I’ve recently liked developing Ilford HP5 Plus in Ilford Perceptol developer, for fine grain and nice tonality, but it is an expensive developer. I was very happy therefore to find an equivalent developer, Legacy Pro Mic-X that gives me the same kind of results, for a lot less money! Both these images (shot in Niagara-On-the-Lake using my Rolleiflex 3.5E3 camera) are all from the first roll of HP5 Plus I developed using this developer. I’m sold!
One of my fav combinations that dev makes hp5 sparkle the late and great Barry Thornton got me into it having read one of his superb books.It gives stunning acutane and a beautiful broad tonal range. These shots really do emphasise it, love em.
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Agreed! HP5 has gone from least favourite to one of my favourite films now, at least in medium format.
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