Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just shoot and develop as you normally would. You might find that you want thinner negatives for scanning, but that can be accomplished with any film/dev combination. I do as you describe: film capture, scan, inkjet prints. I can't think of any particular combination that is inherently better than another. I do tend to stick to the readily available stuff. Don't worry about "Xtol failures." They are in the vast majority of cases, "operator failures". But you don't have Xtol anyway. ID11 will do fine, of course. I too found Delta 400 to be grainier than what I expected (and I'm not particularly sensitive to grain). You didn't mention Ilford's DD-X (liquid). It might work with Delta better than ID11. I don't know. I gave up on Delta. Another Ilford developer is their HC-110 eqivalent (LC29 or something like that). Also nice, but ID11 is still a good bet. The diluted options being better for scanning? I never thought of it that way. But as I started ... just shoot and develop as you always do. It's working out your own routines and habits that counts. Daniel On 6/22/06, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Folks I have read with interest some discussion on the perils of XTOL > storage and am also in the throes of getting back into BW via developing > then scan etc for print via inkjet. > > I am using primarily Ilford films and am playing thus far with FP4, HP5 & > the Delta 100 & 400s. > > Locally I have available ID11 (which I believe is identical to D76) and > much > of Kodak's powder based developers (and no XTOL). > > > > Someone suggested in a previous thread that diluted options were popular > when the negs were to end up being scanned. > > As best as I understand it, using the diluted versions (1:1 or more) may > help with tonal range and shadow detail where my aim is to scan the negs > for > printing. > > > > I would appreciate it if anyone could offer advice from their experience on > what has worked for them in this situation. > > Thus far I have used ID11 at full strength (and one shot). Mainly I have > shot the 400ISOs in the first couple of rolls and the grain was rather more > prominent than I had expected. > > I imagine that the Delta 100 will improve that. Specifically I'd like to > try > some BW portraits next. > > I do have a preference to use the Ilford range, both film and chemicals, in > that they are a dedicated BW source worthy of support. > > Kodak are still on my less favoured traders list, having dropped so much BW > here and my favourite HD200 CN film! > > > > However I am very willing to listen to your recommendations from the Kodak > range. Virtually everything else is unobtainable here (or at least > difficult > and not routinely stocked) > > > > Thanks for your expertise > > Cheers > > Hoppy > > . > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >