Dektol for film!

BradS

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I just did a sheet of 320TXP rated at 250 in Dektol 1+3 for 7-1/2 minutes. I didn't measure the temp but it is in the low 70's F here today. The neg is still in the wash but, it looks really good!

I know others have used Dektol for film...please share your methods. Maybe even post some results.
 

Existing Light

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I recently shot a couple of rolls of FP4 shot in my Holga in Dektol 1:15 for 7 minutes and they are slightly contrasty when printed on my Slavich Unibrom Grade 2 paper. I've noticed that slavich is a little more contrasty than the Arista paper I used to use, though. Also, my film was a bit underexposed, so that's possibly contributing to the contrast
 

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I ran out of D-76 and had not discovered the joys of HC-110 or Rodinal when I was doing my final portfolio last semester. So, I did the same trick, but I used it 1:5 for about 4-5 minutes. Negatives were a bit contrasty, but they worked. In the end, having negatives that aren't perfect makes the printing process so much more "interesting."
 

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Dektol / D-72 was long described in published formulas as a "universal developer", good for both film and paper. There are many other published formulas very similar that also are billed as universal developers.
 

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In college in the early 1960s, we souped Super Pan Press, Type B, in straight Dektol, constant agitaton, two minutes, when we were in a hurry to get a print out. Neg was fixed, then and printed wet.
 

cmacd123

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When I first tried developing film Kodak had a "tri-chem-pack" 8 oz each of Dektol, Stop Bath and Fixer. They listed it as being for making prints or developing ONE ROLL of Verichrome pan film. Unfortunatly, I just checked my stash of VERY OLD data sheets and I don't seem to have one for the pack. (Did find a data sheet for Ansco Versapan however.)

Kodak also made something clled VERSATOL which was for both film and prints.
 
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