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Comment on B&W Reversal Processing Notes by Jonas Edin

Jonas Edin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:20:19 +0000

A starting point for reversal processing of microfilm:

http://www.tech-diy.com/reversal_formulas.htm

Jonas

Comment on Methods for producing B&W slides by Ike Fag

Ike Fag — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:15:02 +0000

Cheep punk technique: project negative thru slide projector (textured/bent surfaces for extra weirdness) or enlarger and rephotograph. Long exposures for best contrast (5 seconds+ @ f16/f22). Overdevelop and fix the hell out of it. Can be very sharp if done carefully using film w/ clear base. Slight parallax distortion. Very cheap.

Comment on Processing colour slides at home by Ken

Ken — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:35:05 +0000

Good idea, once you have many rolls(may be 6) to do in one go.

First of all, I will need to know how to treat the Black and white film(TMAX) before to take a try since this requires time to do.

Comment on About photosensitive.ca by Dean Taylor

Dean Taylor — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:32:03 +0000

hello Jordan–

My ‘beginner’ question might be augmented by noting:
Nikon F100, 50mm f/1.8D, Ilford HP5, Plustek scanner…I will be shooting b & w exclusively.

Q: for someone shooting few rolls of film–say, three or four rolls per month–which chemicals (developer, stop bath, fixer, etc.) would you recommend in the interest of 1) attaining a quality image (this is paramount and supercedes all other considerations) and, 2), minimizes wastage–minimal discarded chemicals owing to aging, etc.?

much obliged!

Dean Taylor

Comment on How I process and scan film by Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:15:19 +0000

Dean — I have done some stand developing, but not much. My understanding is that it is fairly film-dependent. I have had good results with Tri-X and Acros at 1+100 in Rodinal.

My recommendation would be to do a few trial rolls first (don’t shoot anything important just yet) and then check your negs later for any evidence of “drag” or streaking.

Also, note that with stand developing you really do have to leave the film completely undisturbed after the first 30-60 seconds of agitation. Resist the urge to agitate, tilt, or even touch the tank during development.

Comment on How I process and scan film by Dean Taylor

Dean Taylor — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:17:05 +0000

hi–

A question from a beginner:

what has been your experience with stand developing, i.e., 1:100 dilution for one hour?

Marvelous website,

Dean Taylor

Nikon F100, 50mm f/1.8D AF. b & w exclusively–HP5 loaded and raring to go…

Comment on B&W Reversal Processing Notes by murray

murray — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:51:52 +0000

anyone ever accomplish reversal processing of microfilm or graphic arts film with continuous tone?

Getting continuous tone with these types of film (as negatives) is doable – a lot of history and method published already.

…but reversal too is a wishlist item of mine…and very leery to just bumble ahead with guesswork… :O(

thanks

Murray
Holland MI

Comment on Chateau Laurier by taffer

taffer — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:52:26 +0000

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Comment on Processing colour slides at home by Phil Sorensen

Phil Sorensen — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:59:26 +0000

Where can I obtain E6 chemicals to process at home? I live in East London, South Africa. I used to get the Agfa 1 litre kits but I believe that Agfa are not in South Africa anymore. Can anybody help?

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