dagabel
9-Mar-2008, 15:08
Has anyone who uses Diafine ever experienced what appears to be a complete failure of the developer? I just ran 8 sheets today through my normal, successful process (4 sheets taco style wrapped in window screen tubes in a stainless steel tank - 5 minutes each part A and B with normal fixing and washing), and they came out almost completely clear - like they were seriously underexposed. Some had no visible detail at all, and others just barely recognizable, as I remember what I was shooting. The 8 sheets were from two different outings, at different times of day; the film is Arista EDU.Ultra 100.
I mixed up my first batch of the stuff in September 2006, and put a lot of 35mm through it in a smaller daylight tank before I supplemented it with another batch about 10 months ago in order to fill up my larger stainless steel tank for 4x5 and 120. So admittedly, it has seen a lot of use.
Of course, with LF there could be other factors at work in my process, but I have been shooting for almost a year with some success.
Thanks in advance for any insight you all might have!
Duane
I mixed up my first batch of the stuff in September 2006, and put a lot of 35mm through it in a smaller daylight tank before I supplemented it with another batch about 10 months ago in order to fill up my larger stainless steel tank for 4x5 and 120. So admittedly, it has seen a lot of use.
Of course, with LF there could be other factors at work in my process, but I have been shooting for almost a year with some success.
Thanks in advance for any insight you all might have!
Duane