I Drink Coffee and Shoot Film
For over a year now there have been two developers that I have desperately wanted to try. Pyrocat HD and Diafine. Pyrocat HD for the detail it provides, and Diafine for supreme tonality range and long shelf life. Recently I was lucky enough to get a 1-liter kit of Pyrocat HD. So far I have... Continue Reading →
This past weekend a friend and I decided to try some new, or new to use at least, with Kodak's 2238 film. We decided to shoot the film at 50 ISO. He would develop his in Rodinal, a tried and true developer for this film and one of my favorite developers for it. I, on the other... Continue Reading →
Last week I discovered several rolls of HP5+ and Tri-X that I had forgotten to develop. Not only had I forgotten to develop them but I also could not remember what speed I had shot them at. Yes, I know, I should have marked on them what speed they were shot at. Lesson learned. Since... Continue Reading →
After developing a roll on Sunday with pretty good results I was emboldened to develop another roll. While I was pretty happy with the results, I knew that I could do better. You see, my goal is to go 95%+ all BW film by the end of the year and use digital only for those... Continue Reading →
From the first time I heard about a technique where you could let your film sit in developer for an hour (or longer in some cases) that yielded usable negatives I knew I wanted to try it. It couldn't be simpler, really. My method for one roll is: Mix 500ml water at 20C with... Continue Reading →
Negative Development 