I enjoyed this - I would have also just developed the roll and hoped for the best. I'm sorry you did not guess correctly but am amazed you were able to recover what you did!
Thank you for reading Diana! I was also impressed to be honest. When I saw the almost fully dark negatives I was like 'okay that was it 😭', but it is just insane how much detail a 35mm film can retain. I still wonder about the printing times in the darkroom. Specially since the negative is just ridiculously dense 🙈
Another great post! Appreciate the explanation on "pushing", something I haven't tried yet. Pulling my old Nikon FM out of storage. You've inspired me to get back into the film! Will need to brush up on some home work so glad you mentioned the Cook book as well. Now I'm curious about scanning vs dslr? Hopefully that will be a post coming soon :)
Hey Sean! Thank you for reading it! I am so happy you got motivated to go and shoot some film. Yes, the DSLR scanning is way faster than a flatbed scan, but also much more work haha setting up the tripod and place the film holder in the right position. I might go and rant about it's difficulties in the future haha! Have fun with those rolls :)!
Very interesting read! I have also taken to pushing HP5+ by 2 stops. It works very well for isolating a well-lit subject, i.e. when I actually want also detail in the shadows surrounding the subject to be lost. Thanks for sharing your little accident. Surprising how much detail you could recover from the overdeveloped role.
Thank you for reading! Yes, I was also surprised about the amount of detail it retained. I wonder if it was because I used DDX, which is well know for nice pushing capabilities. Also, you are very right, HP5 (+2) works really great when isolating a well-lit subject, specially great for live music with great light :)!
Great shots, Alvaro. Like them a lot.
I enjoyed this - I would have also just developed the roll and hoped for the best. I'm sorry you did not guess correctly but am amazed you were able to recover what you did!
Thank you for reading Diana! I was also impressed to be honest. When I saw the almost fully dark negatives I was like 'okay that was it 😭', but it is just insane how much detail a 35mm film can retain. I still wonder about the printing times in the darkroom. Specially since the negative is just ridiculously dense 🙈
Another great post! Appreciate the explanation on "pushing", something I haven't tried yet. Pulling my old Nikon FM out of storage. You've inspired me to get back into the film! Will need to brush up on some home work so glad you mentioned the Cook book as well. Now I'm curious about scanning vs dslr? Hopefully that will be a post coming soon :)
Hey Sean! Thank you for reading it! I am so happy you got motivated to go and shoot some film. Yes, the DSLR scanning is way faster than a flatbed scan, but also much more work haha setting up the tripod and place the film holder in the right position. I might go and rant about it's difficulties in the future haha! Have fun with those rolls :)!
i love hp5, it is one of my favourite to use in either 35mm or 120. related to your post about versatility of film, here is one of mine:
https://open.substack.com/pub/perfectlight/p/the-versatility-of-film?r=2b8uel&utm_medium=ios
Thank you for sharing! I'm also a a huge fan of hp5. Specially when coupled with Ilford DDX developer :)!
Very interesting read! I have also taken to pushing HP5+ by 2 stops. It works very well for isolating a well-lit subject, i.e. when I actually want also detail in the shadows surrounding the subject to be lost. Thanks for sharing your little accident. Surprising how much detail you could recover from the overdeveloped role.
Thank you Marcel :)!!
Thank you for reading! Yes, I was also surprised about the amount of detail it retained. I wonder if it was because I used DDX, which is well know for nice pushing capabilities. Also, you are very right, HP5 (+2) works really great when isolating a well-lit subject, specially great for live music with great light :)!
Acufine