Felix

Had a little walk through the city yesterday.

I shot a roll of Ilford XP2 which is a black and white film designed for being developed with the color C-41 process but I tried developing in 1+100 Rodinal for an hour. It does work but it adds a lot more grain compared to C-41 and in most cases I would need to overexpose by 1 stop.

Camera: Hasselblad 501

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Mar 22 at 11:28amWeb
Show threadFelix4d ago

Never seen a building being encased with such scaffolding before?

Film: Ilford XP2 cross developed with Rodinal
Camera: Hasselblad 501

#analog #photography #hasselblad #monochromemarch

Show threadFelix3d ago

I had to overexpose this image quite a bit to make the sky with some light clouds completely white.

Film: Ilford XP2 cross developed with Rodinal
Camera: Hasselblad 501

#analog #photography #hasselblad #monochromemarch

Show threadTristan Colgate-McFarlane4d ago
@fesix it works well in id11, or pyro , or just about anything else. You're excess grain is probably more due to stand. C41 relies on developing, then removing the silver. So while it doesn't look as grainy, it also can't get as sharp.
My only worry has ever been archival qualities (since you're leaving a tonne of unfixed or bleached dyes in there.
Show threadFelix4d ago
@tmcfarlane this was just a test for me to see how it works, I don’t think I will keep doing this, either I shoot XP2 and do C-41 or I use dedicated film for black and white chemistry. I have to say I really love how sharp and fine XP2 in C-41 is.
Show threadTristan Colgate-McFarlane4d ago
@fesix I quite like xp2 in b&w. Plus the film is weirdly cheap here in the uk, especially bulk rolls (never understood that). C41 is too expensive, and yoo much faff for home dev for me. I've done a few rolls (about 10 with the bellini kit), but it's not for me.
Show threadFelix4d ago
@tmcfarlane So far I used two kits of Adox C-TEC 41, worked quite well but I was annoyed constantly agitating so I made myself a simple roller jig, much more convenient, the only downside is that the solutions get bad quite fast after opening and mixing. For me using a kit is cheaper after five rolls than giving the films to a lab. One reason why I don't want to use a lab anymore is that I have not really good experience due to scratches on the film or uneven development.
Show threadTristan Colgate-McFarlane4d ago
@fesix yeah, 5 rolls was the sweet spot for me. I can recommend the bellini kit for shelf life (and the price is good). It's a 3 part kit (separate bleach and fix), but that isn't much extra hassle, and temperature tolerances after the dev step arent super critical.. I just used intermittent agitation, and a very big sink of water to keep temperature. It worked OK, if I have enough colour I'd do it again, but I rarely do, so I've just used a lab for the colour rolls last year.
Show threadChrisR3d ago
@fesix That's really nice (composition and result), and way better than my attempt at XP2 in HC-110 dilution E!