[Leica] something wrong w/ HP5+?

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

Or may be something is wrong with my workflow. To recap, M7, develop using 
a Jobo with 5 min pre-rinse but otherwise recommended development time. 
Lauder Chemical D76 clone, stock solution. Timing gotten from 
www.digitaltruth.com. Then I scan the film in using Nikon LS-4000 as BW neg 
with 14 bits-depth. ICE off.

Here's a sample from Tr-X TX-400. Not great art, but decent tonal range: 
http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/tmp/img033.jpg

Here's a sample from HP5+: 
http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/tmp/IMG022.jpg The whole roll taken 
at different times of the day and different places is all like this: the 
exposure seems to be off or something and the highlights are gone. I don't 
have an enlarger. From the lightbox and using a loupe, the drum head for 
example does look fairly dark, but I am not sure if it should translate 
into this much white. So may be there is something wrong with the scanner 
all of a sudden?

Unfortunately, too many variables - M7 light meter can be off. D76 may be 
bad for HP5+. Jobo rotary processing is possibly a culprit. Scanner....


Arggghhh... Oh well. I guess I will try another roll... I have the Tri X in 
the camera now. I will shoot that today and see (pushed to ASA800 using Xtol)

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
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