Black and White Development Times

I'm no expert, but seems like the The Massive Dev Chart (MDC) is a great resource for figuring out development times for the basic combination of film type, developer type, and development temperature. For example, I shot Ilford HP5+ film, and developed with Kodak D-76 developer. The MDC instantly told me that I should develop my ISO 400 film for 7.5 minutes at 20-degree C. Others on the www suggest using the MDC as a really good starting point, and then adjust based on experience.

Better yet, I downloaded the MDC iPhone app, which has built in look-up of the MDC charts, plus phase timers, adjustments for development temperatures, and C/F conversions all built into the interface. I was able to put in info like 74.4 F room temp and the MDC iPhone app adjusted the 7.5 min dev time to 5 min 21 seconds, and then adjusted all the timers accordingly. Really handy app.

Results? Here is example from the 2nd roll I just developed.



By the way, here's the "Holga-Look" from the same roll -- light leaks, some weird plastic object rolling around, double exposure, softness all over.... I was actually sort of amazed that the above ph0to came from same camera...