Some B&W Photos with HP5 Film

[Nick R.]

Raid, check out this thread on photonet http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00EtfB&tag= and note Roger Hicks' response.

 

[raid]

Raid, check out this thread on photonet http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00EtfB&tag= and note Roger Hicks' response.

Nick: I have read the thread, and it tells me what I should do if I do the developing myself. Basically, the developing resulted in an overexposure and the following scan made things even worse. I will look for alternative ways to get the job done well.

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Roger Hicks on PN:


"I'm with Pablo and Juergen: develop normally. A stop of overexposure will have reduced sharpness slightly and increased grain size slightly (the latter more than you would get with 'old technology' films such as Ilford HP5 or Kodak Tri-X) but you may end up preferring the tonality. I really wouldn't cut dev time at all. Take a look to at The Photo School at www.rogerandfrances.com: 'Welcome to Film' and 'Black and White', both free.
Cheers,

Roger"

 

[titrisol]

Dang!
I remember your question in PN now!
I firmly believe that if you go a traditional way (not digi-frontier) you'll get good results.
Unfortunately converting form negative -> digital has several drawbacks, you have found one of them.

Nick: I have read the thread, and it tells me what I should do if I do the developing myself. Basically, the developing resulted in an overexposure and the following scan made things even worse. I will look for alternative ways to get the job done well.

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Roger Hicks on PN:


"I'm with Pablo and Juergen: develop normally. A stop of overexposure will have reduced sharpness slightly and increased grain size slightly (the latter more than you would get with 'old technology' films such as Ilford HP5 or Kodak Tri-X) but you may end up preferring the tonality. I really wouldn't cut dev time at all. Take a look to at The Photo School at www.rogerandfrances.com: 'Welcome to Film' and 'Black and White', both free.
Cheers,

Roger"

 

[raid]

So I better go to having prints made and avoid scans?

 

[T_om]

So I better go to having prints made and avoid scans?

If you are talking about the scans you get from the corner drugstore, then yeah... but if you scan your own, you should be able to get great quality.

This thread has become circular 😉 , so I'm not sure who's on first at the moment.

Tom

 

[kaiyen]

Yes, scanning is fine, but you have to calibrate your process for scanning. It's not a big difference but, for instance, you'd want to go for less contrast rather than more.

And yes, I feel like this is like the never-ending thread, now. What are we talking about now?

🙂

allan

 

[raid]

This thread has received many views and many postings, and each is appreciated. Maybe we have reached the point of concluding that it is best to do your own developing and scanning and move on ...

 

[Andy K]

... or your own developing and enlarging... 😉

 

[raid]

I did some developing and enlarging when I was a graduate student, but have not gone back to it since then. One day I may enjoy the labor and the fruits you harvest from such a venture.