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I have noticed I get higher readings when metering shadows at a distance and end up underexposing the negs. I asked a couple knowledgable people about this and they told me to either get closer to...

Just watched them both. Very interesting. Looking forward to more....

In awe, as always....

Will there be any way for non- Bravo subscribers to see it sometime in the future?

It sure is. Quite a tangle of bush to get to that vantage point though! And the neg was developed in Michael and Paula's darkroom. That's why it was in ABC... :)

Here's one of my latest Ziatypes (a month ago). Trying to improve highlight separation and get nice deep blacks. FP4+ in ABC Pyro on Crane's Kid Finish white.

Here's one of my early (i.e last year) Ziatypes. FP4 in Pyrocat HD on Arches Platine

Thanks Wil- I appreciate that some fine tuning will be necessary, but for a normally lit scene, if I'm using Rodinal 1:50 at 68F for D100, should I be using Lenny's or your (Howards?) table as a...

Why would you increase exposure to counteract the reciprocity, if that's what you're trying to take advantage of? Am I correct in thinking that you are relying more on the increased development to...

John- that's gorgeous, even on a computer screen.....

I use FP4, HP5 and Delta100. I rate each at half box speed, but up rate them to approach box speed as I increase development. By around about N+2 or 3, they are at box speed. I use Pyrocat HD for FP4...

Thanks everybody- lots to play with now!

Will- I guess my confusion was in my incorrect notion that once I exposed past zone 5 or so, the highlights would all expand more or less equally with increased development, thus giving equal density...

I'm not sure what you mean by this- could you please elaborate?

I'm hearing underexposure with overdevelopment and overexposure with overdevelopment. It sounds like it may not matter how the...

Makes perfect sense- thank you

Thanks so much to you both- it all makes great sense, as I use the zone system myself. Just a question/clarification though for Rick- if I'm filtering and exposing for the dark area on zone 3.......

How do you do a backlit photo of ashphalt/wood/stones/ice on a lake or puddle, etc though? Backlighting may work for transparent/semitransparent objects, but it doesn't explain these other instances....

I have always been a huge fan of images (usually abstract) made in such a way where there are either large areas of black with fine lines of white and the opposite- large areas of white with nice...

I have been using the Manfrotto 488RC2 I bought for my SLR gear- seems to work fine for my 5x7. I doubt it would be good for any but the smallest/lightest 8x10. Even then I doubt it would work......

I thought the film had to be verticle to avoid bromide drag marks or something like that...... Read it in a post a year or so ago, so I can't be more specific....

I have the Shen Hao HZX 57 and I love it- has huge amounts of movements. I was recently going down the same route as you and the FCL810 did not interest me for the same reason the FCL57 didn't-...

ic-racer- I didn't get the PM

Anyhow, thanks to the generosity of a member here (wager123). I have a 5" cone. Round, not square. With this particular lens, I am now able to make enlargements from...

Sandy, does this mean that using a 1:1:100 dilution, like that used for FP4 (and what Ken is finding works well for him) would be the more appropriate approach for HP5? If so, I'm wondering what...

Is this not the opposite of what has been discussed here though? Has it not been confirmed that FP4 expands (N+ develops) better and HP5 contracts (N- develops) better?

The fact sheet for HP5+ is...

Great- this is kinda the ideas I was thinking of. The thing that really kicked me into trying HP5 at this point now is ironically my work in Ziatype. I have been urged by an excellent Ziatypist to...

Looking at the curves on the fact sheets at the Ilford site, I'd say that the HP5 has a longer straighter line with no shoulder. Am I reading this wrong? What are the implications of the lack of a...

Thanks- I will look into this.

Interesting you use the 1:1:100 dilution- Sandy King recommends 2:2:100 for HP5 to get contrast up. Obviously you like how it's working for you though- have you tried the stronger dilution? Do you...

I thought of these possibilities, but can't see how I'd get everything square and plumb so the field is not off with parts (esp corners) going out of focus.

Ken- how are you using the P-HD (tray/etc, dilution,temp...etc)?

Well, it's final- since the cone was altered, neither B&H or OmegaSatter will take it back. Greg at Omega won't even return my emails to tell me what 210 lens(es) this cone was designed around....

Thanks everybody for your responses. I never really seriously considered dropping FP4 entirely but was curious if HP5 could cover the majority of its application. It sounds like what I have read...

I've been mainly using FP4 since I started processing my own film a few years ago. I've always been happy with it, but am wanting to add HP5 to my repetoire. Other than its faster speed, what other...

Yes, that damned lens! And new cone design! I haven't given up, but I'm out of money to throw at it for a while now....

Well, things are going downhill fast. It turns out this lens cone was changed by OmegaSatter a few years ago but no description or item number change was made. They were even informed of this by...

That's a good idea, but hopefully it won't come to that. I have been talking to the one guy at B&H who still knows anything about enlargers and he referred me to a guy named Greg at Omega Satter. I...

which would require finding yet *another* lens cone.....

talked to him a year ago- no help for the E series

here are pictures of my enlarger and what they sent

I've had people recommend everything between 180 and 240, with most saying 210 because it's closer to "normal" so that's what I went with. I'm not sinking any more money into this thing. I spoke with...