Ok.. So.. I've only been doing the "develop my own" thing for the past few months.. and I decided to go scooting back to trying Ilford HP5 plus after fellow TOPDML / TOPUG user Frank Theriault mentioned how inexpensive the film was at our local camera shop (3 rolls of 36, $9.99 CDN) - well, after my first round of developing in T-max developer I was "sort of" impressed, merely because it has some nice grain to it.
I decided to follow the specs and try out Perceptol to decrease the grain a bit - I was REALLY impressed this time around. I've uploaded a test image from one roll - just one evening at the local bar.. available light..50 mm at about f2 (if memory serves me correctly) with the LX. http://www.chang-sang.com/photos/hp5_test.jpg I really really like this film and now I remember what it was like back in high school when we used to use it for everything (snapshots, yearbook etc.) What I want to know is - why is it that T-max and the other T grain films remain so popular if the beauty of images from old school films like HP5 plus are so nice to look at already ? I also want to know if any PDMLer has tried or is using Pan F or FP4 plus as I'd love to give these a try as well - best results perhaps in Perceptol as well ? Cheers, Dave - 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 .
