Pfreddee
Well-known
I currently shoot Ilford FP4+ and Kodak Tri-X. It really comes down to which camera I grab on the way out as to which film I'm shooting at any given time. I process both myself, and I'm working on setting up a darkroom (actually, I'm 'fixin' to' set up a darkroom. 'Fixin' to' is a Southern US measure of time; it's flexible, and could mean within the next five minutes or 30 years from now. But I digress...)
I'd like to try Ilford FP5 and a slower Kodak b/w film. What do I need to be aware of with the faster Ilford film (if anything) and what would you-all recommend for a slower Kodak film? I've had good luck processing both FP4= and Tri-X with HC-110. Are there any caveats about processing with the new(er) recommended films?
Thanks to all who reply.
With best regards,
Pfreddee(Stephen)
I'd like to try Ilford FP5 and a slower Kodak b/w film. What do I need to be aware of with the faster Ilford film (if anything) and what would you-all recommend for a slower Kodak film? I've had good luck processing both FP4= and Tri-X with HC-110. Are there any caveats about processing with the new(er) recommended films?
Thanks to all who reply.
With best regards,
Pfreddee(Stephen)
softshock
Established
HP5 is Ilford's version of Tri X, and Plus X is Ilford's version of FP4+ for the most part... They're direct competitors.
tlitody
Well-known
I think we would all like to try out FP5. You may be the first.
Personally I think HC110 is too grainy for HP5 in 135 format. I'd go fo a finer grained developer unless you want a more gritty look than you get with FP4.
ID11 or D76 or for very fine grain then Perceptol. But perceptol will lose you a bit of film speed so if you go for fine grain I would expose at 160 to 250.
Personally I think HC110 is too grainy for HP5 in 135 format. I'd go fo a finer grained developer unless you want a more gritty look than you get with FP4.
ID11 or D76 or for very fine grain then Perceptol. But perceptol will lose you a bit of film speed so if you go for fine grain I would expose at 160 to 250.
pschauss
Well-known
I use the same times for HP5+ and Tri-X in HC-110 (dilution H). Although the box speeds for FP4+ and Plus-X are the same, I have found that FP4+ is about a stop slower.
(When I read your definition of "Fixin'" to my wife, who is from North Carolina, she said that you got the definition exactly right.
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(When I read your definition of "Fixin'" to my wife, who is from North Carolina, she said that you got the definition exactly right.
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