Film processing and phases of the moon?

WarEaglemtn · Nov 26, 2006

If one processes their film during the full moon will you get a more full bodied negative with better edge effects due to the change in gravitational pull?

Photo Engineer · Nov 26, 2006

Yes. You get an extra stop in speed if you make an emulsion during the full moon. The grains are larger due to the tidal pull of the moon.

PE

kb244 · Nov 26, 2006

*raises an eyebrow*

fhovie · Nov 27, 2006

my rear gets cold when I process during a full moon. I try to keep both belt and suspenders in use to keep this from happening

markbb · Nov 27, 2006

fhovie said:
my rear gets cold when I process during a full moon. I try to keep both belt and suspenders in use to keep this from happening

You wear women's lingerie when developing film? Each to their own, I suppose.

Woolliscroft · Nov 27, 2006

Oh course the tank might grow hair and claws and bite you, but that's usually only a problem with C41

David.

skygzr · Nov 27, 2006

You get some extra film speed but ONLY if you meter with a Luna-Pro. I thought everyone knew that.

jstraw · Nov 27, 2006

It's a problem getting an even coating on wet plates during a full moon.

Jim Chinn · Nov 27, 2006

i don't know about film, but my dad told me when he ws growing up on the farm if concrete work needed to be done they always poured when there was a full moon. Why? my dad doesn't remember. Or maybe it was during a new moon?

Black Dog · Nov 27, 2006

Is dancing naked after eating the scared mushroom involved as well?......

eddym · Nov 27, 2006

Black Dog said:
Is dancing naked after eating the scared mushroom involved as well?......

Who scared the poor mushrooms???

JBrunner · Nov 27, 2006

Black Dog said:
Is dancing naked after eating the scared mushroom involved as well?......

Maybe the reason the mushroom is scared is because you are dancing naked?
Or did you mean nekked? There is a difference you know.

Bob F. · Nov 27, 2006

If one processes their film during the full moon will you get a more full bodied negative with better edge effects due to the change in gravitational pull?

If you habitually develop your film on the beach, you may find the spring tide, being higher than normal, may surprise you and wash sea water into your developing tank. This is unlikely to improve development activity. Other than that...

The moon's gravitational attraction has only about 1/10,000,000th the effect on the emulsion as the Earth's gravity. The Sun's gravitational effect is around 45% of the moon's. When in alignment for a full moon, the system is arranged with the sun and moon on either side of the earth and during a New Moon they are aligned with the Earth at one end so... Let me see... ummmmmmmmmmdummdummdumm - take away 1 over muttermuttermutter and multiply by muttermuttermutter take away the number you first thought of and ummmmmmmmmm raise to the 3rd power of Rincewind's Constant, then muttermuttermutter... Ok I've got it:

No.

Cheers, Bob.

No mushrooms were damaged (or distressed in any way) during the making of this post. Several toadstools may have been slightly injured, but frankly, they were just asking for it: serves 'em right.

Amund · Nov 27, 2006

I`ve stopped developing at full moon, tray development and claws just don`t cut it.

gainer · Nov 27, 2006

Depends on what scared the mushroom.

gainer · Nov 27, 2006

I see I should have looked at the second page before I posted.

jim appleyard · Nov 27, 2006

What happens when you dev film with red wine, at full moon, high tide and when the planets are aligned? (And you used a Luna Pro?)

gainer · Nov 28, 2006

jim appleyard said:
What happens when you dev film with red wine, at full moon, high tide and when the planets are aligned? (And you used a Luna Pro?)

Whatever happens, you can always tout the result as a museum piece. Alignment of the planets is the kicker. How often has that happened in my 80 years of life? I'll have to ask my brother, the astronomer in the family. He has a new book out. Search Amazon for Michael K. Gainer if you're interested. He has some of the traits of his big brother, me.

fhovie · Nov 28, 2006

did someone say mushrooms??

jstraw · Nov 28, 2006

fhovie said:
did someone say mushrooms??

mmmmm...P Cubensis!

Black Dog · Nov 29, 2006

OOps I meant sacred not scared LMSO..........anyway if you read EW's daybooks he used to develop film in the buff when he was living in Mexico -but maybe that was down to TM

Pete H · Dec 1, 2006

If you have streaks from uneven development, do they go anti-clockwise in the Northern hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern hemisphere? From now on, all my developing will be done on the equator.

Ole · Dec 1, 2006

jstraw said:
mmmmm...P Cubensis!

Looks like one of the small Coprinuses to me. Not magical at all, I'm afraid.

jstraw · Dec 1, 2006

Ole said:
Looks like one of the small Coprinuses to me. Not magical at all, I'm afraid.

Darn. I believe you're right.

Photo Engineer · Dec 1, 2006

Pete H said:
If you have streaks from uneven development, do they go anti-clockwise in the Northern hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern hemisphere? From now on, all my developing will be done on the equator.

Someone once told me that the Kodak plants in the southern hemisphere had to mix emulsions in the opposite direction due to the change in direction of the stirring vortices in the kettles.

IDK if it was true or not. I didn't bother following it up. They were probably playing a practical joke.

PE

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