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Subject: [Leica] Budding photographer...
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Tue Jun 14 07:28:25 2005
References: <6.1.0.6.2.20050614032300.06093048@192.168.100.42> <42AEDC80.30809@adrenaline.com> <a2f8f44705061407025836d0bd@mail.gmail.com>

Yes, EI 400 @ 5 minutes in dilution (B) works very, very nicely, but
it's a potent soup.

I switched to dilution H 1:63 to buy some more time and general
"forgiveness" of slight temp variations during development, and also
to allow for use of a water stop.

For EI 800, I found that a longer bath in (H) works better than
a shorter one in (B).

Scott

Daniel Ridings wrote:

>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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