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Hello!
I’ve just picked up two rolls of ILFORD XP2 film from the developer (specialist shop) and noticed that they’ve taken on a purple cast. As soon as I receive my parcel from FOTOIMPEX,
I’ll have a go at my first enlargements straight away. (Complete novice!)
My question: does the colour cast in the negative matter with the multigrade system, or does it not make a difference? If it does, is there any way to get rid of the colour cast?
Greetings from Salzburg!
Peter
Gast
Hi Peter,
Yes, you might run into problems.
Chromogenic films were developed to run the black-and-white process through to the end and then be printed onto colour paper.
That’s why the film is so extremely forgiving. It’s designed so that it can be printed onto colour paper that doesn’t have gradation control without looking rubbish.
That does have its advantages, though. It’s really forgiving and flexible. If it doesn’t work out with the Multigrade, you can use gradient Special or Normal. The XP2 almost always ‘works’.
No, you won’t be able to get rid of the colour cast. It’s just a colour film, not a black-and-white film:
Best regards,
Mirko
Gast
Thanks!
I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to start off by getting the negatives from the lab rather than developing them myself (standardised process; no room for error on my part; it’s enough that I mess up when enlarging them).
It probably wasn’t such a great idea, but I’ve already used up my XP2s anyway and from now on I’ll be using ‘proper’ black-and-white film.
Peter
Gast
Hi Peter,
I also shot my first black-and-white films on XP2. As Mirko already
said, they all turned out well for me with a gradient of 3. Yesterday I also
made a print using Multigrade IV, which looked rather nice too.
Best wishes, Benjamin
