Pyrocat-HD in Glycol Film Developer is a high acutance developer formulated by Sandy King as an alternative to other pyrogallol based staining developers. Pyrocat-HD gives negatives of fine grain and full emulsion speed and is suitable for all types of development methods, including rotary, normal agitation, minimal agitation and stand development. Packaging in glycol stabilizes the formula to give a very long shelf life and long term consistency.
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Posted by Kerry on 21st Jun 2024
This is truly one of the great film developers, producing excellent negatives on a wide variety of film stocks. It is very easy to mix and use, and appears to have a long shelf life.
The order arrived quickly, worked as described, and was of excellent quality.
Posted by fred delgado on 26th Feb 2024
on my first two rolls, i had exceptionally good outcomes. (thin appearance but when scanned tonality and details were great.) unfortunately, my third roll showed the developer failed. i used separate syringes and careful technique.
a big disappointment because i know what pyro can accomplish. i can't trust this formulation
Posted by Jim T on 2nd Sep 2023
I’ve been using Pyrocat-HD (in glycol) for years and prefer it to D76, ID11, Rodinal, caffenol, and even DD-X. I get incredible detail in highlights and beautiful grain. It hardens the gelatin so there is no silver migration (bromide drag). It has high acutance without creating weird grain like Rodinal. It’s also more forgiving than other pyro developers. I use a semi-stand development with very gentle agitation. Downsides: it doesn’t seem to be appropriate for Jobo or continuous agitation development. This is far and away my favorite developer.
Posted by Robert Taylor on 29th Jun 2023
I've used HC-110 for decades as my general film developer due its great storage life, consistent results, versatility and ease of use. While I will continue to use it (especially with Tri-X sheet film), I have recently become re-enamored of Pyrocat-HD in glycol. It is an excellent, easy-to-use developer in situations where a semi compensating developer is needed but also for negatives developed to normal density if you don't mind about double the development times over HC-110. I used it recently with some HP5+ 8x10 negatives
developed to achieve "normal" density and am delighted with the sharp, beautiful negatives that resulted. I had been using PMK Pyro, but see little or no real advantage over the easier to use--perhaps safer--Pyrocat-HD in glycol.
Posted by Dennis on 4th Nov 2021
After using ANY pyro developer, it is almost impossible to go back to regular developers. Tried my regular ID-11 but I wasn't very pleased with the results. The negs looked fine but they did not have the tonal shift that Pyro developers give. For me it's Pyrocat HD or PMK as the ONLY developers I will use comfortably for any format I work with.
Posted by Daniel Possin on 21st Aug 2021
This developer the highly flexible, allowing extreme compressions if needed while retaining the subtle tonal shifts you desire. Compared to the other "pyro" developers, it also offers good shelf life, and ease of use.
I'm just getting back into large format film again after a 15+ year hiatus, but this film developer hasn't changed -- and still offers one of the best options out there.
Posted by Ricardo on 31st Mar 2020
excelente 100% recomendable
Posted by Unknown on 30th Nov 2018
Meets all my development needs.
Posted by Unknown on 17th May 2018
Not convinced that PyroCat HD - 1+1+100 - makes for higher acutance negatives than TFX-2 - 1+1+18 - with minimal agitation techniques, but perhaps the grain is just a bit finer.
Stand development is fickle 3.5 stars
Posted by Joel Edmondson on 19th Feb 2018
I have wanted to try this for years but was " put-off" by tales of uneven development, streaking, etc. I really like the results (with TMY2) and have now embarked upon a testing regimen because the results are phenomenal. This may well be the best developer I have ever used.
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