Recent content by vjuliano

Interesting idea, I may give that a shot. Thank you

I have a Kodak Eastman No. 5 5x7 plate camera. The camera is in great shape except for corrosion on the front door. It looks like it is made out of magnesium, but I am not positive. It does not behave like aluminum normally does and it is not brass. The corrosion seems to be confined...

Sure. Were you not able to access the links I posted in #7?

Actually I already had it up. https://vjuliano.tplinkdns.com/web/E6_BJP_1988.pdf Here is the one from 1982 as well. https://vjuliano.tplinkdns.com/web/BJP_e6_formula_1982.jpg

I have it as a pdf, but it is too large to attach here, which is why I turned it into several down res'd jpgs. Il throw it up on a server so you can get to it.

This is an excellent suggestion. I just mixed straight dry powder in. I was worried at the time that it wouldnt dissolve correctly, and then promptly forgot all about it. I will whip up a new FD, this time with the phenidone in glycol and see if that solves the issue.

Possibly unrelated to my original question, but for the CD Crowley says we can use CD-3 or CD-4. I had thought these were fairly different chemicals with different applications. I remember some posts from PE discussing this but cant find them right now. Does anyone know if I should expect...

I make my own E6 chems and have been having relative success working off the 1982 BJP Annual formulas. I recently acquired a copy of the 1988 BJP Annual and decided to try using those formulas. In many ways the new formulas seem to be an improvement, except I am getting small red dots in the...

I just went through a 100ft roll of Ultrafine Finesse 400 35mm and I was pretty impressed with it. I liked it a lot more than the other $50/100ft usual suspects

Ive only used Foma 400 before, and it seemed like it was really a 200 speed emulsion. I wonder if the 200 is really 100 speed. I have 100 as well, but havent used enough yet to get a feel for how it behaves.

Sorry realized its 100, not 200

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/792411-REG/Foma_42019150_Fomapan_100_Classic_B_W.html And its in stock

I believe B&H usually has it as well

I use ball jars as well. I just didnt have one at the time, and it was easier to fit the pickle jar on the crowded shelf than the bag that the chems came in. If I buy from reputable sources, they usually come in good containers anyway. But sometimes Im cheap and want to see whats up with the...

This all makes sense. Thanks. I usually use better containers but hoped I could get away with the recycled jar. I was just amazed at the amount of moisture the carbonate pulled in to be completely submerged. I figured it would just get moist and pasty. Not that Im going to do it, but if I...