HP5 , what next?

[Melvin J Bramley]

HP5 autowinder February 1983, was it a good year?
Yet another blast from the past to challenge my commitment to the darkroom!
72 exposures is a lot of effort just to test a film.
Time to bring out my dusty motordrive?

 

[Chuck1]

Did you get the developing reels?

 

[Don_ih]

Use an slr. Shoot some frames then cut them off in the dark. Expect serious fog and a speed of about 50, if it hasn't been frozen. HP5+ (the current version) ages terribly -- I doubt the old version fares much better.

And @chuckroast is right - you can't fit that length of film on a standard reel.

 

[Melvin J Bramley]

Did you get the developing reels?

Yes I did.
In my earlier voyage into B&W photography I was gifted with some rolls of HP5 Autowinder and the accessories before it was introduced to the market!
As for then and now, I have never had reason to expose more than 20 exposures or so before the need to develop and print them!
I am retired!! I have the time..

 

[Melvin J Bramley]

Did you get the developing reels?

yes, both plastic and the autoloader, if it can be called that.