Looking For Times & Temps For Shanghai Pan 100 GP3 in Microdol-X

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I can't find times and temps for developing Shanghai Pan 100 GP3 film in Microdol-X, which doesn't surprise me. Does anyone have any experience w/ this combination? I need the agitation scheme too. A friend gifted me the developer and I wanted to try it. Thanks.

 

[pdeeh]

I just had a look at MDC and times in Microdol-X for 100-speed films seem to hover around the 12-15 minute mark - with a bit of variation depending on dilution - so that's where I'd start if I couldn't find anything more precise.

 

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Good suggestions. Thank you.

I guess I'll give it the usual agitation that I give Tri-X of 30 seconds of initial inversions, then 2 every 30 seconds, and see how that goes. From what I read on this developer, it tends to give flat negs, so maybe a little extra agitation/time may help.

 

[Rick A]

In my experience with Microdol-X, I lost one full stop in speed no matter which film I used. I was never happy with that developer, and went back to D-76. If memory serves, I used to complain of flat negatives all the time, never enough punch, they were always lacking. Of course, that was my experience, YMMV. I did give it a good try though, but five years of not being satisfied with results was enough.

 

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Rick, if you gave it 5 years, you have a lot of patience. If I can't get something that works in a few rolls, that's about it. Starting out w/ Tri-X and D76 probably spoiled me.

Maybe I'll try overexposing the negs a stop and overdeveloping them 10 or even 20 percent. I did that w/ some Rodinal today at 1:25 dilution, and that gave me something with nice contrast. With such a great name as Microdal-X, you would sure expect more from it :]

 

[Rick A]

I was getting reasonable negatives with Pan-X, but was pulling my hair out with Tri-X and Plus-X. Of course, back then I was of little patience.

 

[Rudeofus]

I am unable to comprehend how a developer could always give low contrast unless it is excessively diluted. There is always the option to develop longer, and contrast should go up if one does this.

 

[Rick A]

I could get what I was looking for with D-76, but no matter how hard I tried, just never quite got it with Microdol-X. There was just something lacking (for my taste) with it. I mostly shot Pan-X, and could get decent negatives, but even those lacked the sparkle I wanted. I learned to love Plus-X, but to this day, I can take or leave Tri-X. I can get stunning negatives with Tri-X and PMK, even with D-76, but I really have no love for the film, especially the new emulsion. My preferences are with slow emulsion, old school films. I shoot loads of Shanghai GP-3 and Fomapan 100.