HP5+ @ E.I. 64

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Greetings, I accidentally shot a roll of HP5+ at E.I 64 after shooting slide film (oh the excitement of it all!!). Some processing adivice (developer,times, etc.) regarding this matter would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks. Ken

-- Kenneth Bruno (salmon70@hotmail.com), May 29, 2002

Answers

I don't have any recommendations for HP5+ at ratings less than 400. However, HP5+ is very tolerant of over-exposure, so I don't think you are looking at a disaster. I would recommend using PERCEPTOL, as it has an inheirent speed loss. Using the stock solution for 10 minutes at 68°F should give you a reasonable negative with good contrast, but a little bit of extra density. The density will just lead to longer printing exposures, but I don't think that you will have any problems with blocking up or similar problems. Shorter development times may give a more normal density, but I think the lower contrast would become more of a problem.

David Carper ILFORD Technical Service

-- David Carper (david.carper@ilford.com), May 29, 2002.


Greetings David, Worked like a charm! The negatives are undoubtedly very printable with less density than expected. Thank you! Now that I have a stock of Perceptol, what other applications can this be used for as I am unfamiliar with it? Ken

-- Kenneth Bruno (salmon70@hotmail.com), May 31, 2002.

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