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8x10 Ilford processing question--Portraits under 1 stop-advise!!

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Jos. Burke - 20 Jun 2005 04:13 GMT
Well, I just shot about 14 8x10 negs of Ilford FP4+ of my 7 mo old
Daughter--I was rather caught up in the moment and just used my flash meter
and shot them--not an easy task with my wife/mother hen squawking the whole
time--I'll blame her.
I rated the film at 125 BUT normally give an extra stop of exposure to place
on Zone 6 but not this time--oops.I just loaded the film in my Jobo expert
drum and will process after I get home from work Monday late afternoon (time
to get some replies). I usually get excellent exposure results by placing
that extra stop of exposure using strobes. My question--should I compensate
for that stop and process as usual--I normally process my film in the expert
drum at -10% for the rotary agitation as opposed to the times listed for
tank/tray processing. I usually get great results from FP4+ but I really
want to get these right--You know--these are not the ones to screw up though
it's only one top. Open to advice!!
Joseph Burke
Richard Knoppow - 20 Jun 2005 09:27 GMT
> Well, I just shot about 14 8x10 negs of Ilford FP4+ of my 7 mo old
> Daughter--I was rather caught up in the moment and just used my flash meter
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> it's only one top. Open to advice!!
> Joseph Burke

  Changing development time changes contrast and can not really
compensate for exposure, so the best method IMO is to develop normally.

  You are a little ahead of the game because Ilford does not use the
strict ISO method for rating film speeds. Their published development
times are a compromise between condenser and diffusion contrast so the
film speed is a bit lower than the same films would measure using the
ISO method.
  Many films have somewhat better tone rendition when minimum exposure
us pushed up the curve a little as you do routinely, but the Ilford
film should tollerate the lesser exposure better than most.
 
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