What if I develop 400TX film with Kodak RA2000 developer for imagesetter?

Answer 1

I'm not familiar with RA2000 developer, however it sounds to me like it's part of a color process.

If you're just using the developer, you'll certainly get an image. It's hard to say just what sort of image you will get, though, as developers for color film are certainly not optimized to yield a black and white image as the final product.

Besides that, if it is indeed a color developer, you'll need to develop for a long time. Most color developers are designed to work for 3 minutes 15 seconds at 100 degrees farenheit. 100 degrees will peel the emulsion off of black and white film, though, so you'll need to reduce it to a more reasonable 68 degrees or so, and extend the time several minutes. You'll need to experiment to determine the optimum time.

If you're talking about running Tri-x through a complete color process, don't do it. You'll end up with a clear piece of film.

Answer 2

Check at apug.org - the Analog Photography Users Group. They can answer all your film questions.

Answer 3

You can try it, but I would not want to use it to develop anything critical. Why not use a developer designed to work with Tri-X.

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