Last night, I had what I thought was Ektapan in my tank, as it came out of a holder I had labeled "Ektapan". I got some in an expired lot off ebay and fell in love, so I've been buying it when I see it.
Anyways, it was very warm in my house, and even dumping ice in my bath only got the chemistry down to ~78deg F. That got me about 5:06 for development time with stock D-76 in my Combi-Plan, and with the added time from how long the thing takes to fill and empty (35oz of chemistry takes a while!) I figured I'd safely be above the magical 5min time Kodak recommends as a minimum for even development. After pulling the film out of the tank to hang it to dry, I notice the edge code isn't the "V U" of Ektapan. Oops, that was HP5! I haven't scanned my negatives yet, but they look alright.
Has anyone else pulled HP5 to 100ISO in D-76 before? What did you think? I feel kind of bad because I prefer to push HP5 to 1600, but at least I didn't waste something I can't replace.
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