It's friggin awesome. I prefer Ilford Delta Pro 100 as my universal B&W film. I mis-tagged the developing time, as it's not 10 second agitations, but 5 second...
I'm refreshing every 5 rolls of 120 film with about 50-60 ml of replenisher. I used two 1/2 gallon Arrowhead Water bottles to make the developer, one half is my developer, 1/2 is my replenisher. I squeeze the bottles to keep air to a minimum. So far so good. The bottles are wrapped in tinfoil to block light, and the level of the developer is marked with a sharpie on the handle (the bottles are translucent).
I heated the Arrowhead water to simmering, then added packet 'A' off heat. It really didn't get totally dissolved, so I put it back on heat and stirred it on simmer until dissolved. packet 'B' was just the water at room temperature, shaken, not stirred. Then 'A' added to 'B' and topped up to make the full amount -- 1 gallon.
It's a lot less temp sensitive than Ifolsol 3 (my go-to developer until I fell in love with 777). I love Edwal FG7, but it still is not able to hold a candle to 777.
It's weird looking stuff, a slightly brown red liquid, black bits of silver(?) floating in it. It's about as opaque as lightly brewed tea. Brewed tea with tea leaves in it.
Pushing it (one stop is all I've done) works just fine. I use the push numbers at digitaltruth.com - for one stop(100->200ISO) i multiply the time by 1.50.
You can be imprecise with it, which is good, cause I like 'about' better than 'exactly.'
I do fill my tank to the top each time. This is my 'large tank' although that is debatable. When I am on a replenish cycle (every 5th roll) I pour the replenisher into the bottle, the developer I just used into a container, then slowly add it back into the bottle after use up to my sharpie line. Not scientific, but so far it is working beautifully.
The developer started to show its glowy quality right off the bat, but improved after two or three rolls.
I'm a 6x7 MF fan, 645 is great too. Not a big fan of 35mm. But that being said, HP5+ 35mm looks great in 777. HP5+ is a little harder looking, but that is true of HP5+ in Ifosol as well. If your style tends towards contrast, start with HP5+ and extra agitation in 777. You'll still get depth, but also contrast.
Mmmm, I'm a total fan of 777. Biggest problem so far is what to do with my Ilfosol and Edwal :)
Check out this photo at full size on flickr, I spotted it, final version (not this one) removes more of the dust, but otherwise, it's straight off the scan.
It's a lot less temp sensitive than Ifolsol 3 (my go-to developer until I fell in love with 777). I love Edwal FG7, but it still is not able to hold a candle to 777.
It's weird looking stuff, a slightly brown red liquid, black bits of silver(?) floating in it. It's about as opaque as lightly brewed tea. Brewed tea with tea leaves in it.
Pushing it (one stop is all I've done) works just fine. I use the push numbers at digitaltruth.com - for one stop(100->200ISO) i multiply the time by 1.50.
You can be imprecise with it, which is good, cause I like 'about' better than 'exactly.'
I do fill my tank to the top each time. This is my 'large tank' although that is debatable. When I am on a replenish cycle (every 5th roll) I pour the replenisher into the bottle, the developer I just used into a container, then slowly add it back into the bottle after use up to my sharpie line. Not scientific, but so far it is working beautifully.
The developer started to show its glowy quality right off the bat, but improved after two or three rolls.
I'm a 6x7 MF fan, 645 is great too. Not a big fan of 35mm. But that being said, HP5+ 35mm looks great in 777. HP5+ is a little harder looking, but that is true of HP5+ in Ifosol as well. If your style tends towards contrast, start with HP5+ and extra agitation in 777. You'll still get depth, but also contrast.
Mmmm, I'm a total fan of 777. Biggest problem so far is what to do with my Ilfosol and Edwal :)
Check out this photo at full size on flickr, I spotted it, final version (not this one) removes more of the dust, but otherwise, it's straight off the scan.
