ILFOSOL 3 !!!

Uncle Goose · Jul 17, 2008

Still no sign of it here in Belgium. How is this possible, England is just 50 clicks away from Belgium.

Simon R Galley · Jul 17, 2008

It has been shipping worldwide for some time, and itys ceratinly been shipped to Belgium so I have no idea why it is not in your reseller ?

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arigram · Jul 17, 2008

Resellers wait until they are out of stock of Ilfosol S before they start selling Ilfosol 3.
Atleast that's the situation in Greece, which means it might take a year or two before I will be able to buy it myself.

Uncle Goose · Jul 17, 2008

arigram said:
Resellers wait until they are out of stock of Ilfosol S before they start selling Ilfosol 3.
Atleast that's the situation in Greece, which means it might take a year or two before I will be able to buy it myself.

I'm afraid that's the case too here in Belgium. I hope they soon sell everything out so we can get the new stuff.

ajuk · Jul 29, 2008

Does it literally just last longer?

ooze · Jul 29, 2008

Ilfosol 3 is available in Istanbul. Bought a 500ml bottle recently and tried it with some Delta100. Negs look great. Rather contrasty I would say - which is OK for my diffuser enlarger - and very sharp. Let's see how they print tonight. I have no idea about its keeping properties yet.

nsouto · Jul 30, 2008

still not in Australia, though....
or at least not anywhere near my supplier...

nsouto · Aug 12, 2008

correction: just found it in a local supplier!

ajuk · Aug 29, 2008

Is this more suitable for higher speed films than the old version?

Trevor Crone · Aug 29, 2008

ajuk said:
Is this more suitable for higher speed films than the old version?

I've been using it diluted 1:9 with HP5+ sheet film which I rate at 320 ISO and the results are fine; smooth tonal range, good shadow and highlight detail also very sharp and fine grained.

arigram · Feb 16, 2009

Today I bought my very first bottle of Ilfosol 3.
My local dealer in Crete told me she got it 3-4 months ago.
I payed 10.50 euros for it.
Just for those who keep numbers.
Let's see what we're going to do with it. There is a ton of film waiting for months to be exposed to light.

Herzeleid · Feb 16, 2009

I tried it with HP5+, Tri-X @250, @400 and orwo pan 100.
I poured the remaining half of the bottle down the toilet.
Now I have an 500cc empty air tight bottle. Great!

arigram · Feb 16, 2009

Herzeleid said:
I poured the remaining half of the bottle down the toilet.

You use your toilet as a developing tank?
Now that's what I call a bathroom darkroom!

Herzeleid · Feb 16, 2009

arigram said:
You use your toilet as a developing tank?
Now that's what I call a bathroom darkroom!

It is still white, not developed enough I think
I would like to hear your opinion on the developer when you tried it.
Obviously mine is terrible.

arigram · Feb 16, 2009

Herzeleid said:
It is still white, not developed enough I think
I would like to hear your opinion on the developer when you tried it.
Obviously mine is terrible.

Maybe because you're developing shit?

Seriously, I've stayed with Ilfosol S for a few years as my main developer. I usually feed it "traditional grain" Ilford film from 25-800 asa and it works great. It supposed to be used more with slower film though, but I prefer the results with HP5+ to ID-11/D-76, even though I find the dev time with PanF+ a bit too fast.
Ilfosol 3 is supposed to give the same results, just have a longer life, which is a big plus when you don't have a steady flow of film to develop. So, I am not expecting any differences in the resulting image. If there is, that would be something to consider.

Herzeleid · Feb 16, 2009

arigram said:
Maybe because you're developing shit?

Seriously, I've stayed with Ilfosol S for a few years as my main developer. I usually feed it "traditional grain" Ilford film from 25-800 asa and it works great. It supposed to be used more with slower film though, but I prefer the results with HP5+ to ID-11/D-76, even though I find the dev time with PanF+ a bit too fast.
Ilfosol 3 is supposed to give the same results, just have a longer life, which is a big plus when you don't have a steady flow of film to develop. So, I am not expecting any differences in the resulting image. If there is, that would be something to consider.

I simply did not like it and I am curious if that is something about the developer I purchased, may be it is a storage problem. I prefer ID11/D76 over ilfosol too.
In my case,
Details in black is poor
Highlights are controlled very well
Grain is mushed and looks like stain
Tonal gradation is fine but not superb
1+14 dilution's acutance is good but grain is much pronounced, distracting.
and I am certain Ilfosol 3 and Tri-X is a wrong combination.(35mm)

Steve Smith · Feb 16, 2009

I agree with Ari. I used to use Ilfosol S and had no problems with it other than its useable life once opened. I changed to DD-X when I couldn't get any Ilfosol and I now use that for everything.

I have not tried Ilfosol 3 but I may if I can't get any DD-X.

An e-mail from Ilford a couple of years ago gave me the impression that Ilfosol 3 should be the same as S but with improved keeping properties.

Steve.

Chazzy · Feb 16, 2009

arigram said:
You use your toilet as a developing tank?
Now that's what I call a bathroom darkroom!

It would certainly make the wash more convenient.

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