Want to share my results... and excitement!

[bobbysandstrom]

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

 

[Photo Engineer]

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

PE

 

[JHannon]

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

 

[bobbysandstrom]

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

PE

I did call Bill to thank him.

bob