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> FP4+125 Any reason not to make this my go to film for all formats?. |
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i have yet to print these negs as yet only scanned. Now that things in the uk are slowly getting back to normal i hope to pick up a enlarger or head to my local darkroom soon. i will print and post on here. |
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i have never tried pyrocat hd. i will put it on my to try list in the future. I want to understand ID11 before i try anything new. |
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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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Norm, I should also mention that FP4 stands up very well to printing large, even from small negs. I have a few prints from 135 negs at 16x20 and cropped 20x20 that look great at a reasonable viewing distance...you really have to get up close to see the grain and resolution loss. A good lens and good technique is a given, of course.
I agree with John, if you want to keep it simple and don't need a faster film for handheld shooting, you can't go wrong with FP4
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If it should be only one, then I think that it should be a fast film and HP5+ would be my choice. Only problem in summer may be the shutter speed when it's really sunny. No problem in the UK though, where "summer" means warm rain. ;-) A ND filter could help then.
Frank |
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