[pure-silver] Re: Efke processing

Uhmmm... If this works, then everything I learned about film 
agitation gets thrown out the window.

So you don't see mottled areas, or flattened highlights?

I suppose this works because of the extreme dilution.... the 
developing agent(s) 'migrates' thru the solution...??....



>Efke 25 is really fragile when it's wet.
>
>BTW,  I've "discovered" a really lovely way to develop Efke 25. 
>Just use Rodinal 1:100 with a 30 sec water rinse or so, then no 
>agitation at all for 25 min at 68 degrees.  Try it and tell me what 
>you think.  I can use the 25 min for all sorts of things and the 
>Efke has this really beautiful "edginess" to it when developed this 
>way.  No wierdness at all in several rolls and my best results with 
>this film by far.
>>
>>  From: "Kevin Halcrow" <crowks@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  Date: 2005/05/26 Thu PM 08:59:04 EDT
>>  To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>  Subject: [pure-silver] Efke processing
>>
>>  I processed, for the first time, a roll of Efke 25 35mm film last
>>  weekend. Because of my unfamiliarity with this film, I ran off 15
>>  exposures,  six blank frames, and another 15 exposures, then
>>  processed the first set of exposures with 5min in 1+4 TMax developer
>>  at 20C and the second set with the 2-bath compensating developer I
>>  generally use for TMax (Barry Thornton recipe). With the first half I
>>  also did an initial 1 min soak in water and a brief stop bath of water
>>  between developer and fix, as recommended by the film's suppliers
>>  (JandC Photo).
>>  As I was about to do a "finger squeegee" with the washed first set, I
>>  noticed light marks on an unexposed part of the film that clearly had
>>  come from handling this part of the film. Running my fingertip
>>  deliberately across the same area caused more damage.
>>
>>  The second set of exposures, processed in the 2-bath developer,
>>  didn't have this problem and I could wipe unexposed areas without
>>  harm. Both pieces of film seem to be well developed and I don't notice
>>  any pronounced differences between them, apart from a slightly
>>  greater overall density in the TMax-developed exposures. Grain
>>  structure seems similar in both though differences may show up when
>>  I do some printing.
>>
>>  The first half of the film was processed in a Nikor metal tank, the
>>  second half in a plastic Paterson tank; I can't believe that this would
>>  have had any effect on the processing. Could anyone suggest what
>>  might have caused my different results with the two developers?
>>
>>
>>
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