Hey all,
I didn't shoot film for a while due to many reasons and some situations in my life, but i always have that bug to shoot more or process more, but i always feel lazy to do, so if you were in my situation what you will do? As you know i got busy to read a lot about LF and didn't shoot more with it yet [only 5 sheets so far], and with my dig MF i also didn't shoot much to lust for that DMF, but i still keep thinking a lot about 120 format even with other formats i have.
Now the question is, if you were in my place what you will do in the following situation about film:
I have 6 B&W films waiting in the fridge for about 3-6 months, i processed one by lab just to test them and i got blank result [could be that the film didn't rewind in the camera or this film was used by my kids who don't know how to exposed at all, maybe they didn't use it even], 3 TMY[400], 1 HP5+, 1 Acros, 1 FP4+, i feel there is one more film with TMY is not done or exposed properly so i don't want to have the risk to use the lab, and i don't want to waste time on it if i don't know which, the problem is i forgot the shots taken by all of those films, but i am sure 100% that i have better shots with HP5+ and FP4+ and Acros because i use those films mostly on my serious shots even test, but for fun and not sure tests i always use TMX and TMY and sometimes Tri-X, so which film i should start to develop? I will not develop more than 3 films within 1-2 weeks now, i will be busy and not in mood.
Another point to talk about is the developer, for now the only read developers i have are Ilfosol 3 and D-76, i have XTOL/ID-11/Diafine in boxes waiting, but i will not use those later until i run out my D-76[i don't care much about Ilfosol 3, i use it rarely only with slow films], so which film of above i should go with which 2 developers ready here?
I am not planning to shoot more 120 films until i finish what i have waiting in the fridge, and i may start to test new films later as i know the result of TMX/TMY/Tri-X/HP5+/Acros/PanF+ already, they are all amazing and gave me amazing results, at ASA100 i prefer much Acros, and for ASA400 i like HP5+ and TMY more but i don't know why many people prefer Tri-X more, i don't do much push/pull.
I didn't shoot film for a while due to many reasons and some situations in my life, but i always have that bug to shoot more or process more, but i always feel lazy to do, so if you were in my situation what you will do? As you know i got busy to read a lot about LF and didn't shoot more with it yet [only 5 sheets so far], and with my dig MF i also didn't shoot much to lust for that DMF, but i still keep thinking a lot about 120 format even with other formats i have.
Now the question is, if you were in my place what you will do in the following situation about film:
I have 6 B&W films waiting in the fridge for about 3-6 months, i processed one by lab just to test them and i got blank result [could be that the film didn't rewind in the camera or this film was used by my kids who don't know how to exposed at all, maybe they didn't use it even], 3 TMY[400], 1 HP5+, 1 Acros, 1 FP4+, i feel there is one more film with TMY is not done or exposed properly so i don't want to have the risk to use the lab, and i don't want to waste time on it if i don't know which, the problem is i forgot the shots taken by all of those films, but i am sure 100% that i have better shots with HP5+ and FP4+ and Acros because i use those films mostly on my serious shots even test, but for fun and not sure tests i always use TMX and TMY and sometimes Tri-X, so which film i should start to develop? I will not develop more than 3 films within 1-2 weeks now, i will be busy and not in mood.
Another point to talk about is the developer, for now the only read developers i have are Ilfosol 3 and D-76, i have XTOL/ID-11/Diafine in boxes waiting, but i will not use those later until i run out my D-76[i don't care much about Ilfosol 3, i use it rarely only with slow films], so which film of above i should go with which 2 developers ready here?
I am not planning to shoot more 120 films until i finish what i have waiting in the fridge, and i may start to test new films later as i know the result of TMX/TMY/Tri-X/HP5+/Acros/PanF+ already, they are all amazing and gave me amazing results, at ASA100 i prefer much Acros, and for ASA400 i like HP5+ and TMY more but i don't know why many people prefer Tri-X more, i don't do much push/pull.