fuji acros developed in arista liquid developer

[rob644]

Hi all, i was curious if any of you here have tried this combination. did you like it? what were your developing times? it is the only film developer that my college supplies so it is what i am stuck with. should i just bite the bullet and develop my film outside of school instead? thanks to all responses.

oh and if you can. could repliers post examples of acros developed in arista developer. or maybe of others such as xtol or rodinal since i hear those are good to use with acros. thanks again

 

[rob644]

oh and also to note, i am using the 120 version of acros

 

[Christopher Walrath]

Hey, Rob. Neopan looked decent in it. I prefer HC110 much more. Never shot Acros, though. For times and such, try www.digitaltruth.com and hit the massive dev chart.

And welcome to APUG.

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

Acros will look nice in just about any developer.

And keep in mind that your results will vary much more with variations in technique than your choice of developer will yield. Keep plugging away. There aren't any really bad products out there. Technique beats materials any day of the week.

- Thomas

 

[Josh Harmon]

Ive developed a few rolls of 120 Across in Arista Premium 1+9, which my school uses. I found that it develops fast (~5 minutes) and builds density quick, two of my rolls had severely blown highlights. In D76 1+1 my negatives came out a bit better with no blown highlights.

Josh

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

Have you tried to extend your agitation intervals to every three minutes?

That will lengthen your development time and help preventing your highlights from blocking up.

You can also try using the developer at a colder temperature (some developers don't work like this, but this is what experimentation is for), which could also help you extend the development time.

Five minutes sounds like a very short development time. Something like eight minutes would be more comfortable.

- Thomas

Ive developed a few rolls of 120 Across in Arista Premium 1+9, which my school uses. I found that it develops fast (~5 minutes) and builds density quick, two of my rolls had severely blown highlights. In D76 1+1 my negatives came out a bit better with no blown highlights.

Josh