TMax Developer Color, Aged.

I have 500ml of this TMax Developer stored in that Falcon 5L? carboy.

See colour in photo attached and the Falcon Carboy. Date on carboy is 14/XII/yr?.

I marked 3.3L beside. Don't know what that's about. Photo of TMax concentrate. The last bottle I used was the same colour. Stock date on bottle is 2014.

Is this developer safe to use?

The colour of the batch I just used was a darkish urine colour. I got really nice even negatives out of it. Actually I'm going to drop the developing time a minute.

Advice?

Thanks a lot, folks. AND for the advice you gave me on my last batch.

Cheers, Gary

Why?

I wouldn't use that 500 ml with any film that matters.
The only reason to put T-Max developer in a larger container is if you have made up a largish volume of working strength developer because you intend to develop a lot of film in the next short while.
The concentrate used to be relatively long lasting.
The working strength mix didn't last all that long.

MattKing said:

I wouldn't use that 500 ml with any film that matters.
The only reason to put T-Max developer in a larger container is if you have made up a largish volume of working strength developer because you intend to develop a lot of film in the next short while.
The concentrate used to be relatively long lasting.
The working strength mix didn't last all that long.

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Matt, thanks!