Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is of course a question of taste as much as anything else. Lluis and I have recently discussed film choice and have agreed that the classical emulsions like Ilford HP5+ are really worth shooting for tonality and ?je ne sais qoui? factor of film. For slower film, I use Fuji Acros?this was also my choice of film back when I was shooting exclusively that, prior to 2008. In fact, most of the same films that were around back then are still available today. As for developers, I use ID11+ for most things, and recently I have also experimented with stand development in Rodinal 1:100 and films like Fomapan 400. Lluis uses mostly XTOL which was also my favourite developer back then, but my problem is that the 1 liter size is no longer available, and if I make 5 liters (the only size still available) I will end up wasting most of it. That is why I stick to ID11+ (or D76) for most things, as those are available in 1 liter sizes. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 27 May 2018, at 05:09, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com> wrote: > > After at least 15 years away from the darkroom, I?m going to shoot and > develop a few rolls of B&W with the M3 or the R9. I don?t know what might > have changed in that period, and of course I?ve forgotten a lot of what > little I knew. I see a number of posts from regular users of film, so I > see a resource here on the LUG. You know who you are, Lluis, Jim, Nathan... > > Any recommendations for film and developer/dilution/technique? Some will > be daylight and some available light, I expect. > > ?howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information