virginia USA

 

[Tom Hoskinson]

Makes sense, Anscojohn.

 

[CBG]

I see this same developer designation, Ansco 103, and the same formula with one exception, 45 grams of sodium sulfite dessicated, rather than what's specified above, shown in an old Ansco pamphlet, and in Anselk Adams "the Print" and in the "Amphoto Lab Handbook" 1970 Amphoto. Is this one more of those name switcheroos that plague Agfa/Ansco?GAF formulas?

C

 

[Ian Grant]

I see this same developer designation, Ansco 103, and the same formula with one exception, 45 grams of sodium sulfite dessicated, rather than what's specified above, shown in an old Ansco pamphlet, and in Anselk Adams "the Print" and in the "Amphoto Lab Handbook" 1970 Amphoto. Is this one more of those name switcheroos that plague Agfa/Ansco?GAF formulas?

C

No Agfa Ansco 103 was changed by the manufacturers. In the 1938 Agfa (Ansco) Booklet "Agfa Formulas" it's shown with Sodium Sulphite, (anhydrous) 57 gms, but 3 years later the 1941 version of the booklet it says *revised form & shows - Sodium Sulphite, (anhydrous) 45 gms. So Agfa (Ansco) had revised the formula & reduced the Sulphite.

Ian