Re: Hi. 1st post here JB@MI5.org:
Hello James,
You're barking up the wrong tree on this group - we're all digital
and politics here, with the occasional rant ;-)
In all seriousness, you'll probably find more answers than you can
handle regarding films and developers on rec.photo.darkroom, and they're a
knowledgable bunch of people over there. Only a handful of us here do our
own wet stuff, and among them, I'm probably on the bottom. Watch for Ken
Nadvornick and Matt Clara to chime in (I mean, about developers and stuff,
not my lack of knowledge. Though that might occur too...)
Only tried a couple of developers with HP5, and I'm waiting to try
another. I've had good results with T-Max, but I tend to push to 800
because I prefer the higher contrast.
Skip Rodinal - doesn't agree with HP5, and most especially not with a
push. Grain and contrast go almost off the scale. If you like that sort of
thing, you can call it "artistic", but I suspect that's a polite way of
saying "f**ked up"...;-)
Still waiting to try HC-110, which I got primarily to use with
Kodak's HIE Infra-red film, but time and weather haven't been cooperating
to see that yet, and I haven't tried HP5 in it either. Probably by the
weekend, though, since I have a Shoot-In image to submit and have discarded
my cheesy digital.
I've used Ilford ID-11 with Ilford Delta 400 and, I think, HP5, and
produced only average results. There certainly wasn't anything to convince
me that using the same company for developer and film was going to produce
a significant benefit.
Always remember, too, that what you want from your images may not be
what *I* want (or anyone else offering advice) - some of this will simply
be personal preference, and variations in temperature, agitation, dilution,
and timing all produce different results. Be ready to experiment a lot.
Have fun with it, though! Good luck,
- Al.
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