I’m starting to do my own processing at home. I have paid labs up to this point. I have some darkroom experience but it’s always been either in a class darkroom or someone else’s darkroom where the chemicals where just there.
Now I have to decide what to use. There are so many options that it’s making my head spin. 10+ different film choices, 20+ different developer choices and 20+ different paper choices - that's 4000+ possible combinations.
I’m using ilford hp4 sheet film. I also shoot tmax 100. Will probably switch to arista (same as ilford hp4?) because it the cheapest I can find. I'm not attached to any specific film though. I will tank process and contact print. I eventually want to use azo paper – I like the prints I’ve seen made with it – unless someone knows of something better? Should I dive into azo or warm up with some other paper?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,
Paul
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