[Leica] Budding photographer...

[dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)]

I like the combo myself. But I just shoot it at 400 and develop Dil. B
for 5 minutes (just happens to be what Ilford recommends) or Dil. E
(to win some time) for 7.5 minutes.

Agitation? Very, very agitated ... shaken, not stirred. Same number of
empty reels on the top as I have reels with film in it. I pour in
enough gook to cover the bottom reels and then slush the stuff around,
invert, back, invert, back. Let the developer drain off the film and
then cover it back up with fresh solution. Seems to work and more or
less match the agitation Ilford was thinking about when they
recommended their times.

Easy to scan and easy to print. I'll post some shots on Sat. I'm away
from home again now.

Daniel

On 6/14/05, Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote:
> In your quest, I'll recommend giving HP5+ in HC-110 a try. Great
> combination and very, very convenient to soup it up. I shoot the
> film at EI 320 and 800 and develop @ 68F in dilution H 1:63 for
> 9-9.5m and 13-13.5m respectively.  Agitation for 30 sec. and then
> just one nice, gentle twisty inversion every 2 minutes.
> 
> Nice looking tones, good grain and sharp negatives.
> 
> I picked up on the combo from some fans over on PhotoNet's
> B&W development forum. And IMHO they were right - it's a
> formula that works quite well.
> 
> Scott
> 
> Richard wrote:
> 
> > Budding photographer:
> >
> > http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/LJPics/crop0006.jpg
> >
> > Wow! The office is sure messy!
> >
> > This is my ongoing search for the "perfect" B&W film. Perfect meaning
> > perfect for my workflow of developing using the Jobo rotary processor
> > and scanning in using the Nikon LS-4000. For ASA100, looks like it's
> > Acros, although I bought but have not tested Efke 100 yet. For ASA400
> > and some times pushed to ASA800, it's Tri-X. I am looking for a nice
> > sharp clean ASA400. This is Delta 400, I don't think it cuts it in
> > those departments. Will play more.
> >
> > M7, I think 90/2AA @F2.
> >
> > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,
> > please use richard at imagecraft.com)
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