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(Mostly) Ilford film question
The other day I was out shooting with a friend of mine, and, lo and behold, when it came time to put film in the camera, I discovered that I had none in my kit. (Upon my return home, I found several large bags of film sitting on my counter, right where I'd left it.) Fortunately, my friend is a believer in bringing abundant supplies of film (as am I, usually), so she was able to help me out. Alas, she usus completely different films than I do. My usual choices are T-Max 100, developed in T-Max developer, the venerable Tri-X in D-76, Delta 400, also in D-76, and Ilford Delta 3200 in Ilfotec DD-X . I don't claim to have arrived at these film/developer combinations by any scientific process, but the results seem fairly good, at least within the limits of my picture-taking ability. Here's what my friend gave me: Ilford FP4 Plus, Delta 100, HP5, and some T-Max 3200, which I exposed at 800 because that's what I tend to do with Delta 3200. I shot several roles of each for the for the day. I'd like them to come out, but it's not the end of the world if they don't. Now, my next step is processing, and I'm curious as to what folks would suggest. My friend is no help because she sends her stuff to a lab rather than doing it herself. On hand I have D-76, T-Max, Ilford DD-X and an unopened bottle of Ilfosol S, which bought by accident and have never used. I'd prefer to use up what I have on hand, but if all my choices are clearly unsuitable, I'd be willing to purchase something else. Obviously, what I ought to do is to go out and shoot test roles which I could then cut up and in several different developers, perhaps even with different dilutions, time and temperature combinations, etc. But I have neither the time nor the patience for such a detailed scientific analysis. I was hoping that perhaps I could find sage advice from somebody more energetic than myself. To reiterate, the exposed films I have a Delta 100 FP4 Plus HP 5 T-Max 3200. All were exposed at the box rating, except for the Delta, which I shot at 800. Oh, and since I'm asking, I currently use D-76 for both Delta 400 and Tri-X, largely since that's what I've used since I was kid. My results seem fairly good, so part of me doesn't want to change. However, I must admit that I prefer liquids to powders, so I was wondering if anybody knew of a liquid developer that would work well with these two films. Thanks in advance for the wisdom which I'm sure will follow. -- Pete McCutchen |
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