Recent content by Pseudodionizy

Thank you, I will try this method of cleaning. And well, I know about the rest, but I don't really mind cross processing it in C41, and well, I could still have it processed in ECN2, I just want to avoid the shabby job they did with removing remjet. As for the quick development thing, I know...

Thanks for your replies so far. Yeah, I did tell them the film needs ECN2 development. I think it's remjet because the stains sometimes have dark bits in them, and I think they were only on one side of the negative. I'm glad to hear it didn't affect development, so I hope I can clean it off and...

Recently I had my lab develop a roll of Kodak Vision3 500T for me, and when I started to scan it, I noticed dark stains on the negative, light in the inverted pictures. I'm attaching two examples. I contacted the lab and they told me that it could happen if the film was old or stored in...

Hey, if anyone's still interested (like @xkaes haha), I'm posting some results from my test roll! The Pen seems to work just fine, even in bright sunny conditions. The darker shots (not included) underexposed somewhat, but that must be because of Fomapan 400's not-quite-400 sensitivity and the...

Thank you all again for your replies, I appreciate them a lot! I also wanted to ask, do you have any ideas what kind of creative things I could do with that exhausted/semi-exhausted Rodinal? It would be a shame to just get rid of it, perhaps there's something experimental I could use it for? I...

Thanks for your responses guys! It looks like the Adox Rodinal is the way to go, and I should probably get some brown glass bottles as well. I've managed to find some with ground-glass necks and stoppers, would they work well enough or are rubber stoppers preferable?

Hello there! Now, of course I've heard the stories about the infinite shelf life of Rodinal - but it turns out, it doesn't apply to all chemistry that is sold as Rodinal/R09/such substitutes. In particular I've heard about Fomadon R09 getting bad after just one, two years (I have a bottle of...

Thank you all for your input, I really appreciate it! I've done some more testing today, and the meter seemed more accurate... or rather, the meter was fine all along but I misinterpreted the readings yesterday, and I corrected myself thanks to your suggestions. It does seem that this type of...

Well, it does have the f/22 setting in the manual mode so I figured it would be used in the auto mode as well, but yeah I considered that it might be beyond the meter's limit. I was doing it mostly in the ISO 400 setting to check the meter's upper limits. The manual says that the auto exposure...

Okay, I've done some testing... The meter seems to be fine and reasonably accurate throughout most of its range, bottom, middle, except for the brightest light conditions where it seems to overexpose somewhat, I can never seem to get it to stop down to more than f/16.

Thanks a lot for your advice and testing methods, that's exactly what I've been looking for! I appreciate it and I will try them out soon.

Hello, I've just got a really nice Olympus Pen EE-3, my only qualm is about the selenium light meter it uses, as I've heard they can be inaccurate or entirely nonfunctional. Mind you, this one works (I haven't yet had a chance to test it for accuracy), but I'm wondering if I can check somehow...

Thanks everyone for your suggestions! Regarding all these digital options - I'm sure that they can be very useful, but I have to say, what I find very appealing is the idea of achieving certain effects or looks by purely analog means, with as little as possible digital tinkering. I suppose that...

Thank you all for your input, and especially @koraks for your more detailed explanation! In that case, I might like to change my question: if I have a certain colouristic effect in mind for my photos, does it really matter what kind of film I choose, or is it purely a matter of post-processing...

Thank you all for your welcome and tips! I will have to think yet about choosing the film, but yeah I will likely have to choose something basic. As for managing exposure, the last time I did a pretty good job with it, but I understand that with colour negatives it might be different. @Romanko...