While I was sufficiently irritated with the price gouging to avoid buying the HC-110 for a long time, the truth is that even at the current price the developer is still one of the most economical resources for home black and white film processing. The concentrate is used by most people in the 1:32 one-time-use Dilution B form. That means the liter bottle will produce nearly 8.5 gallons of working solution to process around one hundred rolls of film. In fact, it is possible to go to Dilution H with little loss of quality, and get twice the mileage. For the specifics of mixing and using HC-110 the best source of information is still the old Covington Innovations web site.
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4/2/2026
I have filled the 27-inch screen of my iMac with the tiff file of the Snow Leopard as my current wallpaper choice. Looks fantastic. I don't know if I'll get back to using tri-x and hc-110 again, but it is certainly tempting.
3 comments:
The cat shot is just wonderful. I can almost count the hairs.
The snow leopards are the most photographically cooperative among the big cats. They seem unbothered by the presence of people, and often make eye contact.
The lighting in the enclosure is dim but nice. I shot these at 1/250 and wide open.
The slight color tint in these two images is the result of scanning with the software set to T100 and then not converting to grayscale. My impression is that I can retain a bit more detail this way in the highlights and shadows.
I've never tried HC-110. Your results here are exceptional!
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