Adox FX-39 Type II Film Developer, 500ml

Item: 26332

High definition developer offering fine-grain and sharpness

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Product Description

This one-shot, high definition developer is perfect for bringing out exceptional detail and extreme sharpness from your negatives.

Based on the Beutler Formula for Neofin Red, it was originally formulated by Geoffrey Crawley for Paterson Photographic but withdrawn by them in 2012. We're pleased to announce its return with it now being made by Adox in Germany.

FX-39 Type II is closely related to Acutol but specifically developed to exploit the advanced silver halide grain technology in films such as Ilford Delta, Kodak Tmax or Fuji Acros. It makes very good use of the film's full ISO-rating and is possible to double the film's ISO simply by adjusting the development times.

At 1+19 dilutions, twice the normal development time applies, giving you a valuable compensating effect with extra shadow detail and the ability to cope with high contrast subjects.

We especially recommend it for films up to 200 ASA.

Standard dilution is 1+9. At 1+14 the time should be multiplied by 1.5 and at dilutions of 1+19 develop for twice as long as by standard dilution. The new version features better keeping properties and is less sensitive to low temperature shipping.

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Customer Reviews

By William Beasley on 22nd February 2019

"FX39 is my favourite developer. Your service is as usual first class."

By John Plowman. Photographer since 1942 on 24th November 2014

"It was fortuitous that the development standard I laid down in March 2011 was Kodak TMX in FX39 fine tuned to provide the maximum quality by developing in dilution 1+19 for 18 minutes, and agitating each two minutes. Accordingly, a strip ofTMX was similarly exposed at 100ASA, and developed in the new FX39 in an identical manner. The result was checked for grain, contrast, shadow detail, micro reponse, macro fidelity, and resolving power. All these parameters fell well within the small margin of experimental error, when compared with the original FX39 testa. Holding the two strips side by side, it was not possible to differentiate between the two. Most assuredly we have the original FX39 Formula. Equipment used : Camera: Leica M7. Taking lens: Leica Summicron M Asph. 35mm, set to f/5.6. Microscope: Jessop Biomate model 640."

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