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Saves money?
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Folker,
I think 1+3 gives the same fine grain as 1+1 but more sharpness, more bite. And more film speed. As for which is "better"....? Alan |
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I have had some good success with 1+3 and HP5+ 35mm. Given a grainy tendency with ID11 for HP5+ in 35mm and the stories of how the bigger dilution of Perceptol leads to bigger grain I was pleasantly surprised by lack of grain at 1+3, like Alan.
My shot was of a wooden sculpture of two eagles set in genuine trees. They were quite far away and the best I had was a 28-80 lens so on the neg the birds were quite small. I had to enlarge the neg considerably to get a good 5 inch by 7 inch print of one of the birds. The overall full neg print would have been close to 12 x16 inches and yet the 5x7 print wasn't as grainy as I had expected. I was sorting through some old prints last night and came across this print so I am not just relying on memory. The price you pay is that developing time gets long at 20 degrees C. Mike |
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Go 1:2 and get the best of both worlds
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Barry Thornton's recommendation.
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Cheers, Barry |
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James Ravilious also settled on Perceptol 1+2, with HP5 and Tri X, after his early negatives proved difficult to print.
Alan Clark |
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I used Perceptol @ 1+3 for HP5 a few years ago. I was pleased with the sharpness and the fine grain, but with 1+3 the extended development times are 20mins plus, I did sometimes get surge marks and bromide drag.
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Maybe I have has similar marks without recognising what they were? Thanks Mike |
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