EdBray
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for over 15 years this morning.
I stuck a roll of Tri-X in my OM4Ti and took some shots with it over the last week using the different lenses I have recently procured from the Bay of E.
I got to the stage last night where I was so desperate to see what I had got I wasted the last dozen or so shots taking things around the house just to use them up.
I loaded the film into the spiral inside my New Calumet Changing Tent and loaded it into my Paterson Super System 4 Universal tank, I also placed an empty spiral on top of the spiral with the film in it to ensure it stayed at the bottom of the tank allowing me to use 300ml of chemicals rather than the 500ml that would normally be required for this sized tank.
I developed the film in Ilford LC29 @ 1:19 ratio for 7.5 minutes agitating for 10 seconds every minute. With 25 seconds to go I poured out the developer and at the appointed time poured in a tank full of water and let it stand for 1 minute (this has the effect of slightly lowering contrast as it allows the areas with less development to continue to develop slightly, whereas the areas that have fully developed would have exhausted the developer in those areas). It also prolongs the use of the 'working strength' stop bath as it dilutes any carry over of the developer.
I then poured out the water and poured in the stop bath, this was given gentle agitation for a minute before being poured back into it's container and replaced with another tank of water (this prolongs the use of the 'working strength' fixer as it dilutes any carry over of the very acidic stop bath).
After the tank of water was poured out, I poured in the working strength fixer and gently agitated for 30 seconds. I then left the fixer in the tank for a total of 4 minutes agitating gently for 10 seconds every minute. At the end of the 4 minutes I poured the working strength fixer back into its container and replaced it with water. This water was vigorously agitated for 30 seconds before being replaced, this was carried on for about 5 minutes when I then coupled up a hose from the cold water tap to the tank and flushed the film for a further 4 minutes using a slow stream of water.
At the end of that time, I filled the tank with some cold water with a couple of drops of wetting agent. I left this to stand for a minute before removing the spiral from the tank, the film from the spiral and hanging the film up to dry when I removed the excess water from the film by running it through my fingers.
Just waiting for it to dry now :shrug:
I stuck a roll of Tri-X in my OM4Ti and took some shots with it over the last week using the different lenses I have recently procured from the Bay of E.
I got to the stage last night where I was so desperate to see what I had got I wasted the last dozen or so shots taking things around the house just to use them up.
I loaded the film into the spiral inside my New Calumet Changing Tent and loaded it into my Paterson Super System 4 Universal tank, I also placed an empty spiral on top of the spiral with the film in it to ensure it stayed at the bottom of the tank allowing me to use 300ml of chemicals rather than the 500ml that would normally be required for this sized tank.
I developed the film in Ilford LC29 @ 1:19 ratio for 7.5 minutes agitating for 10 seconds every minute. With 25 seconds to go I poured out the developer and at the appointed time poured in a tank full of water and let it stand for 1 minute (this has the effect of slightly lowering contrast as it allows the areas with less development to continue to develop slightly, whereas the areas that have fully developed would have exhausted the developer in those areas). It also prolongs the use of the 'working strength' stop bath as it dilutes any carry over of the developer.
I then poured out the water and poured in the stop bath, this was given gentle agitation for a minute before being poured back into it's container and replaced with another tank of water (this prolongs the use of the 'working strength' fixer as it dilutes any carry over of the very acidic stop bath).
After the tank of water was poured out, I poured in the working strength fixer and gently agitated for 30 seconds. I then left the fixer in the tank for a total of 4 minutes agitating gently for 10 seconds every minute. At the end of the 4 minutes I poured the working strength fixer back into its container and replaced it with water. This water was vigorously agitated for 30 seconds before being replaced, this was carried on for about 5 minutes when I then coupled up a hose from the cold water tap to the tank and flushed the film for a further 4 minutes using a slow stream of water.
At the end of that time, I filled the tank with some cold water with a couple of drops of wetting agent. I left this to stand for a minute before removing the spiral from the tank, the film from the spiral and hanging the film up to dry when I removed the excess water from the film by running it through my fingers.
Just waiting for it to dry now :shrug:
