Any experience with 510 Pyro and Adox HR-50 / Scala 50 ?

[tom43]

I wonder if anyone has used this combination in the past and can give some recommendations for development? Was the outcome good? Many thanks in advance.

 

[pentaxuser]

If no-one has used this combo here and that includes me then you have 2 possible sources
1. If you bought it from ZoneImaging or a retailer that stocks ZoneImaging's 510 Pyro then contact it The owner James Lane seems to have experimented with quite a lot of films and makes its own 510
2. Adox may have some relevant info

pentaxuser

 

[koraks]

if anyone has used this combination

Sorry, no, but are you considering this combination for producing negatives or positives? If the latter, 510 pyro doesn't sound like a suitable candidate (at all!!!) for the first developer, although it might be used for artistic toning purposes as a second developer. For negatives, this wouldn't apply.

 

[tom43]

It´s for negatives. Meanwhile I received a recommendation:

" 14 minute semi stand (1 minute constant agitation then one inversion at the 10th minute) with 1:100 and 20°C "

I will give it a try....

 

[koraks]

I found 510 pyro particularly tricky for reduced agitation schemes due to its tendency to give uneven development. For good evenness, I'd suggest not going beyond an agitation frequency of 5 minutes.

If you follow the recommendation you were given, at least ensure that you don't literally just do one agitation (e.g. flip the tank once) at the 10 minute mark, but actually do a proper agitation cycle that's vigorous enough.