Nice negs Efke P 100 and Ilford LC29

[chiller]

Due to the demise of Agfa as a supplier here in australia i have had to consider different developers for my film stock. Normally I process my film in Refinal but that supply has dissappeared over night.

I decided to go with those thet would hopefully remain available so chose Ilford LC29. The film is Efke P100 4x5.

The zone one speed was correct at 80 iso with a density of .1 above fog. I initially used a development time of 7 minutes at 22c.
I used a dilution of 1:35 for this test.

My first zone 8 at the 80iso gave me a density of 1.63 so I decided to up the dilution to 1:50 and keep the time at 7 minutes. This sheet was 1.20 and that was my target density for my condensor [D2 Omega]

I shot a test scene to check in real life and the result is very smooth tonality.

Jobo rotary processor
Efke 100 5x4
1 minute prewash
Ilford LC29 1:50 22c 7 minutes
1 minute water stop
Fix and wash

 

[Nige]

I use LC29 as my generic-always-got-some-in-the-cupboard developer. It keeps pretty good once opened.

 

[gbroadbridge]

I much prefer ID11 1+1 to LC29 at recommended dilutions. I just hate the lumpiness of LC29 when processed in my Jobo - that's one developer I feel should never be machine processed, just like rodinal.

As Nige said, I keep it in the cupboard as it's useful in a pinch (if I've forgotten to mix up ID11).

Your dilutions are worth exploring further. I'd expect rotary processing to enhance the grain but the dilution would perhaps reduce it

I'll give it a go myself for fun this weekend.

Thanks for the tip


Graham.

 

[BradS]

Yes. Thank you. This is helpful information.