Re: Ilford XP-2, as slides
Francisco Garcia Maceda (garciamaceda@iserve.net.mx)
Fri, 3 May 1996 16:41:57 -0600
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> With the recent talk of producing large positives and all, I thought a
>recent article in a NZ mag would be of interest. It talks about cross
>processing Ilford XP-2 in E6 chemistry to produce B&W positives
(transparencies).
> Apparently Ilford has literature on this technique. They recommend
>exposing XP-2 at 80 asa. The slides in the mag look okay, a bit
>greenish, but that is hardly a problem under UV. The author recommends
>bracketing +/- 2 stops (but then, this is an amateur mag, and with a bit
>of testing this could be changed).
I did try that with XP-1 (predecessor to XP-2) some years back. I
bracketed like hell from asa 6400 to asa 6 and developed normally in E-6.
The best results came with asa 12 or 25, I can't remember (I must tell you
that I love shadow detail). The results are/were quite green. I noticed a
lot of latitude, even the asa 6 and asa 50 were "acceptable". If the results
are what you want, but you need more speed, try shooting at 50 asa and push
process 1 stop, or 100 asa and push process two stops (I haven't actually
tried this).
Francisco Garcia Maceda
garciamaceda@iserve.net.mx
carrillo@buzon.main.conacyt.mx