I never cozied up to Nikon, except for enlarging lenses. Maybe you mean Ilford FP4? That was nice stuff. I can't even remember what I processed it in. Maybe Kodak XTOL? I tried Rodinal early on, and D-76, of course, but in later years it was something from the big yellow box.
But that was all before I went over to the Dark Side.
I shall never cross-process a joke again. Promise. Not on LuLa, anyway! It's clealy too progressive.
Film, as in cassettes and rolls. I didn't like TXP in 135; I always used it in 120, exclusively, except when I had to do 120 colour, and then it was Ektachrome. On 135 I shot only FP3/4 and HP3/4; both, as well as the rolls of TXP 120, went through D76 1+1. Never used anything else when I stopped being an amateur. As an amateur I tried everything, all the time, and of course, didn't learn how
anything worked. In the end, I realised that knowing one chemistry set well let you do anything you wanted to do. For colour, Kodachrome, when there was time to spare between shoot and holding the picture in my hand, otherwise, Ektachrome. I only used Velvia when I was doing non-people pics, which wasn't very often. Never had the opportunity to try Kodachrome on 120. Almost never used colour neg after I went solo. Almost nobody needed it, thank God.
I only used Schneider Componon enlarger lenses.
Rob
