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The other thing I found with this film was that the effect of coloured filters was more dramatic than with standard B&W film. Alex. /QUOTE] Interesting quote, Alex and not one I think I have seen before. Can you say by how much dramatic it was i.e. did a yellow give an effect much closer to say orange and orange closer to red or was did the effect not stretch quite that far? Thanks Mike P.S. Anyone else using XP2 who has noticed this effect should feel free to chime in as well |
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Yes you can rate XP2 at different ISO values and still obtain good results. The film is a chromogenic emulsion designed to be processed In C41 chemistry, not black & white developers. There after the negatives may be printed in black & white on black & white paper. The main factor about XP2 is that as the image is made from dye molecules it has zero grain. Great for high key studio work.
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I have to say that I recently printed from lab processed C41 negatives without a problem, and with good results. I will try to print and scan to demonstrate.
Alex Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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Just been exploring the new ilford website and came across this post about XP2
https://www.ilfordphoto.com/ilford-x...ite-chemistry/
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Thanks Marty. I have seen a lot of this as a thread on APUG now Photrio and was impressed. He started out using Kodak HC110 but tried Ilford IlfotecHC which was presumably why it got into the Ilford Photo online Magazine
I think this person's thread on Photrio was reasonably well received, although there were those with a "why bother - it was never meant for B&W development " attitude but another some months later asking if XP2 Super could be used with B&W chemicals was "howled down" by several members - quite unfairly. Clearly it can be done Mike |
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Thanks for posting this Martin. I’m sure this article is by the same person I had seen posting about XP2 and HC110 on another forum.
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I used XP2 a few times in the past but it was rather more expensive than standard B&W film at the time, but now it is "only" about 20% more than the other main Ilford films I think it is time to have another look at it.
I do recall the very low grain and wide exposure tolerence and I seem to remember it was a doddle to print (possibly 'cos of the wide tolerence). I'll have to dig out the negatives and reacquaint myself with it. Cheers, Bob. Last edited by Bob; 7th April 2018 at 07:35 PM. |
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Just an update: I have exposed 3 rolls of XP2s @100iso using my pinhole camera. I have developed them using HC110 for 5 mins. The results are a lot better than I had expected. The negatives are very detailed with what looks like good tonal separation and without heavy contrast. The prove will be in the printing which I'm looking forward to.
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Hi Mitch,
Still got mine to shoot yet, but what dilution did you use ? Ian
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