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Old 16th June 2020, 02:22 PM
John King John King is online now
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Default Fp4

FP4+ and the earlier FP4 or when I started out in the very early 60's, FP3, has always been my bread and butter B&W film for 35mm and 120. It is a fail-safe option that will give you the results that you need. I have never been a fan of fast films except the one and only Kodak High Speed Infra red.

It may not have the very fine grain of Delta 100 of Pan F or the speed of HP5 but is works and works very well.

Unlike some I stick with ID11 for the developer but reduce the rated box speed to 100 and shorten the development time by 20 seconds to give a softer negative which is easy to print (I'm basically lazy).

Using it with large format you would use a tripod anyway (presumably) so the film speed does not really matter. I would say go for it with whatever format you use it will work very well.

Last edited by John King; 16th June 2020 at 02:25 PM.
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