I'm not an alchemist, but after years of experimenting I've hit on something I consider rather special. If I was to tell you I have honest to god 35 negs shot at ISO 12,800 with sharp grain no more prominent if shot at ISO 400 and with full tonal scale. I'll wager most would consider me mostly blind and or delusional or my exposure meter has gone South. I'm a zone system advocate and have a selection of meters and I've been not been sloppy. I'd like to open a conversation before I posting images.
VTMatwood
Loc: Displaced Vermonta in Central New Hampsha
I am interested in where this goes.
Question: HP5 is an ASA 400 film if I recall. You pushed this to 12,800 equivalent in developing?
Yes, it's the developer... a 5 stop push.
My BS meter is is pegging right but what have you got?
Nalu
Loc: Southern Arizona
Not shooting film any longer but wil be very curious to hear your technique and see some examples.
You can count on my interest as well.
I used to use that film when I USED to develop B&W. I liked it.
Howdy,
Meters; Lunasix F, Sekonic L-398, Pentax Spot, all of them fortunately give me the same readings and I might add the meter in my Oly EM5 MK2 is not at odds with any of them.
TriX
Loc: Raleigh, NC
Please post the image AND the developing details (developer, temp, time and agitation frequency).
Crombie wrote:
I'm not an alchemist, but after years of experimenting I've hit on something I consider rather special. If I was to tell you I have honest to god 35 negs shot at ISO 12,800 with sharp grain no more prominent if shot at ISO 400 and with full tonal scale. I'll wager most would consider me mostly blind and or delusional or my exposure meter has gone South. I'm a zone system advocate and have a selection of meters and I've been not been sloppy. I'd like to open a conversation before I posting images.
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If the DR of the scene is amenable,
such a push is almost reasonable.
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Hi,
35mm HP5 exposed at ISO 12,800. The scale and density of the negs suggest another .5 stop is reasonable.
There's some interest to package this developer for online sale and so I can tell you the processing time is 1.5 hrs at 70F. Most important is some of the chemistry during mixing must be handled with great caution!!!
VTMatwood
Loc: Displaced Vermonta in Central New Hampsha
1.5 hours of developing time... what is the agitation schedule for that duration? My arm would get tired!
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