Response to c41 processing of B&W film

On the other hand.... you can develop XP2 with B+W chemistry. At least I have and it works well. I rate XP2 at EI 200 and develop in Ilfosol S for 8.5 minutes. The negs have a very odd pink cast to them, and they appear NOT to be fully cleared by the hypo. But all that goes away when they are dry. Well, there is a slight pinkish cast, but this does not affect printing.

I got into this by getting some out of date XP2 on eBay for a great price, and then decided that I was too cheap to spring for lab processing. In truth there is no advantage to using XP2 over any of the B+W film on the market. The grain is really good and with some work you can control the shadow details just fine.

This is probably a pointless post on my part, but I thought it might be interesting to someone.

later,

chuck k

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