If you are looking for dev times for older films

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• Oct 19, 2020

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If you have properly stored old films that can use the original dev times but they are no longer on the Massive Dev Chart, one source that might be useful to you (it has been for me) is the archive.org version:

Massive Dev Chart from December 2009

If you follow that link it will take you to the print version, which still works from the archive.org site. I think it's most useful for people using developers that are not just D-76 or Rodinal where the manufacturer may have included dev times in the packaging.

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Wayback Machine to the rescue again! Yeah, if you need to develop Fortepan in Buetler or Moersch, you may need that link. I'm bookmarking it.

 

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Donald Qualls said:

Wayback Machine to the rescue again! Yeah, if you need to develop Fortepan in Buetler or Moersch, you may need that link. I'm bookmarking it.

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I initially went there to look at dev times for the original APX-400 in various developers. I have 100 ft of it frozen since 2011 and haven't shot any... which I should change

 

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I agree. Don't forget to leave it sealed for (for a bulk roll) 24 hours or so after pulling it out of the freezer. Condensation on film is bad.

 

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Donald Qualls said:

I agree. Don't forget to leave it sealed for (for a bulk roll) 24 hours or so after pulling it out of the freezer. Condensation on film is bad.

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Thanks, good advice. I would have left it out for awhile, but not sure I'd have waited 24 hours.

 

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Key is, the film roll needs to be above the dew point (depends on humidity) all the way to the core, but without anyway to check the internal temperature, you need to leave it ou long enough so be sure it's warmed up enough. "Enough" is slippery -- if it's hot and very humid, it might be 22C or higher; if it's cold and dry (pretty sure Ireland doesn't have "dry"), it might be quite cool and still be okay.

Twenty-four hours is long enough for almost anything that doesn't contain a lot of water to get up to room temperature, which is presumed to be non-condensing conditions...