Re: Ilford


Brian Ellis (beellis@gte.net)
Fri, 21 May 1999 06:40:24 -0400


HP5+ with D 76 diluted 1-1 seems to work well. Brian

Julian Smart wrote:

> Ilford FP4 and HP5, along with the new Lotus
> > 200 film. I have no experience with any of these films and would like to
> > hear any suggestions on film developer combinations.
>
> Jonathon,
>
> FP4 in Ilford LC29 @ 1:19 for 3.5-4.5 mins makes great negs for VDB (not
> too sure how pt/pd negs should look- much the same I would expect) from
> colour trans. LC29 is a (reasonably) fine grain, high acutance developer
> capable of an extreme range of results, (D-Max 0.4-6 for gum negs, or up to
> 2.6-9 for VDB etc)
> though for GS work it does appear to be too harsh for my taste.
>
> Julian.



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