XP2 in Minox ,conventional BW processing

I thought sharing :-)

 

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XP2 in conventional processing is pretty awful (as you can see). In C-41, however, it will give near the speed and definition of Tri-X and the fine grain of Panatomic-X.

Processing XP2 in B+W sounds very useful - what developer, time dilution etc. did you use ?

I would like to give it a try.

 

Are you sure that's from a minox ? the plane of focus seems too narrow.

hi donald

 

yes,i am sure that is from a minox :-))...the pic is from a 6000dpi scan of the negative frame(using a FilmScan 7200).It is also a crop of the original pic,if i knew someone is interested in this,i wouldve kept the darn pic,i usually discard them for i do not print any.

 

Developer was Rodinal 1+50 for 7 mins,at 20*C,in Minox tank.Unfortunately,the roll was the only one left of this film...where i am now,i cannot buy this type of film.

 

This second pic is from a different IIIs,loaded with the same XP2 film type,taken in Transylvania in 2003.Dev'd in Rodinal,at 1+25(see the grain),and scanned.

 

Thank you for your interest!

 

Wkr,

 

JT<div></div>

I have to say that first pic does seem a very narrow DOF for a Minox, although i'm relatively new to the submini scene, i'm surprised however to see that this is a pic processed in B&W chemistry, I thought XP2 was specifically designed for C41 and couldn't be developed in B&W chem?

Does this mean that a C41 colour neg film can be developed in B&W chemistry and if so what would the results be? i'm going to have to try that now, i've got some ROTM Kodak VR200 which I could sacrifice a roll of

Will update as soon as i've tried.

 

Mike