Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For some recent theater shots of one of my kids, I did some tests and decided HP5 at 800 in Xtol 1:1 at about 70-80% of Kodak's chart times (for 800) gave pretty good results. Better than I had been getting with Neopan 1600 shot at 800 and developed in PMK, my usual developer of choice. Cheers, Kip Richard Edwards wrote: > The film choices (what I have in the fridge): Tri-X, Ilford HP5, Ilford > Delta 400, Ilford Delta 3200. > > The developer: XTOL, and only XTOL. (What I have) > > I need to do some 800-speed shooting this weekend. Anybody have a passionate > bias toward one of these films at this speed. XTOL is the mandatory > developer here. > > Forgive my ignorance in advance, but I usually shoot at the rated speed or > pull > a stop, so my push/pull skills are not good. > > My initial instinct is HP5, but Delta 400 would be better -- I have a > buttload > of it on hand. Tri-X: does it suck at 800? > > -Al