Description
Adox's Atomal 49 is a universal ultra-finegrain developer for all types of B&W films with high contrast-control. We ship it to you in powder form for easy mixing at home and long shelf life (>3 years)
The three packets included contain enough chemicals to process 10 rolls of black-and-white film at a time at 2+1 dilution, or 20 rolls at 1+1 dilution for one-roll developing. This means you can mix a pack and store for up to 6 weeks while developing single rolls as you shoot.
To push your film by one stop increase developing times by x1.33; to push by two stops increase developing times by x1.77
This formulation used to be known as Calbe 49. Also available from our store in 5L quantities.
For developing times across multiple films please check the MassiveDevChart here
Specification:
| Form: | Powder |
| Size: | 1L |
| Capacity: | 10+ rolls (35mm or 120) |
| Perfect for: | Fine grain; contrast control |
Where we ship
When you buy your camera film from us we can ship it across the UK, Europe, USA, New Zealand, Australia and Canada (more countries planned soon!) So buy your Atomal 49 B&W Film Developer Kit 1Ltr today and dive back into the fun of B&W film photography!
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Atomal is a classic developer, which is an excellent match for the more traditional emulsions from the likes of Foma and Lomography. It's a great alternative to Ilford's Perceptol and unlike Perceptol, it's available in 5L. packs. Beautifully smooth tones and fine grain-I can just hear Stephen Fry saying "smoother than a cashmere codpiece". Keep a sachet handy on your developing shelf.
All pictures made with a Rolleicord and Fomapan 400.
super super easy to use, great price, great results, go on chuck it in your basket.
this is a user friendly easy to use product. ideal for those of us just learning home developing.
I bought a roll of Adox HR-50 to try it out and I'll put a review up about that later. However I found that there wasn't a lot of information about developing Adox film using the more standard developers that I normally use, so I also bought a pack of Atomal 49 which works with this film.
I had a few issues with the film and my developing spiral but the part of the film that survived and got developed came out beautifully. The combination of the slow film and the fine detail developer produced some lovely photos.
If you have the patience to fiddle with thin-substrate films or have a professional level developing tank, this is a very good combination to get some high quality results.
I'm going to try out the rest of the batch with some other films to see if it might have some wider use.
Atomal is a classic developer, which is an excellent match for the more traditional emulsions from the likes of Foma and Lomography. It's a great alternative to Ilford's Perceptol and unlike Perceptol, it's available in 5L. packs. Beautifully smooth tones and fine grain-I can just hear Stephen Fry saying "smoother than a cashmere codpiece". Keep a sachet handy on your developing shelf.
All pictures made with a Rolleicord and Fomapan 400.
super super easy to use, great price, great results, go on chuck it in your basket.
this is a user friendly easy to use product. ideal for those of us just learning home developing.
I bought a roll of Adox HR-50 to try it out and I'll put a review up about that later. However I found that there wasn't a lot of information about developing Adox film using the more standard developers that I normally use, so I also bought a pack of Atomal 49 which works with this film.
I had a few issues with the film and my developing spiral but the part of the film that survived and got developed came out beautifully. The combination of the slow film and the fine detail developer produced some lovely photos.
If you have the patience to fiddle with thin-substrate films or have a professional level developing tank, this is a very good combination to get some high quality results.
I'm going to try out the rest of the batch with some other films to see if it might have some wider use.
A first use of Atomol .1:1 dilution decided on. My usual 10 mins develop , 5 mins fix.20 -25 deg C has turned out fine with the 400 asa
film. The developer is 3- part and one of the packets before opening
appeared to have solidified.Once opened however,the contents were
found to be o.k. Possibly the airtight envelope causing my small alarm.
The Atomol seems in character closer to Microphen than Perceptol with that mix of dark and white grains. In this pic feint shades of clouds pleasing. I think Atomol performed very well.
I've only used this developer for a couple of rolls of Adox CHS 100 ll so far, but the results are lovely. The developer is easy to mix, though I would recommend mixing it up and allowing it to stand overnight, then giving it a good shake up before using it.
A good and inexpensive developer with reasonable development times for most films giving good contrast. It's reusability when used un-diluted makes it very economical without any noticeable reduction in quality.
Really good how you can develop multiple black and white films with this I am hoping to do some more soon unfortunately it cannot develop all films and you need to find times on the massive drive chart but is really budget friendly and easy to use
Good product. Dev'd 8 rolls of 120 perfectly.
Does this act as a monobath - i.e. no stop needed?
No I'm afraid not - it *does* need stop
- Paul



