An interesting developer on the auction site

gone · May 27, 2015

I saw this listed on eBait. It looks interesting, and is sure cheap. I learned a long time ago not to buy most of anything out of the US due to the cost of a return, if needed, but this one has me tempted a little. His description is a bit ingenious, which is the norm for that area of the world it seems, and the only similarity to his developer and D76 seems to be that it uses the same times according to his own description. I find the idea of being able to simply dissolve a tablet into water and start developing fascinating. This particular developer doesn't do that, but he included it into his history on the ad.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/developer-b...003?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20fb2fac5b

bernard_L · May 27, 2015

Another silver bullet

Richard S. (rich815) · May 27, 2015

I bit. Love experimenting with this stuff. I'll let you know: 1. If it ever arrives, 2. My results.

MartinCrabtree · May 27, 2015

He doesn't make any outrageous claims. Probably just some stuff he found a recipe for that was cheap to make.

gone · May 27, 2015

I am very interested in #1. That's always the first concern :}

pentaxuser · May 27, 2015

Richard Sintchak (rich815) said:
I bit. Love experimenting with this stuff. I'll let you know: 1. If it ever arrives, 2. My results.

I think there is every reason to believe it will arrive. He has too many sales and too much to lose to be a fly-by-night. The length of time it lasts is a bit worrying. He claims to have disproved its two days only life and can state a week but unless you have a lot of films to develop even 7 days isn't long

Did you see the examples of film he developed? There were no examples I could see but that may be because it has all been sold.

It all sounds fascinating in a "Quietly Flows The Don" sort of way

I look forward to your report

pentaxuser

jim appleyard · May 27, 2015

D-23, Rodinal, HC-110, etc. are cheap, too. But, you don't have a lot to lose by checking it out.

Richard S. (rich815) · May 27, 2015

He has 100% positive feedback and it was not much money, worth a shot.

Murray Kelly · May 28, 2015

A gallery of Roobit's.

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olehjalmar · May 28, 2015

Don't know anything about the developer, but I like his pictures. Anyone who knows more about this developer? Seems to be a phenidone-hydroquinone based developer from what I could find.

Murray Kelly said:
A gallery of Roobit's.

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kreeger · May 28, 2015

So.. who here remembers this one. 2 Bottles for sale on ebay.

Gerald C Koch · May 29, 2015

I remember X-22, it was a MQ acutance developer based on the same principles as the Beutler developer. Also similar were Ethol Blue and Ethol TEC. The last time I looked TEC was still being manufactured. For anyone interested in this type of developer the Beutler formula could not be easier to mix. Only 3 ingredients metol, sodium sulfite and sodium carbonate. When I was a "starving" college student it was my developer of choice for its very low cost.

jim appleyard · May 29, 2015

I've got a pkg of this. I don't know how old it is. I'll use it someday.

Richard S. (rich815) · May 29, 2015

jim appleyard said:
I've got a pkg of this. I don't know how old it is. I'll use it someday.

The Robitol or the X-22?

jim appleyard · May 30, 2015

X-22.

An interesting developer on the auction site

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