The Deschutes River as it runs through Tumwater. Note the fish ladders providing access against the flow of the river for the Salmon run in the Fall.
These images were created yesterday on a bright, sunny day, with the Nikon F4 and the Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 Lens. The film was shot at box speed. I used HC-110(B), a Kodak product, as the developer. To determine the time required for the developer, I checked Ilford’s (the film maker’s) time with a similar developer, Ilford Ilfotec HC.
Pontiac Fiero
The recommended time for the development in the Ilford developer is 8 minutes. Now I checked the Max Development Chart for the Kodak HC-110(B).
| Kentmere 400 | HC-110 | B | 400 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 20C |
For two developers with similar characteristics, 2-3 minutes is significant. I have developed the film in HC-110 in the past at 5 minutes, 15 seconds, and the results were okay (https://stevenlawrencepictures.com/2019/05/01/kentmere-400-and-hc-110/).
In doing more research, I found that there is a notable difference between the two developers (https://studioc41.net/2022/01/25/the-ilford-alternative-ilford-film-development-chemistry/#:~:text=As%20you’ve%20probably%20already,is%20a%20highly%20viscous%20liquid.). With this in mind, I decided to use the 8-minute time to see what would happen if that time was used with the Kodak developer.
I am not going to go into a detailed critique of any overdevelopment issues with these images. I see issues with shadow detail, but I am not someone who can spot every problem caused by poor development. I scanned the images with the PrimeFilmXEs using VueScan.
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