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Hp5+ iso 650 in Microphen does it work?
I read on the rogerandfrances website that you can use Hp5+ at iso 650 with no detrimental effects. Has anyone here on FADU used this combination in 120 or 4x5 film? Does the Hp5+ retain good shadow and highlight detail when developed at box speed plus 11/3 of a stop?
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ive used hp5 at 800 and 1600 in 120 film with microphen stock. i had great results. good shadow detail. i can remember about highlights to be honest.
i would presume how you meter has alot to do with how the shadows and highlights are rendered. hp5 is a very pushable film even beyond 3200. you do start to can more contrast and lose shadow detail but the highlights seems to go creamy and not look lost. i prefer pushing hp5 compared to tri-x as its much much easier to get a better workable print from. Last edited by soulstar; 19th February 2020 at 06:49 PM. |
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All theory on my part, Norm, as I haven't used it yet - still unopened in its packet in the darkroom- but if soulstar had not said so I'd have said that 650 in Microphen was well within HP5+ range with no discernible adverse effect.
Even Ilford who in all matters tend to be conservative with claims say that Microphen is capable to at least a third of a stop speed increase Mike |
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I regularly use HP5+ (120) rated at 800. I develop it in Microphen 1+1 for 15 minutes at 20°C. I love the results. I find it hard to distinguish from film developed at box speed TBH. Coincidentally I'm just processing some films taken in appalling weather in the Yorkshire Dales earlier this week. For various reasons a tripod was out of the question and rating the film at 800 meant I could handhold my Mamiya 7ii and still shoot at f8 or f11 for depth of field.
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You can see some at the links below. HP5 in Microphen is excellent with very good shadow detail. Delta 100 at 200EI is also good and gets the same time at HP5 so you could develop them in the same tank. The first three links are HP5 and the last Delta. https://onlinedarkroom.blogspot.com/...pdate.html?m=1 https://onlinedarkroom.blogspot.com/...vivor.html?m=1 https://onlinedarkroom.blogspot.com/...-eyes.html?m=1 https://onlinedarkroom.blogspot.com/...k-dog.html?m=1 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Rob, Old Peculier is best used replenished until the photographer is exhausted or fully expired.
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Last edited by Rob Archer; 23rd February 2020 at 09:25 PM. Reason: add info. |
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i got very similar results. like you said the scanner couldn't render the tones in the sky. when printed loads of info was able to be printed
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