Hi Mike,
I haven't had a darkroom in over twenty years, but when my new house is
built, with darkroom, I fully intend to try all these films. In fact
I'm filing all the preferences, like yours, that come across the list
every now and then. But I'll be pleasantly surprised if anything
outperforms Tri-X in HC110, 1:31. You might want to try it. (Apologies
to those who've heard me sing the praises of this combo before.)
John P
> That mirrors my experience. I started on those Ilford "value packs" that
> have 2 rolls of HP5 and a packet of Ilford Multigrade IV Deluxe Paper.
> Since then, I've dabbled with Tri-X, TMAX, and Ilford Delta 400 on both
> Forte and Ilford multigrade papers, and I keep coming back to the HP5 for
> various reasons. Despite it's being a strong 400 not recommended for lower
> ratings, I routinely rate it at 200, 250 or 320 on the low end and 800 on
> the high end. Ilford says it can easily go to 3200, though I've not yet
> tried that. I really like having one film for both 35mm OMs and for 120
> cameras. I develop the HP5 in Ilfosol S at 1:9. Rated from 200 to 400 I've
> gotten results on 8x10's that friends swear look like I used 100 ISO. To me
> the Delta didn't offer all that much (if any) improvement. Tri-X is good
> stuff but it's more expensive than the HP5 for perhaps not as much
> flexibility. TMAX didn't do so well with me, but I'm told that it does
> better in chemicals specific to it. If you haven't tried it, Forte Salon
> Warmtone RC paper is definitely worth a try. It's lighter weight than the
> Ilford Multigrade IV, and therefore doesn't handle forced hot air drying as
> well, but the Forte is currently my "people paper".
>
> One other thing about the HP5 is that whatever it's acetate base is, it
> seems to be less likely to crinkle and jam on the blasted metal film reels.
> If you even slightly taper the ends though, it's strong enough to be pushed
> right on the plastic JOBO reels even in 220.
>
> Mike Swaim
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