Ilford Pan F+

Hi

I am using Ilford Pan F+ for portraiture and would like to boost the
contrast in the development. Any recommendations on developers and times?
I am using HC-110 at the time.
Will Rodinal give me more contrast?

Regards Moda

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Hi

I am using Ilford Pan F+ for portraiture and would like to boost the
contrast in the development. Any recommendations on developers and times?
I am using HC-110 at the time.
Will Rodinal give me more contrast?

Regards Moda





Why not just develop 10% longer or agitate more vigorously ? I did not try
HC for PanF+, I used ID-11 1+1 and 1+0, the contrast was always between OK
and high.

Regards
wkg

Thanks. I'll the longer development. And probably buy a pound of ID-11 and
try it out.

Moda

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Hi

I am using Ilford Pan F+ for portraiture and would like to boost the
contrast in the development. Any recommendations on developers and
times?
I am using HC-110 at the time.
Will Rodinal give me more contrast?

Regards Moda





Why not just develop 10% longer or agitate more vigorously ? I did not try
HC for PanF+, I used ID-11 1+1 and 1+0, the contrast was always between OK
and high.

Regards
wkg

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:03:40 +0200, "moda" wrote:

Hi

I am using Ilford Pan F+ for portraiture and would like to boost the
contrast in the development. Any recommendations on developers and times?
I am using HC-110 at the time.
Will Rodinal give me more contrast?

Regards Moda

There are four things that one can use to control contrast.

1) Agitation - Usually number of inversions per minute
2) Developer concentration/dilution
3) Length of development
4) Temperature of the processing

To increase contrast I would start with adding 10% to the
total time of development and increasing agitation 2X your current
method.

Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.darkroompro.com
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"moda" wrote

Thanks. I'll the longer development. And probably buy a pound
of ID-11 and try it out.

ID-11 is Ilford's brand of Kodak D-76. Pan F+ is already a very
fine grain film. Check out Rodinal or one of the other high resolution
developers. Ilford has one and there are others. Small quantities
may be purchased.
If very sharp, very fine grained negatives are not that much a
factor, give a higher speed film consideration. Dan

Check out Rodinal or one of the other high resolution developers.

For Pan F+ @ EI 32 I use Rodinal 1:50 or 1:100 in a Jobo. Enlargements to
11X14 from a 35mm negative has no grain! The negs have no grain that I can
detect with a Bestwell Grain Focusing scope at that magnafacation.

_________________
Ready, Fire, AIM.
Bruce
Brooklyn, N.Y.

I will be heading for my Rodinal (the first developer I ever tried, the
price is as low as it can be). Maybe I'll use my Jobo processor for it just
like you do.

Moda

"Bruce" skrev i en meddelelse
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Check out Rodinal or one of the other high resolution developers.

For Pan F+ @ EI 32 I use Rodinal 1:50 or 1:100 in a Jobo. Enlargements to
11X14 from a 35mm negative has no grain! The negs have no grain that I
can
detect with a Bestwell Grain Focusing scope at that magnafacation.

_________________
Ready, Fire, AIM.
Bruce
Brooklyn, N.Y.

"moda" wrote in message ...
Hi

I am using Ilford Pan F+ for portraiture and would like to boost the
contrast in the development. Any recommendations on developers and times?
I am using HC-110 at the time.
Will Rodinal give me more contrast?

Regards Moda

The contrast of Pan-F is already substantial. Why do you believe it needs a boost?

The contrast of Pan-F is already substantial. Why do you believe it needs
a boost?

I get contrastless negs...and I am a contrast lover

"moda" wrote in message ...
The contrast of Pan-F is already substantial. Why do you believe it needs
a boost?

I get contrastless negs...and I am a contrast lover

What do you mean? What camera equipment are you using? What tank? What
developer? What time? Pan-F is VERY slow and develops quite quickly.
It is actually hard to keep the contrast down...