Universal Developer
Development times
| Film | Dilution | EI | Temp | Time | Agitation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foma Ortho 400 | 1+3 | 400 | 20.0 °C | 7:00 | — | |
| Fomapan 100 Classic | 1+3 | 100 | 20.0 °C | 5:00 | — | |
| Fomapan 200 Creative | 1+3 | 200 | 20.0 °C | 3:30 | — | |
| Fomapan 400 Action | 1+3 | 400 | 20.0 °C | 7:30 | — |
Reuse
Checked 21 October 2026
The maker’s sheet doesn’t say whether it can be reused.
Capacity, as the maker states it: One litre of ready-to-use developer: up to 12 films of 135-36 or 120.
One litre of ready-to-use developer is sufficient to develop up to 12 perforated films (135-36) or rollfilms (120), or a corresponding amount of sheet films, or 2 sq. m. of photopapers ... Films: 1 part of developer+3 parts water
FOMA - Developers for black-and-white negative films (FOMA 11/13 catalogue) ↗
Dilutions
- 1+3 1 + 3 water
Link to this page
Specification
- Type
- B&W developer
- Form
- Powder
- Capacity rolls per litre
- —
- Shelf life, unopened
- —
- Shelf life, opened
- —
A dash means the figure has not been read off the maker’s sheet. A guess here would produce wrong answers silently.
Help keep it right
Suggest a time or report a mistake.
Know a time for Universal Developer that is missing here, or spotted one that is wrong? Tell us, with the source, and a curator will check it.
- Sources only. We publish a time only when it has been read off a primary source: the maker’s datasheet or chart. A link to it is what lets us check yours.
- Nothing goes up by itself. Every report is read by a person before anything on the page changes.
- No account needed. Your name and email are optional, and only to reply to you.
0 reviews
Written by photographers, under their own profile — so you can see what they shoot before you weigh what they say.