HP5+ and ID-11 : What's your personal dev time?

I just started shooting HP5+ in both 35mm & 120.

I shot both at 400 and developed them in ID-11 1+1 for 13 minutes and they look a bit over done.

So, just out of curiousity, what is your personal developing time/exposure?

For 400 I use ID-11 1+1 for 11 min at 20 degrees for a normal to high contrast roll. I'd do 12:30 or so for a roll with low contrast shots.
Best regards,
James

david b said:

I just started shooting HP5+ in both 35mm & 120.

I shot both at 400 and developed them in ID-11 1+1 for 13 minutes and they look a bit over done.

So, just out of curiousity, what is your personal developing time/exposure?

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Hello David,
The developing times provided are a starting point, Ilford used to provide two developing times, one for condenser and the other for diffuse Cold Cathode type light-source enlargers, with the type of enlargers that are more commonly available today such as those from Durst and LPL etc, it was found that a mean average time was more suitable. If your negatives are too contrasty for your particular needs, try pulling the time in one-minute increments until you find a suitable time to the nearest minute or half minute. There may be a slight loss of film speed yield when curtailing the developing time, usually of around half a stop so it may be a good idea to bracket up to one stop extra so that you can see if there are any effects.

Well, I shot eight rolls today, six 120 and two 35mm.

I exposed them all at 400 and used a yellow filter. It was a partly cloudy day with moments of direct sun.

I just developed four rolls of the 120 at 11 @68 (1+1) and they look quite good. I will make contact sheets later this week and will report back.

David,
I rate HP5+ at 200 asa and for normal subject contrast, develop for 11 mins (1+1) at 20c. At this point I must add that I use D76 (which, apparently is the same dev, just a different name). If I'm shooting a high contrast scene then I'll reduce that time by a minute. I found diluting 1+3 gave me a longer tonal scale but an increase in grain. regards, BLIGHTY

I've only used this combo a few times, but I rated it at iso 200 and developed for 12min at 20ºC.