I developed some more film, including test strips and actual film, in EXG1. This time I was aimed primarily at pushing HP5+ to 1600 or 3200, but included in it test strips of several other films. Overall conclusion is that this is a great developer for pushing. It gives what I’d refer to as “honest” grain. ie, extending development time significantly doesn’t seem to really make the grain bigger, though it might be more obvious just due to contrast differences. It’s definitely not fine grain, especially when pushing. The tonality though is what I really like. It behaves somewhat like an extreme compensating developer while still giving normal-high contrast midtones.
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