janet cull

Carl, thanks for answering so quickly. You said, "yes, it means 1 part concentrate..." My

question was, does it mean 1 part stock? Did you mean, yes - 1 part stock, or no - 1 part

concentrate?

I'm not trying to be weird. Just want to get this right. Again, thanks so much!

The 120 box of Arista EDU Ultra 400 says to use HC110 1:31. Does that mean 1 part stock to 31 water?

I'm not experienced with HC110, but that sounds too dilute to me. It says D76 1:1 and I know that means

1 part stock to 1 water. Seems the first number representing "stock" should be consistent across the list

unless there is a note to indicate otherwise.

Have any of you used HC110 with this film? Thank you.

Janet

I cannot believe the head and body go together. I don't believe it. It's good work, though.

Much better than the pic I saw a few years ago in the grocery of Janet Reno walking a runway

in a bathing suit and heels. Did any of you see that? A real masterpiece. haha.

All I know tonight is that everything I worked on today looks sorry! I've been discouraged

tonight. I've spent several hours in the darkroom and it all looks like junk. I hate when that

happens, which is too often.

I don't think time is gonna help these. : o( (gosh, I sound pitiful!)

Paul, it's film that's been frozen a long time. I don't know how long, but I've gotten great

results with the film till I used it this time.

Thanks, everyone, for answering. I'll keep trying.

I have tried a handful of Konica IR films and everytime I've fogged it. I can't figure out why.

I've been careful loading and unloading it. I shoot it in a Hasselblad and have wondered if

something about that was a problem, but I don't have problems with anything else fogging.

The films were also from 2 different sources, so I can't assume it's the source's fault.

I gave up. (for the time being anyway)

Yes, I agree about D76 and I plan to stick with it when I get more. I was in a camera shop

and saw their chemicals on sale for 75% off and HC110 is what they had. I didn't end up

saving, did I?

>>>Janet, what went wrong?<<<

I don't know. That's the big question and I haven't figured it out yet. I'm gonna shoot

another roll with the same camera (which I've never had problems with) and try it again.

I tried HC110 once before and didn't stick with it and now that I tried this I'm

remembering why. I love the simplicity of mixing D76. 1:1. Simple. Doing 1:7 or to 64

and ending up with slightly over 32 ounces just isn't as simple. Am I showing my

laziness?

Paul, those do look nice. I especially like the softness of "morning light".

Larry - yes, but were you awake??? I really did think about e-mailing you but had already

posted 3 different places and was running low on hope.

I've been up till 2:30 all week, getting ready for a home-town festival. My son-in-law

asked me if I wanted to sell some prints (sell...that's a misnomer!) at his booth. He's a

photographer also. Nobody even stopped to look! I sold one print and traded 2 for a few

loaves of homemade bread, which I gave away. :o( AND he sold the print at half what I

wanted for it. Oh well. It sold and they really liked it. I'm glad when someone really likes

something.

Thanks all. When I rest up I'll unravel this mystery.

Janet

Don, I'll take you up on that. Last night I posted questions everywhere I knew to and

waited... Seems everyone was sleeping and not online except me and Anupam Basu. And I

couldn't get his replies to my next questions fast enough. The whole thing was very

frustrating because I'm on a crunch-time thing and I just lost every shot on my last two

rolls. I needed those prints for something tomorrow morning! Haha - might as well

laugh. I finally went to bed early morning with blank negatives to show for it all. ~sigh~

Of course, you'd have hated to get my call after midnight asking questions. I hope you're

in a different time zone. A few hours behind would be good since I always get to this stuff

late at night.

I wish I'd thought to have done one roll to see what I got. Oh well, it's spilled milk now.

Janet

Thank you for answering so quickly as I'm in a rush. I don't see a dilution H listed on the

bottle.

I have a couple rolls of old Tri-X Pro 120 (400 speed) film to process. The recommended time is 4 min.

and it seems I've read that there's something bad about using short developing times. I'm out of D76 with

nowhere to get it as quickly as I need it. Will I be sorry if I proceed with the HC110 at 4 min.? Thanks.

