Here are 2 recent B&W adventures Acme boot revisited

[larrydressler]

I recently took a few cameras out around town and thought I would share the

results with you. The first set is when I took a Nikon EM to the "factory" with

a roll of Arista Edu Ultra A.K.A. Foma 400. Processing was D-76 1-1. Lens was a

Vivitar 28-50 zoom.

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=623556

 

 

Second roll here was in a GAF CM I revived from the dead with some lighter

fluid. the Lens was a Super Tak 55mm f 2.0. Film was Agfa APX 400 in Rodinal 50-

1. These were picturs within 1 block of my Dwelling.

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=623295

 

 

I hope you enjoy them.

 

Larry

[tklim]

Hello Larry,

 

Some great b&w work there, thanks for sharing, I particularly liked the factory photos and the way you made the Foma 400 equivalent work for you; I must admit I've been rather unsuccessful in my attempts to use it to my liking, that's why I've switched to HP5 or, even better, 400TX.

 

Also the APX400 in Rodinal looks impressive to me...I always enjoy viewing photos of by photographers whose techniques is very much different than mine. I learn a lot that way, and the work of others can be quite inspiring, too...

 

If you find a minute or two please take a look at my portfolio here

 

http://www.photo.net/photos/TKlim

 

and you'll notice that I use completely different film-dev combos. My developers are all scratch-mixed, which for me is part of the fun, but of course it is entirely possible to obtain admirable results from the commercially available stuff...

 

Really enjoyed viewing, and please let us know when you upload something new.

 

Best regards,

 

Tomasz

[doug grosjean]

<< My developers are all scratch-mixed, which for me is part of the fun, but of course it is entirely possible to obtain admirable results from the commercially available stuff... >>

 

Is there a FAQ somewhere here on scratch-mixed developers?

 

Is it financially attractive?

 

Currently, my dev. costs are about $2 /roll on 120 and $1 / roll on 35mm. Do you save enough to make it worthwhile, or is it just for the fun of it?

[tklim]

Doug,

 

Yes, scratch-mixing your own soups results in substantial savings, here where I live a pack of Kodak D.76 to make 1 litre solution costs an equivalent of 6 - 7 US dollars, the same amount mixed from raw chemicals costs about ten times less!

 

But the main purpose for me to do that, apart from the fun, is that I am able to try then use regularly some of the published formulae that have no commercial equivalents, such as PC-TEA and other Pat Gainer's recipes, or the whole series of very good G. Crawley's FX developers, of which the FX-37 has become my absolute favourite.

 

I am aware that it is possible to buy pre-packaged developers, either powders or liquid concentrates, that possess any properties you want, but the range now available in Poland is really scarce, and they're quite expensive, too. I don't make money out of my hobby, so any cost-cutting procedure is fully justified.

 

Regards, Tomasz

[larrydressler]

Tomasz

 

Thank you. The Rodinal last me about a year a bottle my Diafine is 3 years old and the D-76 really only coast me pennies a roll. I get most of my film bulk and freeze it I have 6 bulk loaders and a freezer of 120. I have a new roll of Double-X movie film 200 feet I am going to play with. I will let you know when I upload more....

 

I have to go to work now so I will check your photos out in the morning.

 

Larry

[michael_emanuel]

Tomazs; I am interested in knowing your procedure for using Fx37.

[leon_yuhanov]

Tomasz i love that photo with the lady walking under the arch! the shadow and light thats so amazing!

 

Leon