I would develop the negs normal or with just a minimal push. I certainly
wouldn't push the film a full stop. I might add 10% development time or
so, but that's about it. If you need more contrast, you can accomplish
that with paper grade or filtration when printing.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Yesterday I was the pit crew photographer for a friends SCCA race car
> effort
> (Alfa Romeo GTV-6 FWIW) at Texas World Speedway. The day started out
> bright
> and I loaded some Fuji Neopan SS ISO 100 into my (required Pentax
> content)
> PZ-20 and snapped on the Sigma 28-200 lens. By the time we arrived at
> the
> track it was starting to cloud over and I would have liked to change
> over to
> Ilford HP-5 at ISO 400 (midrole change would be nice). Anyway, I
> finished
> the day with 1 role of the Neopan and 3 roles of the HP-5 exposed at
> rated
> ISO. Now to the question. The overcast day brought on some pretty
> flat
> lighting, with some occasional sunny times. Today I want to develop
> these
> rolls and I am thinking I would like to perk up the negs a bit. My
> first
> thought is to just develop them at a higher ISO. I only have Ilford
> Ilfosol-S available today. The Ilford data sheets tell me that I can
> get ISO
> 800 on the HP-5 by increasing development time. I imagine the same is
> true
> of the Fuji but I don't have any tech details on the film yet, got it
> on sale
> and I usually don't use Fuji B/W. These are important pics for me and
> my
> friend and could result in a pic credit or two in the national Alfa
> magazine.
> Iwould also like to give my friend a nice enlargement for his
> allowing me
> into the pits with him. Advice on how to procede is welcome. Waiting
> and
> using another developer is an option.
>
> Jerry in Houston
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