Another Coffee 'developer' recipe.

[johnastovall]

This showed up on LUF.

"Brew A Pot Of Developer
Caffeine is one of the best, and it’s simple to use. Coffee or tea can be the source, but coffee may be preferable because of its higher caffeine content. So if you want to try your own skill at kitchen chemistry processing, here’s a plan: First get a jar of instant coffee crystals at your local supermarket. Next head to the laundry detergent aisle and pick up a box of washing soda. That’s the stuff that will activate the developing agent, the caffeine in the instant coffee. With the wide variety of laundry materials available today, washing soda isn’t the big seller that it once was, but the larger chains will carry it. (Baking soda just won’t do.)

That’s all you need. And here’s a recipe for making a half pint of developer, enough to process a roll of 35mm film in a typical developing tank.

8 oz of water
4 teaspoons of instant coffee crystals
2 teaspoons of washing soda

Stir the ingredients until uniform, then develop film for 25 minutes, agitating every 30 seconds.

This simple formula will develop any silver-halide emulsion, but for best results you’ll need to experiment to determine the optimum composition and development time for the particular film and exposure level you use. I used only Kodak T-Max 400, exposed at ISO 100."

[JohnT]

Stir the ingredients until uniform, then develop film for 25 minutes, agitating every 30 seconds.

That can seem like an eternity. LOL

[Cornbread]

Buy a DSLR.

Take picture.

Upload picture.

Pick up at photo booth.

(just kidding)

[venchka]

Originally Posted by Cornbread

Buy a DSLR.

Take picture.

Upload picture.

Pick up at photo booth.

(just kidding)

Digital does a lot of great things.

Digital doesn't do Tri-X.
Digital doesn't do Efke 25.
Just two of the many things digital doesn't do.

[The Philos]

I'd be content with ISO50.

[venchka]

Wasssssssup with the camera companies? Kodak did really low numbers once upon a time. It's not fair that the sports & wildlife guys drive the whole industry. I got news for them too. Sports & Wildlife photography existed in a world where ASA 64 color was fast. ASA 25 was normal for high quality work.

Grinning. I wonder if some really good French Market dark roast coffee & chicory would be the hot ticket for pushing Tri-X? That stuff will take paint off.

[sanmay]

And when you are done developing your film, you can have your cup of cofee.

[zebulus]

Originally Posted by sanmay

And when you are done developing your film, you can have your cup of cofee.

Along with all the silver halide?

[Mark Kaplan]

Originally Posted by venchka

Digital does a lot of great things.

Digital doesn't do Tri-X.
Digital doesn't do Efke 25.
Just two of the many things digital doesn't do.

Well, you can approximate if you use Alien Skin Exposure, it does some nifty stuff (within the limitations of digital of course).

[johnastovall]

Originally Posted by venchka

Digital does a lot of great things.

Digital doesn't do Tri-X.
Digital doesn't do Efke 25.
Just two of the many things digital doesn't do.

Digital doesn't do 8x10 Platinum/Palladium contact prints.

[photojunkie]

Originally Posted by johnastovall

Digital doesn't do 8x10 Platinum/Palladium contact prints.

I agree ! I am still searching for a kick a$$ PS Palladium/Platinum "recipe". I have seen several out there but none seem to duplicate that silver tone look of film.