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Can anyone recommend a mono bath B&W developer for Formapan 400 ?
Cheers all
Cheers all
I’d be interested to hear why your experience leads you to this, is it the contrast, grain what did you find to be inferior?Why do you want one,? they are inferior in nearly every respect.
I’ve used Cinestill Df96 but only on OOD film and it’s been fine. I need to do a side by side test using a standard b&w developer so I can get a proper comparison.
Its quick and very simple to use
I’d be interested to hear why your experience leads you to this, is it the contrast, grain what did you find to be inferior?
As I said I can only base my findings on the film I’ve processed so far but I’m a convert.
Zero Image 5x4 Pinhole, Expired Adox 50, Cinestill Df96 6minutes at 21 degrees.
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I thought about using Cinestill as you can push pull using its temperature which could be usfull if i have had to shoot the Holga outside of it's best exposure range. Ideally I would like to develop one film at a time as I finish it as it may take me upto a year to shoot enough to process in a batch making use of the chemical in one got to keep costs down. How long would normal chemicals last ? Is there any secrete to storing them and if I were to do it in the normal way how do I know exactly which three chemicals I need ? Is it a case of just buying all three from the same manufacturer ? The film I will be processing first is Formapan 400 as I have a number of rolls to get through in both 135 and 120.
Fixer and stop...any make you like really, they don't need to be from the same manufacturer as the developer.
Most developers go off quickly once exposed to air. The one general exception is Rodinal and its clones but even it has a limited life having been opened.The fact that they last indefinitely is a a good point
Most developers go off quickly once exposed to air. The one general exception is Rodinal and its clones but even it has a limited life having been opened.
It looks like I'm back to the original plan of bulk developing every 6 to 12 months !
When I write "quickly" I don't mean "immediately".It looks like I'm back to the original plan of bulk developing every 6 to 12 months !