Well at the risk of appearing not to answer the question at all, here goes:
The choice of darkroom process really depends on your setup, and preferences. I use Ilford Delta 400, underexposed by about 1/3 stop, and developed normally in Agfa Rodinal Special Developer, printed on Ilford RC Multigrade paper at grade 3. Why? because I like the result. After a while messing about with various combinations, this is the one I like the best. Depending on what you want, you probably will need to experiment a bit as well. I personally prefer the new T-grain films from Ilfod (Ilford Delta) because I like the smaller grain. I don't like Kodak T-Max (many people wont use anything else). However, others will argue that the older type films such as AgfaPan, Kodak Tri-X, Ilfod HP5 plus, and Ilford FP4, give better contrast range, an tonality. So really, its probably a case of getting out and about over a few months, and trying a few combinations. So essentially, you need to take a lot of notes, and be able to pinpoint how you developed a roll of film, what the prints were printed on etc, and when you have a fair selection of prints, and negs, you'll certainly know what you do and don't like (also, this changes every few years in my own experience). A good place to start though is with something like Ilford Ilfosol-S, which is a fairly good allround developer, and something like Ilfod HP5, or FP4 (I don't have much experience with T-Max, although Tri-X should be ok in Ilfosol). Hope this helps (although I realize it probably didn't) T. At 11:27 22/01/2002 +0100, =?iso-8859-2?Q?Artur_Led=F3chowski?= wrote: >Hi, >So it finally got me:) I decided to enter the black&white world... I've alre >ady bought a developing tank but I don't know what film and chemicals I shou >ld get at the beginning - Ilford, Agfa, Kodak (no, you won't talk me into us >ing the Kodak Academy:)) What are their pros and cons? >What do you think? >TIA >Greetz >Artur >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
