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.
Anyway, so to the times etc. These were developed at 19m and density judged on a light table for “ideal”. Where it fell between standard speeds I recommend adding a minute or two. For development at ~72F with normal agitation:
HP5+, 20m — 1600 ISO
FP4+, 19m — 400 ISO
Acros 100, 20m — 400 ISO (maybe add a minute or two)
T-Max 3200, 21m — 3200 ISO (add a minute or two. 1600 ISO looks very good here too)
Here’s a few galleries from each film (note the boring pictures tend to be test shots with more precise metering, and for Acros 100 and FP4+ I only have test shots)
