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Oh lucky you!! Looks like new. What a bargain!! 7day shop best price for film and you can get a good selection of film on ebay too.

Thankyou for the helpful replies. I don't know what direction I will take yet, but as I have another roll of ilford 3200 on order maybe I should just try a different way of processing it, or I might try tissue paper over the enlarger lens or something similar to create an abstract effect.

Could anyone recommend a really grainy film, please. I have tried ilford delta 3200 and found it to be surprisingly grain free, but I think the developer used makes a difference. ( I use Fotospeed) Any comments would be much appreciated.

you get sprocket hole streaks if you over agitate too!! So its best to agitate once every minute, by inverting the tank slowly (10 seconds)

Iif you have a sony dslr and you want to share lenses with a film camera then you need Minolta AF mount. This means that the film camera will have to be a more modern one with auto focus (but you will be able to use on manual) I have a 505 si. They are cheap on ebay at the moment. This camera is...

I have recently shot my first roll of ilford 3200 and the negs came out thin. Towards the end of shooting the second roll of film I discovered that the film is actually rated lower than 3200, so I then experimented with changing the iso with the film in the camera. 1600 was a big improvement...

That's good. The development times on the bottle should be o.k. then.

Just found out today that the reason I need long dev. times is because our water is very hard. So please ignore the above information unless of course your own water is hard. Hope I haven't been the cause of any spoilt film, Alpina.

good job you're all mind readers as I forgot to say film not paper!! thankyou for the helpful replies. yes alpina, 15 minutes for ilford hp5, 12 minutes for 100 iso (ilford or agfa) and 11 minutes for ilford 50 iso. Ilford sfx 13 minutes. I know these times are amazingly long compared with...

I have been using fotospeed chemicals and always give longer development times than recommended on the bottle. (college do too.) I now have some Ilfosol 3, and am wondering how accurate the recommended times are? Also, will the Ilfosol developer be compatible with fotospeed fixer?

Thanks for the replies, especially to Raglan for the kind offer, but I am in the north!! I think I'll just have to cough up. My enlarger bulb is working at the moment but I can imagine how head doing it will be if and when it goes!!

Maybe latex gloves would work. Halfords do a box of 100 for about £8. They fit well so should be easy to use.

hello everyone, Looking for a spare bulb for my lpl/jessops enlarger. Found one on the net but it's £8 plus £4.45 postage. Please does anyone know where to find a better deal? I need a Philips photocrescenta screw in type bulb 75 watt.

I too prefer the texture of matt or pearl, but you will get better contrasts with gloss.

Aaah, she's beautiful. Congratulations to you all!!