B&w Film Of Choice?

[joeyrsmith]

Foma with Rodinal 1-50.
Shot and processed for scanning only.
Some combos are better for traditional and some better for digital.
Took me a good while to nail it down.

[Bill_1856]

Pyro developers seem to be the choice of many/most landscapers, such as Michael Smith and Roman Loranc (who I believe shoots Kodak Tri-X).

[BetterSense]

Since there isn't a tri-x 400 in 4x5, I too use HP5

Ditto.

TMY would be my second choice. I like D23, but I could take or leave just about any developer.

[SamReeves]

I'm loving the Fomapan 100 (aka Arista EDU) with old fashioned D-76 1:1. Cheap and it works pretty darn good.

[Brian Ellis]

Ditto.

TMY would be my second choice. I like D23, but I could take or leave just about any developer.

You should have attended a Phil Davis workshop. He used to do a very interesting demonstration showing that there was a bigger difference using different film developers than there was using different films.

[mcfactor]

Hp5 in Beutler's 1:1:10

Delta 100, Adox Pan 25 in Rodinal 1:100

All very sharp, great tonality

[Merg Ross]

Hp5 in Beutler's 1:1:10

Delta 100, Adox Pan 25 in Rodinal 1:100

All very sharp, great tonality

Glad to see someone using Beutler (and that you got the Metol to disolve). It has been one of my favorites for years, although I have not tried it with HP-5.

Brian makes a good point, it really is important to match the film with the developer. Pyro, for instance, is great with some films, not so with others. Same with FP-4, great film in the right soup. I prefer it with Metol-Acetone.

However, I hear a certain look is good for scanning, so that might be a consideration.

[mcfactor]

Thanks^^ I did get it to disolve and it is working great. I really like HP5 in Beutlers, it is very sharp and although there isa bit of grain, it does not bother me at all. I have also found that it pushes relatively well up to 1600.

[BetterSense]

I guess I said I could take or leave any developer because "any developer" to me means either D23, xtol, or D76. I know that Diafine doesn't really get along well with some films, and I'm sure other developers like pyro are the same way. But my triad of developers kind of work with everything.

[Jim Burk]

T-Max, both 100 and 400. Tray developed in T-Max RS.