NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/rec/photo/24149

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Subject: Re: XP1 - home development
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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 18:41:14 GMT
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> As strange as it may sound to some people, I prefer to develope XP1 in
> D-76.  I give it about the same time as Delta in the developer, leave it
> a little longer in the fixer, and wash well.  When it is wet, it will
> have a "milky" look to it, but this clears as it dries.  Warning: the
> film is VERY soft until dry, so treat is gently.  Gives fairly nice
> grain with softened contrast with greatest constrast range in the middle
> tones, so it works well for pictures of fair skinned persons.  There is
> some detail loss, but for people it is not a problem.  You can also push
> this film with D-76 developing, and I did not have luck doing the same
> with C-41 developing.

Yes, that does sound strange.  If you're only going to develop and use
the silver image on XP1, and not develop the chromogenic image, why
bother with XP1 at all?  The chromogenic image has considerably less
grain, BTW.

As for pushing XP1, I recently shot some at 1600 ISO, and processesed
in a Photocolor kit at the recommended 50% overdevelopment.  I haven't
printed them yet, but some of the negatives look very good, while some
look a little thin (i.e. no real blacks on negative).  I'll have to
see how they print, and what the grain is like.