[pure-silver] Re: Efke processing

Rodinal 1+100 is the best developer so far for me as well.
I normally do 18 minutes agitating every 3, I'll try your
standing method


--- genej2@xxxxxxx wrote:

> 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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