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Anyone used this?
Just been listening to the FPP podcast and quite like the sound of it. As someone who pretty regularly pushes film, and can make a mess of exposures, this stuff sounds like a dream.
- Never goes off
- Everything is developed for 3+3+fix (no stop) minutes so you can put TriX at 800 in with HP5 at 1600 and dev them together...
- Water temp not critical (not that it is for regular B&W but hey ho, still a plus)
- Great shadow & highlight detail, so excellent for scanners (not so great for darkroom printers)
- Great grain control (apparently)
- Bad for Zone System users (presumably because of low contrast)
Of course, there's none about in powder form, but NIck 'n' Trick have these Bellini kits that are "the same". Their datasheet gives pretty much the same intructions as normal Diafine.
Was going to have a punt, but wondered if anyone had used it before and could share any downsides. In particular whether the Bellini kits are as good as the powdered stuff (which is sold out pretty much everywhere atm).
Just been listening to the FPP podcast and quite like the sound of it. As someone who pretty regularly pushes film, and can make a mess of exposures, this stuff sounds like a dream.
- Never goes off
- Everything is developed for 3+3+fix (no stop) minutes so you can put TriX at 800 in with HP5 at 1600 and dev them together...
- Water temp not critical (not that it is for regular B&W but hey ho, still a plus)
- Great shadow & highlight detail, so excellent for scanners (not so great for darkroom printers)
- Great grain control (apparently)
- Bad for Zone System users (presumably because of low contrast)
Of course, there's none about in powder form, but NIck 'n' Trick have these Bellini kits that are "the same". Their datasheet gives pretty much the same intructions as normal Diafine.
Was going to have a punt, but wondered if anyone had used it before and could share any downsides. In particular whether the Bellini kits are as good as the powdered stuff (which is sold out pretty much everywhere atm).