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i found some washing soda in an asian super market in the cleaning section.

ive seen that d23 with d76 times (like people say all the time) its lower contrast (and just in general underdeveloped) - but like i said i do it for 10% extra time of d76. i also use d23 and d76 1:1 for most of my work. i think it looks fine, and i dont want to waste a few rolls to see whats...

for d23 i use 10% extra time of d76, idk if my math is correct but i calculate 10% of the d76 time and add that to the top. so for kentmere 400 its at 9.5 minutes d76 stock, 10% of 9.5 is 0.95 (i rounded up to 1) so my d23 time for d23 stock is 10:30 min. i found when printing this gives me...

i like kentmere 400 enough to get a bulk roll. both the grain and the flat tone makes it suitable for my type of printing. however, i feel like hp5 is great for all round photography and good even if you under/over expose or under/over develop. the contrast is also pleasant for just straight...

i just got some adox syrup yesterday. did a roll of kentmere 400 in 1:119 syrup for 18 minutes (friend suggested me to do this) yesterday. printed today. i have no past experience hc 110 but it was definitely pretty viscous looks great i think. dont have a scanner so i cant show it😭 but it was...

Agfa 108! For 1 liter: Metol 5.0 grams Sodium Sulfite, 40.0 grams Hydroquinone 6.0 grams Sodium Carbonate 40.0 grams Potassium Bromide 2.0 grams No dilution, pretty milky blacks, which i love in certain...

i use coffee filters as a scale-to-water vehicle. it doubles as that and a filter to filter out the mixed liquid into the bottles.

still no scans or darkroom (rip) but i did the hydroxide-borax reaction and the negatives turned out pretty well! used hp5 and kentmere 400 and both densities and rebates came out good to my eye. maybe a little under developed but my room is cold currently. thanks for the advice :) going to use...

sodium metaborate (and any other sodiums you may have) takes water from the air. thats probably what happened. just use a mortar and pestle to grind it up and pour it back into the bottle. this can happen at any point, even if its "sealed" as once its exposed to air it takes water slowly but...

one of my scales is a kitchen scale going to 5kg. thats kind of overkill but it works for my needs. 20 bucks at target.

like what retina_restoration said, really any scale that can go down to 0.1g should be good. i have two - one that goes down to 0.01g and one that goes down to only 1g. the 1g minimum one is used for weighing large amounts of sulfite needed for this while the smaller one is used for the metol...

I've used catlabs 80 and delta 100 sheet film in a 445 tank. 30 seconds inital and 5 seconds every 30 seconds agitation for both solutions. gentle agitation. came out looking fine. again i haven't printed or scanned yet.

I have some sodium hydroxide thats from kodak that i got from my professor a few months ago. i have no idea how old it is, but i suspect its at least from the 90s? no real date on it so far as i can see. only indication is a "brooks cameras san francisco" and it closed its doors in 2007. i saw...

wow! i've been looking through this forums and a lot of people have either 1. never used it 2. used it once or twice maybe i haven't been looking hard enough but you're the first i've seen that solely uses it. i've had great results with delta 100 and 400 along with kentmere 400 at 4.5 minutes...

wow! i just used it today, i havent actually done any prints but on kentmere 400 it looks very promising just by the negatives alone via my test roll unfortunately ferraria p30 didnt go out so well. same tank, but very flat. left is kentmere right is p30. both with box speed both baths were at...