Post your B&W Film shots

womble · 01-22-2022, 01:02 PM

I've just used one roll of HR-50 and was very pleased with the results. Commercial dev so don't know how they processed it. I have a roll of Delta 3200 I haven't used yet. Any advice on using it? Expose for the shadows? Thanks, Kris.

tuco · 01-22-2022, 05:02 PM

Originally posted by wkraus

Interesting! Do you, or anyone around, know what the original purpose of SFX 200 is?

I don't know anything about its origins/purpose. I'll also note that RR 80S and RPX 25 can produce a short-toe characteristic when developed with Rodinal. Short-toe films are not as forgiving with exposure and if they have a low film base density can really produce some deep blacks.

Originally posted by womble

.. I have a roll of Delta 3200 I haven't used yet. Any advice on using it? Expose for the shadows? Thanks, Kris.

I can add some info. In the Delta 3200 Data Sheet, you can see it gives development times for an exposure index ranging from EI 400 to EI 12500 for various developers. If you are sending the film out to be developed most likely they use a box speed developer and will they just assume EI 3200 development time I don't know.

I think EI 3200 is really pushing the film even with a box speed developer. So for your first roll perhaps try EI 1600 and bracket some of your shots +/- a stop and have it developed at EI 3200 development time maybe.

womble · 01-23-2022, 08:54 AM - **4 Likes**

Originally posted by tuco

I don't know anything about its origins/purpose. I'll also note that RR 80S and RPX 25 can produce a short-toe characteristic when developed with Rodinal. Short-toe films are not as forgiving with exposure and if they have a low film base density can really produce some deep blacks.

I can add some info. In the Delta 3200 Data Sheet, you can see it gives development times for an exposure index ranging from EI 400 to EI 12500 for various developers. If you are sending the film out to be developed most likely they use a box speed developer and will they just assume EI 3200 development time I don't know.

I think EI 3200 is really pushing the film even with a box speed developer. So for your first roll perhaps try EI 1600 and bracket some of your shots +/- a stop and have it developed at EI 3200 development time maybe.

Thanks for the info.

The following photo was taken on HR-50. It was very bright and harsh light.

#belgrade par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

K.

tuco · 01-23-2022, 09:11 AM - **4 Likes**

Mamiya C3, Sekor 65/3.5, Delta 100, D-23

No Dumping by tuco, on Flickr

wkraus · 01-23-2022, 03:21 PM

Originally posted by womble

Thanks for the info.

The following photo was taken on HR-50. It was very bright and harsh light.

#belgrade par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

K.

You managed to handle the contrast very well!

wkraus · 01-23-2022, 03:25 PM - **8 Likes**

High Atlas, Morocco, 1985. Super A, smc Pentax-M 1:4 200mm, Ilford FP4 film/Promicrol 1+3 developer

drmoss_ca · 01-25-2022, 08:46 AM - **5 Likes**

The Zuiko "Noctilux" 50mm/f1.2, on an OM-2n with XP2 @200 in Diafine:

nickthetasmaniac · 01-26-2022, 03:25 AM - **7 Likes**

Cradle Mt and Barn Bluff | Tasmania

Leica M2, Voigtlander 35/f2 Ultron and APX400 in ID-11

wkraus · 01-28-2022, 03:39 PM - **8 Likes**

High Atlas, Morocco, 1985. MX, smc Pentax-M 1:2.8 28mm, Ilford HP5 film/Promicrol 1+3 developer

Flanoman · 01-29-2022, 02:30 PM - **1 Like**

Mint tea for all , love the photos wkraus

wkraus · 01-29-2022, 03:35 PM

Originally posted by Flanoman

Mint tea for all , love the photos wkraus

Thank you kindly! And yes, I miss the mint tea…

BarneyL · 01-29-2022, 06:46 PM

Great photos wkraus. That must have been an amazing adventure in Morocco.

By the way, is Promicrol developer still made (or is a recipe for it known publicly)?

wkraus · 01-30-2022, 03:46 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by BarneyL

Great photos wkraus. That must have been an amazing adventure in Morocco.

By the way, is Promicrol developer still made (or is a recipe for it known publicly)?

Thanks, Barney. Indeed it was. I returned in the mid-1990s but never again with B&W film.

The “old” Promicrol from May & Baker was a fine developer, but they stopped making it decades ago. An apparently well informed forum post says, “The unavailability of HEAP sulphate caused the product to be withdrawn.” “New” Promicrol from Champion was a different recipe and is also no longer available. Due to my “retreat” from developing between 1996 and 2018 I never used it. I don’t think that a public recipe existes for either of them.

drmoss_ca · 02-01-2022, 08:50 AM - **3 Likes**

Either concentrating on cooking pancakes, or having a petit mal:

OM-2n, 50mm/f1.2, XP2 Super at 200, Diafine.

