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Development calculator

Choose a film and a developer, then the dilution, speed and temperature the time was published for. You get the maker’s time with the datasheet it came from — and, if you need them, corrections for a warmer bath (NegaKit’s rule) or a reused developer (the maker’s own rule, where it publishes one).

  1. Film

    513 films have published times.

    Fomapan 400 Action · ISO 400 · B&W

  2. Developer

    Only developers with published times for this film.

    ADOX FX-39 Type II 1 time ADOX Rodinal 2 times Foma Retro Special Developer 1 time Foma Universal Developer 1 time Fomadon Excel W27 2 times Fomadon LQN 4 times Fomadon LQR 2 times Fomadon P 3 times Fomadon R09 4 times Ilford ID-11 5 times Ilford Ilfosol S 2 times Ilford Microphen 4 times Ilford Perceptol 2 times Kodak D-76 3 times Kodak HC-110 1 time Kodak T-Max Developer 1 time Kodak XTOL 1 time Tetenal Ultrafin 1 time Tetenal Ultrafin Plus 2 times Tetenal Ultrafin T-Plus 1 time

  3. Dilution

    The only one published for this choice.

    stock

  4. Speed

    The only one published for this choice.

    EI 400 box speed

  5. Temperature

    The developer temperature the time was published for.

    20 °C 30 °C

  6. Format

    This source gives separate times for different formats.

    120 / 220 Any format

How the numbers are worked out

Only what is published

Every time is a maker’s or a source’s own, read off the datasheet linked beside it. Speeds, dilutions and temperatures are the ones published: nothing is extrapolated, so a push nobody published is simply not on the list.

A warmer or cooler bath

For black-and-white film only, and only between 18 and 26 °C: about 9 % shorter for each degree warmer, rounded to 5 seconds. It is the rule NegaKit’s developing timer uses, which follows Ilford’s and Kodak’s temperature charts closely in that range. Colour processes and monobaths are not corrected.

A reused developer

Only where the maker publishes a rule for a reused developer, and then the maker’s own, with its words and a link to the sheet. A maker that is silent gets no correction: the page says so rather than borrow a percentage. Where the rule is printed for a fixed volume, we scale it to your tank in proportion, and past the maker’s stated capacity we tell you to mix fresh developer.