APX 25 in Agfa A-8 dev.

[jim appleyard]

Anyone out there in photoland know of times for APX 25 in Agfa A-8 dev?

 

[jim appleyard]

BTW, I'll be using a diffusion enlarger.

 

[Kevin Caulfield]

Can you give any further information about the Agfa A-8 developer. It's not one of the better-known products.

 

[jim appleyard]

It's a glycin based dev. I got the recipe somewhere online, but no times went with it. I only have a few rolls of APX 25 left and can't afford to experiment with the stuff. So, I thought if anyone out there knows the times...

 

[Tom Hoskinson]

I have used Agfa 8 quite successfully with Kodak TMY and Efke 100. I have not tried it yet with APX 25 or Efke 25 but expect it will work well.

With Efke 100, I developed for 8 minutes at 68F with undiluted Agfa 8, using minimum agitation (2 slow torus inversions per minute). Results were very sharp with excellent mid tones. As a starting point for APX 25 I would use the same time/temperature/agitation.



AGFA 8

Warm Water (125F or 52C)-------------750.ml
Sodium Sulfite, dessicated--------------12.5 grams
Glycin-----------------------------------2.0 grams
Potassium Carbonate--------------------25.0 grams
Cold water to make---------------------1 liter