Originally posted by Gerbermiester I've never thought of XP-2 super as a grainy film. Actually, I've always thought of it as exactly the opposite. I prefer shooting it at 100 and developing it in Kodak hc-110. It's super smooth with this combo.
Even in Rodinal it comes out with a finer grain at 400 than some dedicated black and white 100 iso films (like Fomapan 100 classic).
What are you using to develop your XP-2 super in? I'd love to see some of your work to get a better idea of what the effects of that processing result in.
I do the XP-2 in C41 at a local lab because of hot water at home.
When I do my own developing, it’s lately been the more traditional Ilford films in rodinal.
When I developed a lot of film, years ago, I never really got on well with HC110, but back then I was shooting all TMax, all the time...
There’s supposed to be a community darkroom opening near me soon, and they’ve promised a robust supply of ice to cool down the water...
-Eric