raghu_kuvempunagar

Alan, I agree that David's method is not a substitute for C41 process - it won't produce colour negatives. However, it is a viable method for developing C41 film in B&W chemistry. It gives better negatives (for both enlarging and scanning) than the straight forward development of C41 film in B&W chemistry. If OP choses to develop C41 film in B&W chemistry, then David's method is worth looking at.

Here is David Lyga's method: Developing C-41 Color Film w/ D-76 B&W Chemicals See post #3.

David Lyga has given a method on photrio (previously apug) that can deal with Carey-Lea silver and give very decent negatives. His method (and its variants) take a few iterations to get everything right, but it works fine and I can vouch from my own experience. Here are a couple of examples:

Kodak Signet 40 (Ektanar 46mm f3.5 lens) + Orwo UN54.

Rolleiflex 2.8F + Ilford HP5 Plus.

Canon P and Canon 7 with some expired Superia 400 film.

Lovely picture! Nice tones. Very immersive experience.

Splendid work with the old lens Rick!

I couldn't resist the temptation and I grabbed my T70 for a quick shoot last evening. I liked it as much as my current favourite SLR, Nikon FM, though I sorely missed the film advance lever of the latter. :) The solid body though plastic and the firm grip are very helpful for handheld shooting.

I’ve been using Nikon FM exclusively for the past some time and it’s now time for some diversity! I’m thinking of either Canon EF (Black Beauty) or Canon T70 to go with Orwo N74. I’m also tempted to pick one of my TLRs up and shoot Ilford XP2 Super. Sun has been quite oppressive of late to venture out and I guess I’ll end up begging my daughters to pose for a few portraits!

Nikon FM + Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f2 + Orwo N74.

Looking forward for a tryst with Agfa Ambi Silette in the weekend.

I’m taking out Nikon FE + Voigtlander 40mm tomorrow morning.

I’ve Orwo UN54 in my FM and Orwo N74 in FE.

You inspired me to take out my Ricoh 519 and give it a little bit of exercise: Untitled The film winder, though very interesting, is rather troublesome and I need to get mine repaired.