a damnfine diafine mess...

[ronocnikral]

went to develop a couple of rolls of film tonight and found this mess.





seems the A developed had ate through the ol' gallon jug. lesson learned. growlers will be ordered.

since i had popped two rolls into a tank prior to finding this mess, i figured it was time to try out the rodinol. it was either rodinol or D-76. problem was...i had shot my arista (foma) 100 film @ 200 for the diafine. research turned up rodinol isn't the best for pushing. and my bottle of rodinol seemed to be opened up which made me question how it would develop. anyways, i went for it. i was going to do single tanks, but i was too lazy to switch everything and since i couldn't remember what was on either roll...i figured they would both be sacrifices to my experiment.

pushed one stop. rodinol. arista 100 (foma). 19 deg C, 24.5 mins (WAG for the development time). way contrasty...the last one was toned down on the computer. not sure how i feel about these...

[KJ Smith]

Ouch.

That is the reason I mix everything from liquid concentrate.

Fortunately you had the fore sight to have it all in a containment bin.

[zachary]

Ouch, im sorry bro. That sucks.

[ronocnikral]

Originally Posted by KJ Smith

Ouch.

That is the reason I mix everything from liquid concentrate.

Fortunately you had the fore sight to have it all in a containment bin.

i usually have the tote in the spare tub. but it never got moved back after our last guests. luckily, no major mess.

[Big Dog]

All photo chems - especially developers - are best kept in proper containers. Brown glass jugs are not that expensive compared to the price of developers and film.

[KJ Smith]

Originally Posted by Big Dog

All photo chems - especially developers - are best kept in proper containers. Brown glass jugs are not that expensive compared to the price of developers and film.

We all know that Valerie will show up any minute and tell us what brand beer to buy.

She re purposes the bottles.

Then out of the kindness of her heart will volunteer to help empty them.

[Valerie]

lol Groelsch!! or Fischer's.

[KJ Smith]

Originally Posted by Valerie

lol Groelsch!! or Fischer's.

See!!!

That was fast, you weren't even on-line when I posted that.

[venchka]

Rodinal, in an original open container, will out live you. Kevin gave me an open bottle that was older than him. Grinning. OK, almost. It worked fine. What dilution did you use? Rodinal works differently with 1;25, 1:50 & 1:100. For what you were trying to do, 1:100 and stand for an hour may have worked best.
You got something. Not a total loss.

[ronocnikral]

some people can just sense these things.

since some of us may abstain from booze, perhaps we can work it like a bottle deposit. a nickel or dime per bottle?

[ronocnikral]

Originally Posted by venchka

Rodinal, in an original open container, will out live you. Kevin gave me an open bottle that was older than him. Grinning. OK, almost. It worked fine. What dilution did you use? Rodinal works differently with 1;25, 1:50 & 1:100. For what you were trying to do, 1:100 and stand for an hour may have worked best.
You got something. Not a total loss.

wwwhhoooppppssss....1:50. inverted for 1st 30 seconds. let stand for next 24 mins. will try wayne's rodinol magic potion with the efke. shoot box speed, mix up 1:100, a few whacks on the counter, watch an episode of law & order on tnt, dump, stop, fix and rinse?

[venchka]

Originally Posted by ronocnikral

wwwhhoooppppssss....1:50. inverted for 1st 30 seconds. let stand for next 24 mins. will try wayne's rodinol magic potion with the efke. shoot box speed, mix up 1:100, a few whacks on the counter, watch an episode of law & order on tnt, dump, stop, fix and rinse?

That's what I did with some Ilford PanF+. Add a few swirls & an inversion at 30 minutes. David (The Philosopher) has done it more recently. Ask him.