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A good resource on the chemistry behind fixation can be found in "Modern Photographic Processing, Volume 1" by Grant Haist. On page 579 there is a graph showing studies on fixation times from the 1930 with thiosulfate concentrations ranging from 50 g/l to 600 g/l. The logic behind the two times...

Here is the comedian version (Saturday Night Live) not only for the difference in spelling but also for the different measures: Washington's Dream - SNL 🤣

I had a very similar issue some years ago with a Ricoh Kr10x. The root cause was the light sealing of the rewind pin at the bottom of the camera, which felt apart. This let light into the bottom of the camera and from there it went to the film chamber via the sprocket axis mechanism.

Agfa did this film speed reduction with the Agfachrome 100 and 50, too. RMS stayed the same, but resolution and sharpness improved a bit:

This page describes soft focus filters and how they work. A short excursion to soft focus lenses is undertaken, too. Nikon Soft Focus Filters Soft 1 and Soft 2

I moved a lot during the years and I don't know where these magazines got 'lost', there where pictures in the article. I used it a few times as a last resort and it worked satisfactory - of course a better negative would have been preferable. Instead of the commercial paper holder I just use a...

There was a German photography magazine called something like 'Foto Hobby Labor'. In one issue they had an article about using the photographic paper itself as a sort of instant contrast reducing mask. In as nutshell it worked that way: 1) setup the enlarger and negative etc. like for a normal...

The sales text claims lower fog levels than DDX, resulting in half the exposure time when printing, not when talking the picture itself. Twice the speed of DDX would be awesome 😀

I mentioned it (https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/fomapan-400-in-rodinal-1-50-ei-35mm.198140/post-2661700) that unfortunately Fomapan 400 lost its IR capabilities. The negatives were blank with the times I normally used it and even giving it significant more time did not help.

To keep the volumes down I dissolve XTOL not towards 5 liters, but towards 2.5 liters - so double the intended concentration. The packet A and B will dissolve in ~2.2 liters of distilled water and later be filled up to 2.5 liters. 0.5 liters will be stored in 5x 100ml glass bottles and the rest...

Thanks for sharing your results. Always good to see how it works out. I have this old conversion wheel from a German photo magazine "Foto Hobby Labor". As your negatives are looking dense, just for fun I assumed an over development like push +1 (1st picture). In the second picture you see that...

In the past I used Fomapan 400 with Rodinal 1+50. The Gamma I tried to archive was around 0.6, the EI used was 250. The development time was about 8:30 minutes at 20°C with 5 inversions after filling in the developer, then one inversion every minute. Fomapan 400 has changed a few years ago and...

I was lucky to live in Germany and Italy and the US for several years and to experience their cultures and their way of seeing things first hand. My hope is that the following lines will help a little bit to deescalate and to promote some understanding of the different cultures and their...

I've received my replacement XTol today. It was sent from Windsor Colorado, too. On the package it states: 'Made in USA for Sino Promise Limited'.

Reading through the thread I have not seen Fomapan 400 mentioned - not a dedicated IR film but obviously capable of some 'wood-effect': https://emulsive.org/reviews/film-reviews/foma-film-reviews/fomapan-400-arista-edu-ultra-400-infrared