Guess the speed based on what?normally i shoot f11 and guess the speed.
And for developers, I have access to almost all that ilford does like id11, microphen, perceptol etc.
and there is a guy who makes home-made developers like diafine, beutler, pc-tea, parodinal, hydrophen, fx-37, d-19, d-23, d-96, and a version of xtol that uses d76 times.
Two-solution (or divided) developers are always a good option. D-23 for the 1st bath and an accelerator solution (sodium metaborate, sodium carbonate, or borax) for the 2nd bath. It's an inexpensive developer considering you only need 3 checmicals (metol, sodium sulfite, and the accelerator). It provides compression--i.e., reduced highlight development and increased shadow development.
thanks!D-19 would not be suitable as a 2nd solution. It is a complete high contrast developer.
If you are unsure about exposure, just use stand, preferably with Rodinal.
One part to a hundred for two hours.
Agitate gently the first minute and a gentle turn the tank a quarter turn after the first half hour.
For Tri-X it's probably best for 120 film, but I've had good results even from 135.
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