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RattyMouse · Apr 27, 2018

I've given up hope of every finding Acros for sale in the US so I bought these two rolls for $18. That hurts when 5 rolls of Acros cost me $24. I'm looking for ideas on how to develop this film in HC-110, dilution E. Acros did very well at 7 minutes at 20 C. Would this film be much different?

Ces1um · Apr 27, 2018

Glad to hear you decided against giving up film photography!

Anon Ymous · Apr 27, 2018

How about having a look at the datasheet?

warden · Apr 27, 2018

That’s expensive. B&H has it for $6 per roll.

RattyMouse · Apr 27, 2018

Anon Ymous said:
How about having a look at the datasheet?

There's nothing about dilution E there.

RattyMouse · Apr 27, 2018

jawarden said:
That’s expensive. B&H has it for $6 per roll.

Yeah, I picked this up at a brick and mortar store. I got ripped off big time.

Anon Ymous · Apr 27, 2018

RattyMouse said:
There's nothing about dilution E there.

For the most part, HC110 responds linearly to dilution changes. Doubling the dilution means doubling the development time and so on. This should give you reasonably good results, but some fine tuning may be needed.

Rudeofus · Apr 27, 2018

This page states everything you need: dev time for Ilford Delta 100 in HC-110 dilution B, and conversion formula for dev times from dilution B to E.

macfred · Apr 27, 2018

RattyMouse said:
I'm looking for ideas on how to develop this film in HC-110, dilution E. Acros did very well at 7 minutes at 20 C. Would this film be much different?

Try it with 7:30min / 20C (@ ISO100) - good results even with Tetenal Ultrafin (not plus) 1+20 / 20C /10min. Good luck !

darkosaric · Apr 27, 2018

I am sure that grain will be fine in 120 format for delta 100. Don't give up if the first rolls are not to your likening (the general look, not only grain). For sure you needed also for your beloved Acros some time to fine tune the results.

RattyMouse · Apr 27, 2018

Rudeofus said:
This page states everything you need: dev time for Ilford Delta 100 in HC-110 dilution B, and conversion formula for dev times from dilution B to E.

OK, that would be 9 minutes at dilution E. Thanks.

Kilgallb · Apr 28, 2018

I have had nothing but great results with Delta 100 and XTOL stock.

images39 · Apr 28, 2018

Delta 100 has been a nice film for my landscape work. I have it lab developed in XTOL, and am very pleased with the results. Sorry I can't help with HC110 information, just wanted to say that if you work with this film you can get nice results once you dial it in.

Dale

BrianShaw · Apr 28, 2018

RattyMouse said:
Yeah, I picked this up at a brick and mortar store. I got ripped off big time.

You didn’t get ripped off. You paid “convenience prices”. Sometimes that really worth it.

saman13 · Apr 29, 2018

+1 for delta 100 in XTOL. I’ve only used that combo twice and it was with replenished XTOL, but was very happy with it. Both rolls were shot with a half frame camera, and I was happier with the prints from those than full frame prints with HP5! Pretty good film. Might try experimenting to see if I like that or FP4 better (another film I really like).

Tim Stapp · Apr 29, 2018

Have a look at Jason Brunner's article on HC 110. Here is the link: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/hc110-made-simple.101980/

I think he uses it at 1+50? He has a number of times listed for this developer.

Brian Shaw, you are so correct in the "convinience prices"!!! I do try to support my local brick and mortar store when possible. They do support film. Of the 19 employees, 11 still shoot film. But being both Dutch and Irish, I try to spend as little as possible.

removed account4 · Apr 29, 2018

have you seen the shoot out ?
https://emulsive.org/reviews/film-r...ional-and-kodak-t-max-100-by-daniel-marinelli

macfred · Apr 29, 2018

jnanian said:
have you seen the shoot out ?
https://emulsive.org/reviews/film-r...ional-and-kodak-t-max-100-by-daniel-marinelli

Thanks for the link, John - they all look better a little overexposed for my taste.

removed account4 · Apr 29, 2018

yup i don't think i have ever used a film at "box speed" ... starting point and all that ... ( like processing times )

macfred · Apr 29, 2018

jnanian said:
yup i don't think i have ever used a film at "box speed" ... starting point and all that ... ( like processing times )

Same here ... (though the tested films don't belong to my standard configuration).

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