Nick, I used both XP1 and XP2 for many years as my basic B&W film, with good results over a wide range of lighting situations. I did find both very tolerant of over- and under-exposure, but , in my experience, for XP1 you needed to use the matching Ilford developer for the best results. While it could be processed using C-41, the results were less good, IMO. This is no longer true of XP2, where Ilford say unequivocally that C-41 is the appropriate developing process to use. HTH
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Wright Sent: Sunday, 17 October 2010 11:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Ilford XP2 question There is really only one thing I truly miss about digital ... the ability to change ISO on the fly. Most of the time I prefer to shoot in lower light and I like my iso400 film, but sometimes I find myself out shooting in bright daylight. Not a terrible problem except I'd rather not always be shooting at f/16. Then tonight something pinged in my memory. I seemed to recall having heard you could shoot Ilford's XP2 at different ISOs on the same roll and get it developed normally. So I hopped over to Ilford's Web site and sure enough, according to them you can shoot XP2 at any ISO from 50 to 3200, even varying from frame to frame, have it developed normally and get good results. Now everything I know about film developing etc is screaming at me that this can not be true. I found very little talk on the net-at-large about it, so I turn to the all-wise PDML for help. Has anyone ever done this? Does it actually work? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
