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In general, “universal” developers should produce low fog. The tradeoff might be slightly lower emulsion speed than some dedicated film developers, but this need not necessarily be the case.

I miss Gerald Koch. He was a nice guy and always a really helpful presence on APUG.

You can use metabisulfite.

It’s worth noting the only reason bisulfite or metabisulfite are added is to reduce the pH of the solution to approximately neutral, and the only reason that is done is...

I basically agree with Gregg. If I happen to know when I’m relatively near the end of the line, everything in a dumpster.

Even big name photographers will, or probably should do the same. You made...

One of my favourite photographers and printers, Mark Citret, has never used anything but Rodinal for his LF film development.

Was it forced to shut down because of the intercourse?

I’d keep it simple I start and only make it more complicated if required.

HC-110 is a good choice in a film developer for this since you have it on hand. Rodinal would also work well. Ilford PQ...

Carmine and Emily are just low end AI.

No rules.

True, we encounter toxic substances all the time, however the dose makes the poison. Pyrogallol is a dangerous compound, and few home-brewers know what they are doing.

No matter how many revisions they make to the holders, it's simply a fundamental flaw with the entire concept that you can't get around. The best you can do is:

1. Remove the films from the...

POTA was formulated by Marilyn Levy when she was working for the military. It’s an acronym for Photo Optics Technical Area.

1l
30g sodium sulfite anhydrous
1.5g Phenidone

Looking forward to this. Never thought I’d need anything non-standard but this year yes.

Enjoy

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I’m kind of surprised by this, Drew. I don’t think we have much to choose from. I’m not crazy about MG Classic and that’s basically my only option. WT is ok I guess but I prefer neutral papers. I...

To the soapbox!

Interesting. High fog density could explain two characteristics I’ve seen people attribute to this film. Namely, (1) coarse granularity, (2) low EI.

Excellent photograph.

Did you mean fun to funky? :)

I predict this thread will be closed shortly.

Depth of field boundaries tilt with the plane of focus.

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Solo 3-nite hike sounds like the title of the next true crime youtube mystery I watch. Either that or one of those asmr off-grid videos.

Welcome from a Montrealer. :)

Movements won’t help here. Stop way down.

Yes flashing can be tricky when using developer additives, especially finisher blue since PMT is a powerful restrainer that can affect paper speed depending on the quantity used.

Chester,

It’s PMT (the primary active ingredient in finisher blue) you need, unfortunately. Benzotriazole doesn’t normally do much of anything to cool the image colour of contemporary papers. I...

Not comparable though. Nothing is in sharp focus through a pinhole, and a pinhole is not a way around diffraction.

Thanks I was wondering if it was around in the early to mid 1980s and it sounds like it was.

Cropping also decreases depth of field because in the end depth of field depends on the your chosen circle of confusion, which depends on magnification/viewing distance.

So… basically the easiest...

Hmmm. Out of curiosity approximately when was this version of the paper in production?

Indeed it’s a wonderful film. Wish they still made it in sheets.

It’s worth noting also that Acros has much higher highlight contrast and densities than say TMX or Delta100. This is one of those double-edged swords. It can make it harder to bring bright highlights...

This would be the best way - localized (to some extent) flashing. Even using a moving burning card during the flash exposure (as if you were broadly burning in the sky area with a graduated burn)...

Some of these places can inspire great art though. Ed Ruscha made Norms on La Cienega an eventual destination for me.

I really think the longevity thing is a red herring. I think a lot of photographers try hard to convince themselves photographic prints would be worth a lot more to people if they lasted 500 years,...

Now you’re trashing IHOP?? What next? Denny’s? Waffle House? Is no institution sacred?

I would have thought in the case of an enlarger depth of field is at the negative stage and depth of focus would be at the paper plane.

I agree with the responses above. Basically I would say any system that makes contact with the film within the image area (as the Stearman holders do) will potentially be problematic with...

Sounds like a great trip. Guaranteed countless amazing photographic opportunities to be had.

Mustafa, that developer is fairly grainy. The reason Weston’s prints have no grain is because they were contact prints. If you are enlarging from 35mm, different story. You may or may not like it.
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