Re: Microphen (new thread)

[Dan Cardish <dcardish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:05 PM 3/11/96 +0000, Ed wrote:

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> Tell me, with HP-5, how you manage to push the film without excessive contrast
>buildup?  You see, I'm not by nature a "pusher".  I much prefer to
>work on increasing the true "shadow speed" and taking whatever I can get
>than rating a film in four digits and developing it in something
>resembling boiling lye!  As I said, I seldom push, so I truly don't
>know what is actually possible.
>

I too don't believe in pushing films.  I just found that the zone I speed
point for HP5+ developed in Microphen seemed to indicate an EI in excess of
400.  There seemed to be a real increase in shadow detail, not merely an
increase in contrast.  Otherwise you seem to bear out my feelings for the
apparent lack of sharpness that I encountered.   

Thanks for your comments

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