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Are you sure the jug contents were fixer and not beer!!
Might have been malt but I'd expect Talisker to dissolve the film rather than clearing it!
Are you sure the jug contents were fixer and not beer!!
Were you saving the Old Pulteney to enhance the pleasure (or ease the pain) of viewing the photos then?Might have been malt but I'd expect Talisker to dissolve the film rather than clearing it!
Looking on the Massive Dev Chart, it has two times for Ilford Ortho+ in HC 110 B shot at 80, at 20 C, 6 minutes and 8 minutes. There's no explanation. Any hints as to which to pick anyone?
Thanks Nige. 6 minutes it is (less 15% for the Rondinax, makes 5 minutes 10 seconds by my reckoning)...I found this blog post about it if it's any help Chris? It appears to suggest 6 minutes.
http://www.pfaffenzeller.org.uk/2019/11/09/ilford-ortho-plus-80-in-kodak-hc110/
Filmdev suggest 6 minutes too: https://filmdev.org/recipe/show/12375
Didn't spot this until after it was done, Ian. Thanks though. Now drying...Lol. I didn't check and did mine in HC-110(B) for 8 mintes! Results here: https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/ians-contact-sheets-for-2020.705747/page-3#post-8719788
Looking back at the contact sheet, it is a bit over exposed, but only a bit. Nothing that couldn't be recovered in Lightroom and I was really pleased with the DR of the film.
I'd suggest 8 min wouldn't break it. How about split the difference
Let us know the results. I'm curious too.Didn't spot this until after it was done, Ian. Thanks though. Now drying...
Looking on the Massive Dev Chart, it has two times for Ilford Ortho+ in HC 110 B shot at 80, at 20 C, 6 minutes and 8 minutes. There's no explanation. Any hints as to which to pick anyone?
I haven't scanned it yet, but just held the negs up to the light and they look nice and contrasty! That was 6 minutes (less 15%). What would I see if it was under?What's the verdict @ChrisR Did they turn out well exposed would you say? I have another roll of Ortho Plus in the tank and am leaning towards a 7 minute time unless you reckon your 6 minutes looks good and not under at all...
Ilford have some example images on this page: https://www.ilfordphoto.com/common-processing-problems/
Scroll down to the sections on developed negatives being too dark / too light.
ThanksYes, if all you want to know is if the developer works.
After 24 hours in the sleeves under a heavy book, the strips definitely went back into the sleeves a lot more easily. I think it must have been the humidity; a few things here have not properly dried after a whole day on the stands! I always have a little difficulty with sleeving; drying negs is a bit of a tossup between not quite dry and much too dusty!I'm just about to scan them, I hope they go back into the sleeves a bit easier than yesterday...
Anyway, this is all a bit of a mad ramble, but the gist of it seems to be that Kodak are wrong, @simon ess is right,
When I was updating my crib sheet, I realised that my time of 5 minutes 30 was actually based on 85% of @simon ess 's suggestion of 6 minutes 30, which has mostly worked well for me in the past. So, I'm not sure quite what the problem was in that first roll, but I'm guessing exposure problems rather than devving.
The Covington HC 110 resource is interesting, particularly the last paragraph in the following quote:My time is 6:00 at 400 and 8:30 at 800. Dil B at 20 degrees. I shovelled quite a lot of Tri-X through those times last year so am pretty happy with them.
BTW his recommendation is 6:30 at 20C...
According to Ilford:Just devving another roll. Decided to "compromise" on ~7 minutes (standard time, reduced to 6 for Rondinax). No idea why!
Does anyone know how long a mixed batch of Ilfostop should last? I mixed up 750 ml when I started devving 4x5 in January 2019, and I've been drawing off and replacing 200 ml at a time for 135 film ever since!
Well, it's way more than 7 days (not yet 700 days, though)! It's still a nice yellow colour, not a hint of purple. I mixed it at the same time as mixing the 750 ml of fixer; I test the film leader with that before every film, and it's still clearing in under 2 minutes, and doesn't have obvious floaters.According to Ilford:
Storage and solution life Concentrate
ILFOSTOP concentrate will keep for:-
5 years in full airtight bottles
12 months in half full tightly capped bottles
Working strength
7 working days.
I'm not sure what working strength means? I mix up a batch and I usually change mine when I mix some fresh fixer. It probably takes 3-5 months between batches based on my rate of shooting film. It's never actually turned purple though.
I'm sorry I never showed an image in response to this! far too late for you, Ian, but...What's the verdict @ChrisR Did they turn out well exposed would you say? I have another roll of Ortho Plus in the tank and am leaning towards a 7 minute time unless you reckon your 6 minutes looks good and not under at all...
far too late for you, Ian, but...
Interesting! At £20 and 1+4 though, that's quite expensive per film (OK, nearly a pound, so not THAT expensive!).I've started developing anything made by Ilford in DD-X now. HC-110 is reserved for everything else. Ortho 80 in DD-X looks lovely.
Massive dev chart has 1+9 times for some films in DD-XInteresting! At £20 and 1+4 though, that's quite expensive per film (OK, nearly a pound, so not THAT expensive!).