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Name of Ilford liquid developer?

Steve Mack

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Or is there even such a thing?? I can pick up HC-110 at my local camera shop, but they don't seem to carry the Ilford liquid equivalent. Can I develop B/W Ilford film in HC-110? Can I develop most anything in HC-110? :confused:

Thanks to all who reply.

With best regards.

Stephen
 
HC-110 will work with all films given the correct dilution and development time. You can often get that by comparing film types and speeds.

PE
 
I develop Ilford, Kodak, Agfa (Rollei), Lucky and Maco in HC-110. I like it because it's easy, produces nice results for me and it lasts forever. I also use Ilford DDX when I shoot Ilford Delta film. I just bought some TMAX developer because DDX is getting a little hard to find around here.
 

Stephen, Ilford are a very helpful bunch

Go and check out their web site - http://www.ilfordphoto.com/home.asp

There is all sorts of really useful information on it about nearest equivalents for competitors products, together with a great deal of data on developing times, capacity and replenishment rates for their products

The Ilford - Kodak equivalent sheet shows than Ilfotec LC29 is Ilfords nearest equivalent - http://www.ilfordphoto.com/Webfiles/2007361413322224.pdf (Page3)

In answering the 2nd & 3rd parts of your questions - yes you can develop Ilford Films (and anyone elses for that matter) in HC110 - B&W developer is B&W developer & works pretty much on any B&W film ~ although some Film/Dev combinations work better than others

Manufacturers quote their own films in their own developers to try and try to keep you using their family of products - it makes good commercial sense

The Kodak HC110 Developer sheet is here - http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/support/techPubs/j24/j24.pdf

Hope this is of some help

Martin
 
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naaldvoerder said:
Actualy I think it's Ilfotec HC

Jaap Jan
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You're right. Ilfotec HC is the highly concentrated developer used like the US version of HC-110. The common dilution ratio is 1+31. LC-29 is the equivalent of the "foreign" version of HC-110 in that it is already diluted to make a stock solution. Read about Ilford LC29 and Ilfotec HC here. Kodak's publication for HC-110 is here.
 
I've been using Ilfosol III, which is, I think, like D-76. I like that it comes in liquid form so I can mix what I need and dispose of it. I do note that it doesn't last too long once it's opened. Anybody else have any experience with it?
I may try the Ilfotec HC as it seems to be recommended.
 
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