Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I recommend the shortest development time you can workably use. I don?t know why, but Kentmere 400, Foma 400 and other gritty low tech films look best with short development in strong developer with lots of restrainers. Foma looks best in TMax/RS, but Kentmere looks better, to me, in HC-110 and clones at 1+31 for 5.5 min and no more unless you really need the density. Marty On Mon, 12 Jul 2021 at 2:19 pm, Jeffery Smith via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Marty, > Do you recommend the longer development time with more dilute DDX? > > JLS > > > On Jul 11, 2021, at 8:28 PM, Marty Deveney via LUG <lug at > > leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > > ?It looks good in HC-110 (or clones), TMax or even better TMax RS, or > DD-X. > > Expose plenty and don't develop too long. 5.5 min in HC-110 (I use the > > Freestyle Legacy Pro clone) 1+31 is about right; adjust your exposure to > > the time. > > > >> On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 4:29 AM Jeffery Smith via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > >> wrote: > >> > >> I still have some rolls of Kentmere 400, and may try Ilfotech DD-X. I > also > >> have Ilfosol 3, so I'd better see what other folks have used. > >> > >>> On Jul 11, 2021, at 11:53 AM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Jeffery, > >>> > >>> Thank you for your comment! The only time I get some satisfactory > >> results with Kentmere was with X-Tol, but even so the contratst was > quite > >> harsh and unpleasant for me. > >>> > >>> A friend is getting great results with Ilford HP5 and Ilford Perceptol > >>> > >>> Lluis > >>> > >>> > >>>> El 11 jul 2021, a les 19:50, Jeffery Smith via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > >> va escriure: > >>>> > >>>> I tried what proved to be an awful combination this morning...Kentmere > >> 400 and Precysol. This developer brought out all of the worst qualities > of > >> Kentmere 400, i.e., harsh, ugly contrast and poor sharpness due to > >> highlights encroaching on grays. > >>>> > >>>> Lluis, you were right. It's not a very good film unless one can find a > >> developer that kills the contrast and increases resolution. > >>>> > >>>> Jeffery > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information