Bergger One (monobath developer)

[Milpool]

I'm not sure if this is new but anyway - for those interested in monobaths

The b&w universal developer & fixer

A monobath fixer and developer to process all your films

bergger.com

 

[mtnbkr]

It's new to me. I am interested in trying it, but will wait for it to be in stock at B&H.

Chris

 

[miha]

I always wondered how well monobath developers fix film.

 

[mtnbkr]

I always wondered how well monobath developers fix film.

I've only used the Cinestill monobath developer and it seemed to fix film fine for me. Negatives I developed 2 years ago still look fine. The main issue I had with Cinestill was the constantly incrementing dev time. This new Bergger mix apparently only increments dev time after 10 rolls IIRC.

It's a minor complaint, but I hated tracking it.

Chris

 

[Donald Qualls]

I always wondered how well monobath developers fix film.

The beauty is, if you're concerned, just let it soak longer, continuing your agitation routine. It won't develop halide that's been fixed away, it won't overfix (can't happen) and if the fixer component is getting a little slow, the developer component likely is as well anyway. Do be sure to give double time (at least) for T-grain films; most monobaths use sodium thiosulfate fixer (rapid fixer is too fast for most developers), so they need extra time to fix the silver iodide portion of the T-grain halide grains.