Filmwasters
Which Board? => Main Forum => : Adam Doe June 09, 2016, 05:56:38 PM
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After years of playing with this and that film, I want to concentrate on using Ilford FP4 for my around 100 ISO photographs. I've used Ilfosol, Rodinal and HC110, but I feel that there may be a better match for FP4. Any recommendations?
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I like it in Caffenol, but then that's the only developer I use. Still, it seems to be a good match for it - low grain, nice tonality.
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7698/26919637631_5892272c83_c.jpg)
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Rodinal 1:100 stand will develop anything. (c) 2016 Indofunk 8)
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Rodinal 1:100 stand will develop anything. (c) 2016 Indofunk 8)
:D :D :D Never gets old :)
I've only used HC110 myself, so I have nothing to add here...
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In 120 I really like Rodinal 1:50
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Being an old skool film, you might get good results from venerable D-76 or ID-11.
It give nice grain without any loss in film speed. It's been my favorite for many years. It's not as contrasty as HC-110 but still yields a good balance of tones.
I only used it full strength but I know that using it diluted will make grain even smaller.
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I like it in Caffenol, but then that's the only developer I use. Still, it seems to be a good match for it - low grain, nice tonality.
Ditto! :)
FP4+ has been my favorite film for a very long time, whether lab- or home-processed. It's sometimes a little muddy in the mid-tones with my caffenol process, but that could also be my scanning.
Either way I'm sticking with it.
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In 120 I really like Rodinal 1:50
Me too, but I must say it is the only developer I've used with this film, and I'm pretty satisfied. I don't see the need of a change.
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I'm not good digitizing negatives so I can't show you how it renders but, to my eye, best results with FP4 have been using Pyrocat-HD diluted 2:2:100.
That said, I must accept that Pyrocat is not an easy developer to prepare at home.