Shanghai GP3 Pan 100 developed in Legacy Pro L110

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Developed some Shanghai GP3 Pan 100 for the first time today in Legacy Pro L110 at dilution B (7.5 minutes at 68 degrees from the Digital Truth chart w/ an Argoflex TLR w/ a yellow filter) and the results are....different. They're sharper than D76, but don't have the edginess of Rodinal. They also seem a little low in tonality and contrast.

Is this developer more sensitive to exposure? The reason I ask is that the skies look pretty blown out, as are the highlights on some shots (like the cropped shot of the palm tree on the last pic below). I metered everything just like I always do. Maybe the times in the developer need adjusting as well, but not sure if that would account for the sky & highlight issues. It looks like it might be a good developer for portraits from this first roll.

In all fairness, I can't remember what the light was when I took most of these, but on some shots it was obviously an overcast day.

 

[zanxion72]

Not sure if one could always trust the times Digital Truth's tables. The Rodinal times given for a perfectly exposed GP3 with my Yashica Mat-124G had given me an almost bulletproof negative.

 

[John Bragg]

Looks like a little testing is in order to establish exposure index and development time for your setup. A yellow filter tends to darken shadows whilst an HC-110 type developer is highly active and can overdevelop highlights with too much agitation or too strong concentration. 12-14 mins in dilution H may help this.

 

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Thanks. I'll try the dilution H and cut back on my agitation. I actually went w/ a little over agitation on this first roll w/ the idea that it might bump up the contrast a little, and wasn't aware that doing so might overdevelop the highlights (which is what it seems to have done). My usual developers are Mic-X full strength, Rodinal at 1:25, and very occasionally D76 (or the TD-16 clone). These are all very flexible developers regarding times and agitation.

 

[Rick A]

I don't care what anybody else says about GP3, I like the stuff. I bought 200 rolls of it a few years back, and shared some, shot most, expired 1n 2013 it still shows good, without the number print over others complain about. I love the old school look. I just sold my Mamiya TLR kit and included the last of my stash of it with the sale (43 rolls).

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

I don't care what anybody else says about GP3, I like the stuff.

I could say the same about Lucky SHD100, Fomapan, Nikon EM, Olympus OM10, Zenits, etc, etc.

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

Nice set momus!

 

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I like the Shanghai film too. In fact, I love it. No quality control issues yet, other than one roll ended mid frame on the last shot (that was out of 15 rolls shot so far).

The more I look at these negs from the L110, which is Freestyle's clone of Kodak's HC110 if anyone was wondering, the more I appreciate what a sharp developer it is. Granted I have blown highlights, but I just need to figure out what ISO to shoot it at and what dilution to use. Looks promising. There's always the full strength Mic-X for full tonality and non existent grain. That developer rocks w/ this film.