At risk of the same (very polite) approbation that befell the last person to ask about shortcuts to zone system calibration can anyone advise me on a good film developer combination to start with? After all, if Im going to commit to using one combination for a year Id like to make a good choice at the outset.
My priorities are sharpness (Im aiming for tack sharp, never having got past pi n sharp with 35mm) and tonal gradation.
The field at present is FP4/ID-11 or Delta 100/ID-11. Ive heard some good thing s about Tmax 100 and like the sound of XTOL, but havent tried this out myself y et.
How significant is the format? Will 5x4 and roll film behave the same with N-1, N+1 manipulations (taking account of the core development time differences)?
Thanks in advance Nick
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