calebk
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Hi guys, So I had a mini crisis today. I'm flying off to Vietnam later and wanted to get a brick of Tri-X but the shop's closed today. All I'm left with is Ilford FP-4+ so that's what I'm bringing up. Thinking of rating the film at 400 (have done it before).
I don't have access to Kodak developers in Singapore, so I'm mostly limited to Ilford stuff. Between Ilfosol and Microphen, which would fare better for a push like that? I'm aware of the caveats of pushing - increased grain, loss of shadow detail and the like.
I don't have access to Kodak developers in Singapore, so I'm mostly limited to Ilford stuff. Between Ilfosol and Microphen, which would fare better for a push like that? I'm aware of the caveats of pushing - increased grain, loss of shadow detail and the like.
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
Microphen is one of the best push developers I know of. That's what I would use. I think Ilfosol is a fine-grain developer, like Microdol. If so, I would worry that it will lose shadow speed, not increase it.
Colin Corneau
Colin Corneau
Sure you'll need to push it? Don't speak so soon...just sayin', you never know.
If you're going to still push the film a stop or two, definitely Microphen for reasons mentioned above.
If you're going to still push the film a stop or two, definitely Microphen for reasons mentioned above.
calebk
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I'm not sure but I reckon I won't shoot at EI 125 for sure. We'll have to see when I get on the ground there. P
calebk
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What does losing shadow speed mean for the final image? Sorry I'm a bit nooby so the terms don't always make sense quite yet.
john_s
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Parts of the picture that should be dark grey with some detail become straight black with no detail.
calebk
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So in other words, a loss in shadow detail right?
monochromeimages
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I used to develop FP4 in the old Ilfosol S and get consistently good results but I have have been very disappointed with the results using the 'improved' Ilfosol 3. That's at rated speed. Based on my experience I'd leave Ilfosol 3 well alone.
sepiareverb
genius and moron
Microphen is my first choice for pushing HP5 to 800. Haven't tried pushing FP4.
Freakscene
Obscure member
It's more than just a loss of shadow detail; you lose contrast in the dark areas that have retained detail too, so the shadows look flatter.
Marty
calebk
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Right, to bring closure to this episode, I finally got down to developing, scanning and uploading the FP4+ I used almost a month back.
This is FP4+ rated at EI320 and developed at EI400 in Microphen (stock) for 15.5min at 20ºC.
This is FP4+ rated at EI320 and developed at EI400 in Microphen (stock) for 15.5min at 20ºC.