Cinestill DF96 monobath

[Auer]

Ilford Pan F Plus 50, worked ok for me. Heavy overcast/rain day. Voigtlander Vito CLR

 

[Huss]

Ilford Pan F Plus 50, worked ok for me. Heavy overcast/rain day. Voigtlander Vito CLR

What was the background colour of the 'do not feed..' sign?

 

[Auer]

What was the background colour of the 'do not feed..' sign?

Off white IIRC.

Here's one with some more contrast:

 

[Huss]

Fuji GW690III, Shanghai GPX 400 in 220 size. DF96

 

[focus_on_infinity]

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.

 

[campy51]

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.

 

[btaylor]

I like it! Great tones

 

[Raghu Kuvempunagar]

Nice result! Congratulations!

Which film did you use for this shot?

 

[campy51]

HP5

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Threads merged, title updated.

 

[Huss]

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

 

[Auer]

Minolta X-370 | Minolta MD Rokkor X 45mm F/2 | Ilford HP5 400 @800 ISO | Cinestill DF96

 

[laingsoft]

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

Beautiful

 

[photojournaliste]

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.

 

[Auer]

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.

I find 2 rolls a week a pleasant pace.

 

[Huss]

Nikon F4, 35 f2 D, Lomo Babylon 13, Cinestill DF96 Monobath

 

[Huss]

Beautiful

Thanks!

 

[Huss]

Nikon F4, 35 f2 D, Lomo Babylon 13, Cinestill DF96 Monobath

 

[Huss]

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

 

[Huss]

Nikon F4, 35mm f2 D, Lomo Babylon 13, DF96 Monobath

 

[Auer]

Minolta X-370 | Minolta MD Rokkor X 45mm F/2 | Ilford HP5 400 @800 ISO | Cinestill DF96

 

[Auer]

Nikon N70 | Nikon AF Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED | Ilford HP5+ 400 | Cinestill DF96

 

[Auer]

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?

 

[Donald Qualls]

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.

 

[Huss]

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?

Works the same. Took forever for me for the crystals to fully dissolve at room temp.