[pure-silver] Re: Efke processing
- From: jeffrey <puresilver@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 19:22:23 -0700
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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