I'll you all know how they turned out. Maybe get at least one roll of six and I'll be happy.
Cheers, Bogdan On 05/02/2012 5:52 PM, BOB KISS wrote:
*DEAR MICHAEL,** If you mean Panatomic X when you say Pan X you should be developing it in D-76 straight, especially if you find them flat. As per Richard Knoppow, Steve Anchell, et alia, D-76 straight is actually a finer grain developer than 1:1 and, if your problem is lack of contrast, the straight should kick that up a bit.** Last week I posted the fact that, for 20 years in my NYC studio, I processed mostly Panatomic X (35 mm and 120) in a straight D-76 3 ½ gallon line. The results were brilliant. The vast majority of my black and white shots for INTERVIEW magazine were Pan-x 1210 or 35mm processed in this line. The 35mm yielded full page images (from 16X20 prints) with no grain and INTERVIEW is that large tabloid format.** As Pan X is already a fine grain film, you should get some really nice, snappy results in D-76 straight. ** Let me know what you get. I REALLY miss Pan-X!!! Loved that film!** CHEERS!* * BOB* ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------*From:*pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Michael Healy*Sent:* Sunday, February 05, 2012 6:35 PM *To:* pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [pure-silver] Re: Developing Univex ultrachrome No. 00 filmI'm wading through about 50 rolls my dad shot and never processed from about 1960 through about 1968. All Pan-x thus far. I've been adding quite a bit of time on D-76 1:1, about 30-35%. Some still comes out rather flat, but much improved over the first rolls where I was timidly adding 15%-20% to recommended times for box speed. Of course, it's been apples and oranges. Different types of light, probably hit-or-miss decisions about his exposures. Can't draw many conclusions about development between rolls shot 4-5 years apart nearly 50 years ago; but still, I'm not going wrong by longer development times.I do actually seem to get some improvement for adding restrainer, though. Notes are in the darkroom, so I can't say precisely, but more of that also seems to work better. Maybe 30-50% more than whatever the recommendation.It's been nice to have so many to mess up. Eventually, trial and error leads to something of a system. And is it ever cool to see what's on them. One roll was yours truly, 5th birthday party. I remember it like yesterday, but it's still nice to see pictures of it.Mike Healy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:*Bogdan Karasek <BKarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> *To:* pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Cc:* Eric Nelson <emanmb@xxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Sunday, February 5, 2012 3:05 PM *Subject:* [pure-silver] Re: Developing Univex ultrachrome No. 00 film Hi Eric, Thanks for responding.... I take it the restrainer is the Benzotriazole? So 7-12 min in stock D-76. I seem to remember reading that old films loose some of their contrast, hence their softness (?) So wouldn't the longer development time (12min) help what contrast is left? Cheers, Bogdan On 05/02/2012 4:19 PM, Eric Nelson wrote: I think in discussions of old film processing the adding of a restrainer was not recommended. There will be fog more than likely but a restrainer probably won't help. a 7-12 minute development will probably be OK. e ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:*Bogdan Karasek <BKarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:BKarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> *To:* pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Sunday, February 5, 2012 2:58 PM *Subject:* [pure-silver] Developing Univex ultrachrome No. 00 film Hello all, A neighbour recently gave me a box filled with old cameras and film. Inside, I found 4 rolls of Univex ultrachrome No. 00 film and it is marked EXPOSED. What information I have been able to find states that it was made in the 1940 by Gevaert of Belgium for Univex. A label on the box says that it should be developed by 1949. Since I can't let sleeping dogs lie, I want to try developing the film. I have no idea regarding the film's ASA and no info is forthcoming on the Internet..... So.... Anybody have a clue as to the possible asa of this film and what would be the best way to proceed with development... All ideas are welcome. I have four EXPOSED rolls. and I still have my 3.5 gal tank of stock D-76 which I was going to dump but decided I could develop the film by dunking it in the tank. Probably haveto add Benzotriazole to the D-76..... how much per litre/gal? Anything else I can try? I'll do one roll at a time, so I have 4trys at finding the right combination to adequately expose one roll of the film. Thanks for any ideas... 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