Ilford are showing such disgusting total disregard for consumers that an Ilford director has been active on APUG for a couple of weeks now answering questions and generally being helpful. Erm... no... wait a minute... that doesn't make sense... does it???
Perceptol (not a developer much used by LFers, although I hear it is liked by some for portrait work) is back in production and has been available in the UK for a couple of weeks and I believe has just become available in the US and Canada.
As is well known by everyone here, Ilford have been asking photographers what size ULF film is wanted. They will be cutting ULF sizes directly instead of relying on third parties to cut it. What they are deciding now is which sizes and which emulsion(s) based on consumer feedback. Everyone will be able to order it through their normal suppliers instead of relying on one or two outlets.
I don't know how they can live with themselves, showing such lack of interest in what the consumer wants...
[sigh]
Back on topic. This close to the management buyout, I doubt they will be messing about too much with production etc. I expect they are too busy making sure everything is ticking along and that delivery and stock levels are back to normal. However, I have switched from MG-IV to Kentmere recently so can't offer any personal observations... If it is indeed slower, that's not much of a problem as it was already pretty fast. Only Kentmere is faster in my (admittedly limited) experience. More interesting would be what other effect a different emulsion composition might have on toning etc.
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