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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:54 am
- Forum: Member Announcements
- Topic: Darkroom Cookbook 5th edition
- Replies: 3
- Views: 15469
Re: Darkroom Cookbook 5th edition
Thank you. Keeping my fingers crossed for a smooth path to print!
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:00 pm
- Forum: Member Announcements
- Topic: Darkroom Cookbook 5th edition
- Replies: 3
- Views: 15469
Re: Darkroom Cookbook 5th edition
Steve, Amazon has the 5th edition listed for an October release. Is that correct?
https://www.amazon.com/Darkroom-Cookboo ... 1032404868
https://www.amazon.com/Darkroom-Cookboo ... 1032404868
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: Black & White Printing (formerly Enlarging & Printing)
- Topic: overwashing fiber based silver gelatin prints
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5846
Re: overwashing fiber based silver gelatin prints
Thank you, Steve. I figured it was either to ensure water circulation or to avoid scratches. Thank you for the detailed explanation!
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:38 am
- Forum: Black & White Film Development
- Topic: Strange black speckled areas at edge of film (lighter on negative)
- Replies: 13
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Re: Strange black speckled areas at edge of film (lighter on negative)
That looks kind of like air bubbles during development to me. Is that top edge parallel to the spiral on your reel? I get something similar on 120 if I'm not giving the tank a good rap to dislodge them. The bubbles displace the developer and make the neg thinner along the reel.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:34 am
- Forum: Black & White Printing (formerly Enlarging & Printing)
- Topic: overwashing fiber based silver gelatin prints
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5846
Re: overwashing fiber based silver gelatin prints
And finally never ever place the face of a print (silver side) against the back of a print. Always stack them in the tray back-to-back (non-silver paper base) and face to face (silver coated side to silver coated side). This is of extreme importance to proper washing. I have seen this recommendatio...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:34 am
- Forum: Paper Negatives
- Topic: PND, A Divided Developer for Paper Negatives
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1028
PND, A Divided Developer for Paper Negatives
Hello folks. I recently typed up my developer for paper negatives: https://hellothisistim.com/blog/pnd-paper-negative-divided-developer/ The process has two goals: control contrast, and maximize acutance. I'm getting paper negs that print nicely with a grade 2 filter. It was a long path to get here,...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:00 am
- Forum: Black & White Film Development
- Topic: X Ray FIlm Questions
- Replies: 1
- Views: 455
Re: X Ray FIlm Questions
I haven't shot any xray film, but I've shot a lot of paper negatives and litho film. I believe the density problem is similar. I'd look to more dilution on the developer before I'd start trying fiddly stuff like cold or restrainers. For litho film, I'm using a developer (Bill Troop's TDLC-103) that'...
- Fri Sep 01, 2023 10:46 am
- Forum: Darkroom Equipment
- Topic: Beseler 45MCRX tear in lower bellows
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14052
Re: Beseler 45MCRX tear in lower bellows
Re: On the subject of bellows Does anyone know where one can get bellows replaced or how make a bellows. I have a Super Chromega D, Dichroic enlarger that needs a new bellows. Thanks for any info, Constantine JB Harlan (I believe this is the same JB Harlan that was posting above, yes?) has these be...
- Fri Sep 01, 2023 6:44 am
- Forum: Black & White Film Development
- Topic: Figuring out developing times
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4424
Re: Figuring out developing times
Lots of folks like the Massive Dev Chart for this. But I actually prefer trial and error. Take your best guess, make a print, and see how it goes. If you're struggling with shadows, give the film more exposure next time. If it's too contrasty, develop less. If it's too flat, develop for longer.
- Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:19 pm
- Forum: Black & White Film Development
- Topic: Recipe concentration
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1828
Re: Recipe concentration
Yes, the developer recipes are all to make a stock solution, which is often diluted for use.
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:42 am
- Forum: Gum Printing
- Topic: Exposure times for gum vs. cyanotype
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16888
Re: Exposure times for gum vs. cyanotype
Thanks for the recommendation. I do have that book. It's a great resource. I still make terrible gums. Maybe my magic chicken bone needs a recharge.
