Sunday, January 22, 2012

This and That

During the last week:

Eastman Kodak filed for Bankruptcy;

Michael Johnston wrote about the evils of pushing film for no good reason -twice (counting yesterday's addendum);

And I took the following picture of my son and his girlfriend:


Pretty random, huh?
Posted by Jeff Damron at 1:29 PM

5 comments:

  1. Hey Jeff!

    I need to get back in the habit of visiting BIBAW!

    Just received my first shipment of dixactol developer and with my new to me RB67, I'm ready to make some film tests. Dixactol is a compensating, staining, yet high acutance developer that can be used in either a single bath or used as an A+B developer. The included material makes it out to be very forgiving yet exacting - we'll see!

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  2. David!

    Me too apparently, since you sent this a couple of days ago. :) Is Disactol one of those kits form Photographers' Formulary?

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  3. Just finished developing me first rolls with dixactol - they're washing right now. dixactol is "kinda" compensating as a one bath developer and very compensating as a two bath developer. The idea is to keep the highlights from blocking up from over exposure, and it is a staining developer which helps build detail in the shadows.

    I used the one-bath directions tonight on a roll of Acros and a roll of T-max. Developing times are the same for most films, kinda cool. A few more steps are involved. A pre-soak is mandatory (I do this anyway), water or low-acid stop, and then after the fix, the developer goes back in for a couple of minutes to continue the staining process. Wash and dry as normal. Tomorrow I'll take a look at the negs and see what I have. They look a little thin in the wash, but the directions state that this is normal.


    Shoot! If I keep this up, I'll likely find myself standing in front of an enlarger!!

    More as it happens! Oh, yes this is Photographer's Formulary developer.

    David

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  4. Update. The negs look very printable, or in my case scan worthy. They are different to look at - it's like having sepia toned negatives. I'll post some on my flickr page images when I get them scanned, it'll take a week or two.

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  5. I'm looking forward to that. I have never used a staining developer.

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