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Lanjeth
I recently got this gorgeous little folder from ebay. It was listed as having good optics but unfortunately he lens has haze, but I thought I would give it a go anyway, and its alright. I don't know if its the lens, the film or the dreary grey days but scanning these was tricky! The light parts seemed to flood the darker parts. These are all ruins and abandoned buildings within about 15 minutes of where I live. Developed at home in D-76 1:1 for 11 minutes, maybe a bit too long? I'm not getting on with D-76, any advice?
I haven’t actually used anything other than D-76 so I’m no expert. I've just finish an eight week course in black and white developing and used D-76 as the standard. Through experimenting I found that the temperature and agitation seemed to make the biggest difference. I found that the standard 5 seconds agitation every 30 was about right, with too much agitation leading to an increase in grain. Temperature pretty much had to be spot on 20 deg. If the developer was warmer and I decreased the developing time I tended to get uneven tone. I developed my last seven B&W albums I posted, as above and I’m quite happy with them. The last one ‘Scenes from the Coastal Plain” I used 6 seconds agitation every 30 and still increased grain slightly.I also found a 1:1 solution, but no fixer, just washing thoroughly, to give the best results. Hope this is of use.
Hi. Thanks @vince-bj. I'm getting the temp spot on, and am pretty much doing 10 secs every minute for agitation. I'm making the developer up myself from powder which obviously has a lot of potential variables. It was so much easier when there was a pro making it in massive quantities at a college! Saying that, I've found other developers more reliable at home, but D-76 is cost effective. The other main thing is getting the time right for the film. For this particular film I just had to guess...so it could have been worse.
That’s a good point, I've been relying on premixed developer and fixer supplied by college, I've only just got hold the all the chemicals to mix and develop at home. Should be interesting!
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