Trying Out 510 Pyro with Fomapan 400

 We were talking about 50 ISO black and white films on the Classic Camera Revival recently and by happenstance the conversation shifted to 510 Pryo, probably the most safe and user friendly of the family of staining developers. I've used Pyrocat HD in the past, courtesy of the chemical toxicty, I was scared to use the stuff. Loved the results. 

Contrast that with 510 Pyro, while I would not recommend using it as a drinks mixer, it's a lot safer to use. The thought process is a high accutance AND fine grained developer that tames the highlights and pulls the shadows out. Mixing the stuff is easy and the vast majority of times are under 15 minutes, the big kicker, you use a water stop to retain the staining properties. Fix as per usual with the fixer of your choice, I'm partial to Ilford. 

The negatives take on a sepia tone. Now, scanning gets interesting. I scan into TIFF files and import into Lightroom. I use Silverfast 9 Plus, and settled on the Ilford HP5 setting after experimmenting with Tri-X and "other" for the inputs. Now you can see the progression, the negs are quite contrasty. Now bear in mind I was shooting with Fomapan 400 it mimicks 1970s era Kodak Tri-X, in hindsight I should have ran with something slower around 100 ISO. 

I would lay drop sheets because a staining developer will stain things other than your negatives and definately use sturdy dish gloves. Other than that, easy peasy. Now granted would use this developer with municipal water and sewage, roll with Flic Film's Black,White and Green if you're on a septic system. If you want to grab some 510 Pyro it's available driect from Zone Imaging in the UK or Camera Ttaders in Victoria BC if you're in Canada like I am. 

I ran with my gen one Canon F-1 with the chrome nose 35 F2 and 100 F2.8 as my two lens kit. I chose well. The FD chrome nose 35 F2 lens is a glassic because of the Thorium glass which gives a bit of an amber/light yellow cast, great if you're shooting black and white. 

Camera: Canon F-1, FD lenses. 

Film: Fomapan 400, 510 Pyro Staining Developer 1+100. 


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