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Ilford Perceptol Film Developer - 1L

Ilford Perceptol Film Developer - 1L - Main image
$7.57 $10.66 In stock

Category: Film & Film Processing Film Processing Chemicals

Perceptol is an extra fine grain film developer which gives excellent image quality. It is designed for use when very fine grain negatives are required and a decrease in film speed is not important. It has been specially formulated to get optimum results from high resolution lenses. It exploits the superb grain structure of Ilford medium and slow speed films, 100 Delta, FP4 Plus and PanF Plus and produces significantly finer grain in ILFORD fast films, Delta 400, HP5 Plus and Delta 3200, compared with a standard fine grain developer. Perceptol produces excellent results with any lens/film combination and is therefore ideal when texture and definition are critical - negatives developed in Perceptol are capable of producing sharper and better quality enlargements that those produced using a standard fine grain developer

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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Scarlett W. ★★★★★

Mixed a roll of Tri-X at 1+3 and the negatives came out with that classic Perceptol look — tack-sharp grain and smooth midtones, exactly what I wanted for low-speed shots. Dilution took a bit longer to develop than I'm used to, but the fine grain result is worth the extra time.

John ★★★★★

Finally got a chance to use this on some FP4+ and the grain is practically invisible—just smooth, sharp shadows. It's a bit slower than other developers, but the tonality more than makes up for it.

Brian ★★★★★

Mixed some HP5+ at 1+3 for stand development and the grain was incredibly smooth while keeping sharpness intact. Dilution instructions are dead simple to follow, and the powder dissolves completely in about a minute with warm water.