{Moderator's Note: for discussion about the previous, 2019 version of HC-110, and its differences from what preceded it, you may wish to revue this thread: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/new-hc-110-developer-not-the-same.176138/}
Hello guys.
I just bought a bottle of Kodak HC-110 in TAIWAN.
My HC-110 is yellow and round bottle.
And it's CAT 660 1777.
I know the old yellow HC-110 which be put in the round bottle, it's CAT 501 0541.
And the new transparency HC-110 is CAT 105 8692.
Does any try the HC-110 CAT 660 1777?
I got a bottle of the old syrup and I have recently tested dilutions from 1+15 to 1+99 and it's the most amazing developer I've used for HP5+.
Even for direct sunlight it is superior to Perceptol: grain is unexpectedly small, tight, sharp, and equalized. (1+99).
And 1+31 is optimal for overcast: it doesn't look at all like what I had seen from HP5+... The upswept curve wakes HP5+ up from its native low contrast and makes it a new film.
All this at EI320.
I don't know why it's said 1+31 (dil. B) imitates D-76 1+1... Perhaps it was true with much older emulsion technology?
I found HC-110 gives different tone and different grain too, compared to D-76.
I had seen sharp HP5+ without grain: PyroHD and Xtol, but in HC-110 it's very sharp and with amazing beautiful grain at the same time. Dil. B doesn't dilute grain in any way: I thought it would...
The older version containing a sulfur dioxide adduct of an organic was a lot more difficult (and expensive) to make, but that ingredient was most likely what its legendary longevity could be attributed to.
Is that why Ilford Ilfotec HC is so much more expensive? The Film Developing Cookbook says it's basically identical to old HC-110 (as of the time that was written anyway.) Considering the dilutions it's not prohibitively so, but it's about twice as much.
It will probably be even more expensive soon. As it is made in Germany and sold out of the UK, and both the Euro and the Pound are so low against the US dollar.
Juan, apologies for resurrecting the old thread. Do you mind explaining a bit clearer the difference in grain appearance of HP5+ in different dilutions of HC-110 please?
You said that at 1+99 the grain is "sharp, tight and equalized" and then also "dilution B does not dilute grain in any way". So what is the difference between the two?
Also in Europe Ilfotech HC is more expensive than HC110.It will probably be even more expensive soon. As it is made in Germany and sold out of the UK, and both the Euro and the Pound are so low against the US dollar.
It will probably be even more expensive soon. As it is made in Germany and sold out of the UK, and both the Euro and the Pound are so low against the US dollar.
Well duh - of course. Didn't really think that through.No, EU produced goods will be cheaper in USD with weaker Euro.
Well duh - of course. Didn't really think that through.
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