As the subject line indicates, I'll been playing around in the Lo-Fi world and wanted to try Caffenol for both development processes. I am shooting Double X in my Minolta 16P that I expose using the Sunny 16 rule. I developed in Caffenol Delta-Std, 13 minutes at 64 degrees F as that was the temperature of my darkroom.
I then mixed up a fresh batch of Delta-Std. I use a Beseler 23C with a 50mm Schneider lens. I added 5Y and 105M for contrast. My past experience tells me that a 12 minute development for Ilford MGRC works well. I am making 4x5 prints, using the Caffenol as a one-shot developer, 2 ounces in a Beseler 8x10 developing tube on a Unicolor Uniroller to provide continuous agitation. After a water rinse I fix with standard fixer.
Here are a couple of the results. These were shot along the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River near Laurel, Montana.
I then mixed up a fresh batch of Delta-Std. I use a Beseler 23C with a 50mm Schneider lens. I added 5Y and 105M for contrast. My past experience tells me that a 12 minute development for Ilford MGRC works well. I am making 4x5 prints, using the Caffenol as a one-shot developer, 2 ounces in a Beseler 8x10 developing tube on a Unicolor Uniroller to provide continuous agitation. After a water rinse I fix with standard fixer.
Here are a couple of the results. These were shot along the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River near Laurel, Montana.
