Minimal agitation with Pyrocat-HD and Kodak T-Max 400 (TMY-2) for roll and 35mm film

[Tom Kershaw]

Experimenting with minimal agitation (60 seconds initial and 10 seconds every 3 minutes thereafter), I processed a roll of 35mm TMY-2 in Pyrocat-HD 1+1+100 on Monday using a development time of 13.5 minutes with a starting temperature of 26.5ºC, which had fallen to 23ºC @ 11 minutes; - the tank was a Paterson Super System 4. The image area and 'Kodak TMY-2' identification text are very thin with some mottling outside the frame, needing high contrast printing to get something resembling a "good" tonal scale, suggesting a processing time of perhaps 16.5 minutes would have been more appropriate. Last week I processed a roll of ILFORD FP4 Plus using the same regime for 10.5 minutes with excellent results.

Anyone else here with experience of processing TMY-2 under minimal agitation conditions using Pyrocat-HD?

Tom

 

[jgjbowen]

Tom,

Not a whole lot of help, but I develop TMY sheets in Pyrocat-HD 2:2:100 for 13 minutes at 68 degrees with a shuffle through the pile every 30 seconds.

My suggestion would be to try the 2:2:100 dilution. Perhaps Sandy King will chime in

 

[Tom Kershaw]

John,

That seems like a more robust option. I'm also suspicious my batch is rather old; mixed February 6th, 2009.

Tom