Re: HIE in Ilford Liquid Developers

["P.R.Goulden" <P.R.Goulden@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ian,

I used to use LC29 most of the time and got some good negs from HIE - I 
think I used 9 or 10 minutes and got negs with a good range of tones and 
relatively fine grain. I once tried Ilfosol-s with FP4 and didn't like 
it. I got fine grain but the negs were noticably fuzzy ( ...or low 
actuance, if you're technically minded ;-) ) so I never went any further 
down that road. I can recommend LC29 - I used it several years and got 
some excellent results with it. Never used it in 1+29 though, mostly 1+9.

If you use LC29 with other films then use it for HIE - I found there was 
a lot of wastage when you start using several different developers. I 
found I was using HC110 most of the time and so just switch to that full 
time. If I want to use it to get low contrast negs I can just dilute it 
down more and reduce agitation. 

On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Ian D Wilson wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience in developing HIE in any of Ilford's
> liquid developers - especially LC29 and Ilfosol-S?  Based on 8.5 minutes
> in D-76 at 20 degrees, I've tried 9 minutes in LC29 - the negatives look
> good, but I've got nothing else to compare them with!
> 
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