Developing XP2 Super in B&W chemistry can be helpful here.
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For normal-contrast scenes the film is a bit soft and low-contrast scenes will require a very hard gradation to get a good print.
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Developing XP2 Super in B&W chemistry can be helpful here.
As for extended techniques, you can try pushing XP2 in C-41 (no curves to cross) or using 'looping'/ Rehal processing for as many cycles as desired.
That's one film I've never used... probably because it's C-41...which I've never done.
I can't think of a better way to start C-41. XP-2 Super is no harder to develop in C-41 than most B&W films in D-76. If you find 3:15 or 3:30 developing time intimidating (B&W literature always recommends against dev times under 5 minutes for reasons of consistency), with XP-2 you can just lower the temperature and apply the same sort of correction to time that you would with single-agent B&W developers like Rodinal. You can even stand develop -- with color films, this will produce color shifts and/or crossover, but XP-2 doesn't have that problem.
A basic C-41 kit costs about what you'd pay to send out a single roll and get prints -- and most will process anywhere from eight to twenty rolls with minor time extension to compensate exhaustion. Do a couple rolls of XP-2 to build confidence, then try a test roll of consumer 35 mm like Kodak Gold or Superia X-Tra. IMO, it's worth doing.
That's one film I've never used... probably because it's C-41...which I've never done. I'm quite impressed with the examples posted here, though.
Next time I'm in the camera shop near me, I'll pick up a couple of rolls. I think I saw 120 rolls on the shelf... Damnit! I've got way too much film!
Don't be silly. That's not possible!
Ilford, in its data sheet, says it doesn't recommend push processing XP2 Super and makes absolutely no mention of looping.
What do you mean by looping?
Never heard this term in any photographic context other than automated-process feed-back control.
They all look pretty good to me with no real significant loss of shadow detail that matters to my eyeYesterday I thought of a real torture test for seeing just how smooth I could get a photo to be in XP2 Super. Use a half-frame camera to double any grain size, and rate it at 1600. Developed for 18 minutes in 1+49 HC-110 in the motorized Rondinax. And if I'm getting out the Pen F, it's triptych time!
So, like all the other tricks we apply to B&W or color films (bleach bypass, toning, bleach/redevelop intensification, special developers), it's all "after market, not recommended by manufacturer" process. If it works, good for you. If it doesn't, Ilford doesn't owe you a replacement roll.
I'm pretty sure no film manufacturer will recommend looping, and it's not surprising that Ilford doesn't recommend pushing XP-2, since they claim you can expose at up to EI 800 without any change in development -- why would you need anything faster than that ("Nobody will ever need more than 640k of RAM.")? Still, like any push to C-41 films, it's done fairly routinely by those who process their own, which (really) isn't the market XP-2 is officially aimed at.
So, like all the other tricks we apply to B&W or color films (bleach bypass, toning, bleach/redevelop intensification, special developers), it's all "after market, not recommended by manufacturer" process. If it works, good for you. If it doesn't, Ilford doesn't owe you a replacement roll.
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