While emptying a shelf over the weekend I stumbled upon an old undeveloped roll of fp4. Dilute-static in id11 and some time later found myself pondering over l atent image stability whilst holding it against the light(It was mostly high con trast landscapes as I expected, many months ago). It's like this: I have never really seen noticeable effects of latent image dete rioration in sheet or roll film, save perhaps colour and b&w paper and even then not something I could pinpoint(or blame on latent image stability, at the time, ...whilst passing doubtful glances at the stock solution). I prefer handling 5 or more films in a go(considering id11), besides which I have found messing wit h chemicals on long trips just not worth the hassle.
Illford for example suggests developing fp4 asap after a shoot, and I have to a dmit off hand that most of my best images are from film that were not lying abou t undeveloped (though eagerness plays a role here too). But how far does one ta ke it? I suppose a chart or two is what I'm looking for but I'd like to hear of any exp eriences in sheet/roll film latent image deterioration someone else had. What g oes(shifts?) first - highlight detail?, midtones? Or are modern film just so mu ch more stable that this becomes a non-issue? Thanks, Ryan
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