Want to share my results... and excitement!

I'm very, very, excited! I've finally found a developer film combo that I can dedicate myself to. I've recently been on a hunt for an 8x10 film/dev combo for contact printing and was recommended by Bill Troop FP4+ (EI200) in FX-1. It's awesome! Perfectly Sharp. Very Luminous. Tonally lush. Man, what a great feeling. I'm tray processing the film in FX-1 at 68F. Agitate first 40 seconds then 10 sec every 2 minutes. (Agitation consists of removing film from tray, letting drain, placing back in rotated 180deg. Normal Process SBR 7 was 15 minutes. I will now conduct serious tests with BTZS now that I know I love the look. In fact I was debating buying an 8x10 enlarger but will instead search for either an 11x14 or 14x17 camera.

Thanks all for you your help along the way here.

Bob

Bobby, I'm sure that Bill would love to hear the good news in person.

PE

Bob, I am glad to hear about your success. I am inspired by your posts on this topic. I am also in the middle of testing FP4+ but in DDX 1:6. I am not sure it is a good developer choice.. I found it very hard to find in the Boston area.

Waiting impatiently for my results from the View camera store (I purchased the film test).

Regards,
John

Photo Engineer said:

Bobby, I'm sure that Bill would love to hear the good news in person.

PE

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I did call Bill to thank him.

bob