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what developer should I use for Ilford HP5


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Hello,

 

I use D76 on most Kodak films. But, now with first time trying to process Ilford HP5, not sure if I could use D76 developer for this film??? and what stop bath, fixer, ect to go with this Ilford HP5 as well??? or I could use D76???

 

thank you for your help :p

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You'll probably get all sorts of useful suggestions, but to start I have often used D76 with HP5 and had good results. It may not be the best combo, but it was what was available to me! As for stop bath and fixer, just use whatever you have/can get.

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D76 1+1 68 degrees for 8.5 minutes works well for me. Water serves as my stop bath and I do not know what kind of fix we have here at school. I could go closer to 9 minutes and still be ok. Whenever I push the film to 1600 I just use straight D76 for something like 12 minutes. The massive development chart works well for a starting point. The Massive Dev Chart: B/W Film Development Times, Processing Data

 

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I prefer Xtol 1:1 to D76/ID11 for HP5+ as far as trad. developers are concerned. I'll look up the details when I'm home from work. I find 510-Pyro is even better, a different animal and requires you to mix the syrup, but the results are wonderful. Here is an example.

 

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Hi Wentzu,

Yes you can use D76 developer, see the PDF for the ILFORD FILM PROCESSING CHART

Hope this is some help

All the best

Ruben

 

Leica M6TTL - 1:2/50mm - Ilford HP5 Plus - f2.4 - 1/60 sec - ISO400 - Developed in T-MAX 6.5 min @ 20°C (68°F).

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ILFORD FILM PROCESSING CHART.pdf

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Yea I thought that ... but ... maybe its just Ilford marketing ploy ... Concentration?

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Ilford ID11 and D76 are pretty much identical. The differences in recommended times are down to the manufacturers.

Remember that the published times are just suggestions arrived at by techs in the respective companies depending on the output, G0.65 is considered normal contrast for enlarging.

The times you settle on depend on the final use. if you are scanning then lower contrast is slightly better, if you have a cold cathode head on an enlarger you may well want slightly higher.

To complicate things the same film shot in different cameras developed in the same tank will show small variations as will an inconsistent agitation from film to film.

You can use D76 times for ID without too much error, but remember the quoted times are just suggestions.

Regards

Mark

P.S Carl I love the way that Pyro holds the highlights while it maintains shadow, have you tried Pyrocatechin (catechol)

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