**gofour3** · 02-06-2022, 12:29 PM - **8 Likes**

K2 shooting Fomapan R100, processed in DR5Chrome:

Phil.

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01-22-2022, 01:02 PM	#11191
womble Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hertfordshire Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,324	I've just used one roll of HR-50 and was very pleased with the results. Commercial dev so don't know how they processed it. I have a roll of Delta 3200 I haven't used yet. Any advice on using it? Expose for the shadows? Thanks, Kris.

01-22-2022, 05:02 PM	#11192
tuco Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pugetopolis Posts: 11,023	Originally posted by wkraus Interesting! Do you, or anyone around, know what the original purpose of SFX 200 is? I don't know anything about its origins/purpose. I'll also note that RR 80S and RPX 25 can produce a short-toe characteristic when developed with Rodinal. Short-toe films are not as forgiving with exposure and if they have a low film base density can really produce some deep blacks. Originally posted by womble .. I have a roll of Delta 3200 I haven't used yet. Any advice on using it? Expose for the shadows? Thanks, Kris. I can add some info. In the Delta 3200 Data Sheet, you can see it gives development times for an exposure index ranging from EI 400 to EI 12500 for various developers. If you are sending the film out to be developed most likely they use a box speed developer and will they just assume EI 3200 development time I don't know. I think EI 3200 is really pushing the film even with a box speed developer. So for your first roll perhaps try EI 1600 and bracket some of your shots +/- a stop and have it developed at EI 3200 development time maybe.

01-23-2022, 08:54 AM - 4 Likes	#11193
womble Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hertfordshire Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,324	Originally posted by tuco I don't know anything about its origins/purpose. I'll also note that RR 80S and RPX 25 can produce a short-toe characteristic when developed with Rodinal. Short-toe films are not as forgiving with exposure and if they have a low film base density can really produce some deep blacks. I can add some info. In the Delta 3200 Data Sheet, you can see it gives development times for an exposure index ranging from EI 400 to EI 12500 for various developers. If you are sending the film out to be developed most likely they use a box speed developer and will they just assume EI 3200 development time I don't know. I think EI 3200 is really pushing the film even with a box speed developer. So for your first roll perhaps try EI 1600 and bracket some of your shots +/- a stop and have it developed at EI 3200 development time maybe. Thanks for the info. The following photo was taken on HR-50. It was very bright and harsh light. #belgrade par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity K.

01-23-2022, 09:11 AM - 4 Likes	#11194
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01-23-2022, 03:21 PM	#11195
wkraus Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Near Vienna, Austria Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,057	Originally posted by womble Thanks for the info. The following photo was taken on HR-50. It was very bright and harsh light. #belgrade par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity K. You managed to handle the contrast very well!

01-23-2022, 03:25 PM - 8 Likes	#11196
wkraus Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Near Vienna, Austria Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,057	High Atlas, Morocco, 1985. Super A, smc Pentax-M 1:4 200mm, Ilford FP4 film/Promicrol 1+3 developer

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01-28-2022, 03:39 PM - 8 Likes	#11199
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01-29-2022, 02:30 PM - 1 Like	#11200
Flanoman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 216	Mint tea for all , love the photos wkraus

01-29-2022, 03:35 PM	#11201
wkraus Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Near Vienna, Austria Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,057	Originally posted by Flanoman Mint tea for all , love the photos wkraus Thank you kindly! And yes, I miss the mint tea…

01-29-2022, 06:46 PM	#11202
BarneyL Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 898	Great photos wkraus. That must have been an amazing adventure in Morocco. By the way, is Promicrol developer still made (or is a recipe for it known publicly)?

01-30-2022, 03:46 PM - 1 Like	#11203
wkraus Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Near Vienna, Austria Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,057	Originally posted by BarneyL Great photos wkraus. That must have been an amazing adventure in Morocco. By the way, is Promicrol developer still made (or is a recipe for it known publicly)? Thanks, Barney. Indeed it was. I returned in the mid-1990s but never again with B&W film. The “old” Promicrol from May & Baker was a fine developer, but they stopped making it decades ago. An apparently well informed forum post says, “The unavailability of HEAP sulphate caused the product to be withdrawn.” “New” Promicrol from Champion was a different recipe and is also no longer available. Due to my “retreat” from developing between 1996 and 2018 I never used it. I don’t think that a public recipe existes for either of them.

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