AGAIN!

My film is old film that's been frozen for some time. I finally found more still in the box and

used the box times. It's hanging to dry and looks good. Thanks, all of you!

Frank, thank you. Maybe I'm looking at something old. I've looked at it again and again,

assuming I must be the problem.

It's page 4, Kodak T-Max Pro Films: Tech Pub F-32 for iso 100 and 400. I'm reading the

chart for 100. It says D-76 (1:1) 68 degrees 12 minutes. At least we're getting closer, if

yours says 11. Am I being a nit-picker? I'm sorry. I don't mean to be, but I don't want to

mess this up.

I'll pick one of Kodak's recommendations and take that over the Massive Dev. Chart's.

Thank you again for responding!

Janet

>>>The development time will vary according to the required contrast of the negative,

e.g. for condenser heads a gamma of 0.55 is considered the norm while for a diffuser

head 0.65 is the norm.<<<

With all respect, I'm thinking if that were the reason then the dev. time difference would be

reflected for all films & developers across the board. There are no notes about, "if you use

a diffuser or condenser head, then use... time".

TMax 400 shows the same time on the Massive Dev Chart as Kodak's info (with no

difference indicated for diffuser or condenser head).

I just want to know what developing time you (who shoot TMax 100) start with - 9.5 or 12

minutes? That's a big difference; 3.5 minutes.

Thank you.

The massive developing chart says to develop TMax 100 in D76 1:1 9.5 min. The info I got from Kodak's

site says, 12 min. Anyone know why the discrepancy?

Thank you.

I'd gotten some helpful info from a couple members here about using stock rather than 1:1 d76 with a fast

film (1600).

My 120 negatives are usually flatter than my 35mm negs and require a bit more time and agitation to get

a decent 120 neg. I rarely have to use contrast when I print my 35mm negs. Almost always do when

printing 120. Lately with more developing time and a bit more agitation I've gotten by pretty well with no

magenta filtering on the 120s. I don't know if that offers any info to help you answer this or not.

I'm about to process some 120 Arista.edu Ultra (400). I would usually use 1:1 d76. Would stock be of any

greater benefit to me for this? One of the rolls was shot inside with decent, indirect lighting. Soft light. I

can't remember what the other roll is of.

Thank you.

Thank you all. You guys are great!

I took my camera yesterday to a family get-together. I haven't seen the results yet, but the

camera sure does handle well. If the prints are good, I'm in love.

Those are some amazing images! I'm glad Jeannie asked this question so all these could be

shown in one spot. So nice!

>>>I am hard-wired to focus in the center and recompose. I see no reason to retrain

myself to switch among five sensors.<<

Me too! I feel so awkward trying to make my fingers do all that.

I do like the very fast focus. And a built-in diopter is a *real* plus for me. Yep, I like the

auto-focus pretty good.

Thanks. I'll surely catch on. I have to say, it seems simpler than my old F70. I thought I'd

never get to like that camera or learn to use it. I learned to use it, but in some ways I've

always liked my FG better.

Yaron, good question. *My* reason was because I lost my other auto-focus body (well, my

husband did) and I'd promised my daughter's friend I'd shoot her wedding next month. I

used my SB28 with it, on a Stroboframe, and it's handy for running at a wedding. My

"running" camera ran away with some stranger at the airport.

If I could get out of doing this girl's wedding I'd be totally satisfied with my other cameras,

but I hate to leave her stranded on such short notice. That's why. I didn't want to bore

everyone with those details in the original post.

I just bought one and I'm starting to be sorry. I feel like I'm trying to learn some new kind of computer,

like it's a digital machine only running film through it. Please tell me I'll learn to love it. All I've heard

about them is good! I feel like a slow learner, picking through these 111 pages of instructions.

I much prefer my manual cameras but felt I needed this to help a friend with a wedding next month.

Yikes! I hope I'll be ready to use it comfortably by then.