Geoffrey Crawley's FX55 Developer - The Best Way to Use It!

How about stand development? I did a film with Parodinal 1:100 stand 1 hour and I was amazed by the skies.

You are so spot on, those 3 are what I've tried to make same way every time, including how roughly I do agitation and how many turns I do. Trying out every combination of agitation is impossible so it needs some limiting. I've had repeatable density differences below 0.05 with keeping parameters same. Part of that is due to aging developer and needs adjusting over time.
In practice that means every standard contrast image exposed right prints on grade 2.
I love that when I try FX55 I have a baseline and may not need to test every parameter myself (although my agitation may differ from yours)

This comment is about BT2B. In one batch I prepared the developer, I missed to correct the sodium metaborate tetrahydrate concentration against the octahydrate in Bath B and used the whole 12 g/L. I have developed a role of Eastman 5222 exposed at 200 iso in both Sunny and overcasted situations . The film came out to be amazing with contrast and the tonal range even a little increase in film speed. Same thing I have observed for foma 200 (exposed at 160) and kentmere 400 (exposed at 400) but double X was the best. Double X developed for 4 min in bath A with initial 30 sec with continuous agitation then 10 sec every minute. In bath B 4 min with first 10 sec (4 inversion) continuous and one inversion every min. Requesting your opinion on this.

Hiya John. Thanks for this. I've done similar tests with other developers and now want to play about with the 510Ptro. If I find anything interesting I'll give you a shout. Best wishes from The Rhondda.

Hello John. Thanks for doing all of this testing for us. It really is helpful. One of the things I love about FX55 is the way it elevates budget filmstocks, such as Fomapan. Diluted FX55 + Fomapan 100 is amazing.

Thanks you John Finch so much. Your tips were very useful for me.