HP5+ in ID-11/D-76, any reccommendations

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This is a new developer for me, I suffered the dreaded 'lifted the film out of the soup and it has fixed perfectly clear' so that would mean my patterson dev which admittedly was quite dark and did smell a bit funny is officially off. So I bought a small pack of D-76 and ID11 to try (then realised they are basically the same dev and the ilford was twice the price).

So I've shot a roll of HP5+ 120 at 400iso I can find times for stock solution 1:1, 1:2 and 1:3, with 1:3 being described as low contrast by some people. I bought the dev and film in Calumet london and the very chatty bloke suggested FP4+ worked very well at 1:3 dilution so any reccommendations for the 'best' (which will be the one that works best for you) dilution for HP5+.

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Hey fella

I've used HP5 and trix with d76 (you're right,same as ID-11).

I liked 1:1 dilution and used it up to 1600 on the tri-x. The b&w shots of mine in the photos from film section were trix in d76 at 800 or 1600,can't remember now, but they were definitely 1:1
 
Just mixed up the D-76 and the film is in the tank, once its cool enough I'll be trying 1:1 13mins :)
 
13.5 minutes for HP5 in ID-11 I'm sure. The massive dev chart will tell you what you want to know :thumbs:
 
13 mins at 1:1 and they are mostly rather dark!, I was using my Pentax MX as a lightmeter. See how they dry and I'll pass comment then.
 
puggie said:
13 mins at 1:1 and they are mostly rather dark!, I was using my Pentax MX as a lightmeter. See how they dry and I'll pass comment then.
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The MX has a centre weighted meter, you sure it wasn't fooled by a darker centre in your scene?
 
So far, HP5+ and D76 is my favourite combination (maybe along with Rodinal and Rollei Retro film).
I've been generally using it 1:3 because I'm incredibly cheap and treating the film as box speed, but haven't noticed it being particularly low contrast.
How do your negs look now they are dry?
 
dont know why ,had it in my head you were talking about the prints being dark ,,,,if the negs look dark it shows theres something on them ,,,if you're not used to developing negs what you think is too dark might be alright ,,also if the pics are of snow ,( or something white / bright ) they will be quite dense anyway ,
 
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