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:46 pm
- Forum: Gum Printing
- Topic: Exposure times for gum vs. cyanotype
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16888
Re: Exposure times for gum vs. cyanotype
Thank you very much Mr. Anchell, and please pass my thanks along to Ms. Enfield. I think hers is the only book on alt process that I haven't read yet. By this metric I'm massively overexposing my gums. Am currently struggling with the gum just dissolving off the paper during a 15 minute face-down so...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 5:28 pm
- Forum: Gum Printing
- Topic: Exposure times for gum vs. cyanotype
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16888
Exposure times for gum vs. cyanotype
Hi folks. Can anyone offer an approximation of how their gum exposure times relate to the exposure times for cyanotype with the same UV source? Same? Half? Double?
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 5:19 pm
- Forum: Black & White Film Development
- Topic: Developers for Document Films?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4272
Re: Developers for Document Films?
Richard, I've had good results with Troops TDLC-103 from page 133 of the FDC, 2nd ed. I'm using half a gram of metol and getting good results with Arista litho film. Troop recommends minimal agitation on page 133 and I agree.
- Thu Oct 01, 2020 5:03 pm
- Forum: Toning
- Topic: Bleach question
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11023
Bleach question
Actually, two bleach questions. I'm using the rehalogenating bleach from p332 of the Cookbook 4th ed. with thiocarbamide toner and loving the splits I see using short bleach times. I've been pouring it back in the bottle and keeping it for the next session. It seems to be working fine. Does the blea...
- Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:02 am
- Forum: Black & White Film Development
- Topic: Film Development time for scanning?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4204
Re: Film Development time for scanning?
Hi Richard,
I think that you'll find scanning is much more flexible than the photo papers that were available when that book was published. Either of those targets should work. As long as the scanner can get light through the brightest bits, you're good to go.
I think that you'll find scanning is much more flexible than the photo papers that were available when that book was published. Either of those targets should work. As long as the scanner can get light through the brightest bits, you're good to go.
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 8:08 am
- Forum: Black & White Printing (formerly Enlarging & Printing)
- Topic: Aristo cold light head
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11053
Re: Aristo cold light head
I won't pretend to be an expert here, but I have used a cold-light adapted Omega D2 for a while. I never owned a stabilizer and didn't see a need for one in my printing. I have used both graded paper and variable-contrast and both work fine. My thermo unit switch doesn't have an indicator light on i...
- Tue May 12, 2020 11:49 am
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: A simplified zone system table for field use
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11968
Re: A simplified zone system table for field use
Thank you so much for sharing this. It takes all the mental gymnastics out of being zone-y!
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 4:33 pm
- Forum: Black & White Film Development
- Topic: Minimum Developer per 80 sq. in. of film - clarification
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6558
Re: Minimum Developer per 80 sq. in. of film - clarification
Todd, it should be option B. He's recommending the total volume of the diluted developer, not the amount of stock.
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 4:31 pm
- Forum: Black & White Film Development
- Topic: Latent image fading
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5400
Re: Latent image fading
Thanks Steve. There's so much completely wrong information about film photography in the internet. It makes me wonder how many people who post have actually done any darkroom work. By the way, thank you once more for the Darkroom Cookbook. This week, I rescued a box of lightly fogged paper by adding...
- Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:36 am
- Forum: Black & White Film Development
- Topic: Latent image fading
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5400
Latent image fading
Does anyone here have any data (or can point to any research) about latent image fading? I read somewhere on the internet (APUG, perhaps, can't remember) that latent images on film/paper fade over time if you wait to process them. I convinced myself that I saw latent image fading in my larger format...
- Thu Feb 13, 2020 12:56 pm
- Forum: Black & White Film Development
- Topic: divided developers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5875
Re: divided developers
Thank you! The Darkroom Cookbook has been an amazing reference. Thanks for all the work you do to make the book happen.
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:02 am
- Forum: Black & White Film Development
- Topic: divided developers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5875
Re: divided developers
It's not quite the same application, but I'm using a homebrew divided MQ developer with paper negatives and litho film. I started dividing the developer looking for a way to limit the paper neg contrast and get some compensating action. Modern developer-incorporated paper emulsions make that tricky ...
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 4:48 am
- Forum: Member Announcements
- Topic: The Film Developing Cookbook 2nd ed.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 25177
Re: The Film Developing Cookbook 2nd ed.
Congratulations to both of you! We're looking forward to reading it.
- Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:15 pm
- Forum: Fixers
- Topic: washing time with alkaline fixing
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8895
Re: washing time with alkaline fixing
That makes a lot of sense. Thank you for breaking it down for me!
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