One developer for B&W film, my film

[davidnewtonguitars]

I am somewhat of a sloppy guy, so...

Sloppy practices mean low quality results.

 

[Larry H-L]

Whatever you decide on, buy a notebook and keep detailed darkroom notes describing the lighting conditions / contrast ratio, time, temperature, agitation and the results. Doing so will probably help more than any differences in the developers mentioned above, all are good recommendations.

 

[creenus]

I am using Ilfosol 3 with good results.I use it for HP5 but also FP4. I like the convenience of it being a liquid - it's very easy to mix up for a one-shot developer.

I'm finding Ilfosol 3 to be very convenient developer. I've found it works well with FP4 , HP5 and Delta 100, all at box speed. Dilutions 1:9 or 1:14 seem equally good.

Ilford states that Ilfosol 3 is an equivalent to Xtol. My impression is that it has better accutance but that's an early impression. Few posters here mention Ilfosol 3 , so I guess mine is a minority view.