[rollei_list] B&W fine grain developers
- From: Jan Decher <Jan.Decher@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 11:04:03 -0400
Richard,
Thanks for the tips. I will order some Perceptol soon from Freestyle.
I do like to use a fast B&W film in the Rolleiflex to give me flexibility for
handheld pictures and indoors.
Will probably try to get used to HP5 when my stock of 120 Neopan 400 is
exhausted.
Jan
On Oct 5, 2011, at 1:07 AM, FreeLists Mailing List Manager wrote:
> Ilford Perceptol is identical to Microdol-X. You might
> also try Xtol, while not as fine grain as full strength
> Microdol-X or Perceptol it is finer grained than D-76 and
> might make the difference if grain is the problem. One
> problem you have is using a fast film, its going to be
> grainier than a slower film no matter what developer you
> use. While Microdol-X or Perceptol will give you the finest
> grain the film is capable of its also going to loose nearly
> a stop of speed. Xtol will give you respectably fine grain
> with some gain in speed over D-76.
> Rodinal will not only produce more grain than most other
> developers but looses a little speed compared to D-76. It is
> a very convenient developer and yields good results with
> nearly any film, but is not optimum for any of them.
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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