1887 Rapidan School and Library Building

Oooh, very nice.

You've captured everything, highlights, shadows and literally everything in-between.

I basically do the same as you, except I use FP4+, I've often wondered about Delta in 4x5; this gives a pretty good clue.

Thanks, Mick! I basically have to cut the development time in half to do this, otherwise it just blocks-up like crazy at the recommended 12 minute D76 1:1 time Ilford suggests. I am mixing my own D76 with distilled water, but it seems suspiciously strong with this film stock.

I want to try this stock next with XTOL and see what happens.

I did note the development time being what it was; and wondered ever so slightly. This may be an expensive conversation as I may pick up a 25 sheet box of Delta 100.

For a while I made an XTOL home brew developer, but switched back to D76 home brew, the results were virtually identical, but the cost of the Ascorbic stuff was prohibitive in comparison to D76 from raw chemistry.

Using FP4+ D76 1:1 and at 23ºC, I'm inverting for 13' give or take depending on the temperature drop.

I mix my D76 from scratch as well (last 30 years) but I just use tap water and when decanting for developing, I use a coffee filter to get the little bits of stuff out of the solution.

This may give you an idea of FP4+ through my system.

Nailed it. Good old D-76.

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This may give you an idea of FP4+ through my system.

Creswick Uniting Church

Took this in a hurry as the weather was rapidly changing for the worse.

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That's a great image! Really clean and distinct tones!

I lucked into a couple of boxes of Delta for cheap, so I am going to ride that pony until I have to switch back to Arista EDU!

Much as I hate to admit it, shots like this one trigger my representational bias. Very nice work.