Cinestill DF96 monobath

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As a beginner, the monobath concept was appealing because it seemed to make things simpler. After a while, I found that it was actually simpler to have a separate stop bath and fixer. I can see having a powdered monobath might be convenient if I were traveling and wanted to carry some processing with me.

I liked some of of the pictures I got with DF96, though, so I'm glad Cinestill released their D96. I don't know how different the results will be from Xtol or D76, but if I find it makes a difference that I'm able to control, that the option is there - and particularly that it's also available in the 1L size. I don't mind having more than one B&W developer sitting on my shelf, but I generally don't want 10-15L of mixed developer sitting around.
 
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I bought a Kodak 2D with a 7 1/2 inch paragon anastigmat lens about 3 years ago but never used it because of the lack of setting up a darkroom or a way of developing the film. I picked up a light tent that came with a V700 scanner I bought a couple of months ago. I already have a new one so I decided to try to develop 5x7 film using the monobath with a 5x7 tray sitting in a 8x10 tray in case of spillage inside the light tent. With the temp around 75 and 4 1/2 to 5 minutes later I had a 5x7 developed negative. Scanned it with V700 and processed it and here is what I got. Nothing special but wanted to use the camera.
 

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Leica M3 DS, Summicron 50 Collapsible, Efke 50 expired 2005, Cinestill DF96 Monobath, experimenting with reticulation (wash/fix warmer than dev.)

 

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Reminds me I've a df96 that's about to expire soon! The worst part is that it needs to be used within 2 months once opened.
 
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Leica M3 DS, Summicron 50 Collapsible, Efke 50 expired 2005, Cinestill DF96 Monobath, experimenting with reticulation (wash/fix warmer than dev.)



 

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Just about done with the DF96, I got it in liquid format but have a bag of the dry stuff here as well that I'm gonna use up next.

Any differences between the mix yourself and pre done worth mentioning?
 

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Can't say for certain; I've only used the powder/crystals version -- slightly faster and significantly cheaper shipping (no shipping a couple pounds of water, no ground-only), and a couple bucks cheaper for the product itself. Worked fine for me. Got another bag of it, perhaps for next beach vacation.
 
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Auer said:
Just about done with the DF96, I got it in liquid format but have a bag of the dry stuff here as well that I'm gonna use up next.

Any differences between the mix yourself and pre done worth mentioning?
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Works the same. Took forever for me for the crystals to fully dissolve at room temp.
 
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