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M7, Biogon 21mm, XP2

 

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24 December 2017: without residence

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I took the plunge and purchased Diafine. I am curious, are there any films that should specifically NOT be developed in Diafine.

 

Another question:

 

All I am able to find concerning the life of the Diafine developer are testimonials such as "it lasts forever." While I love that idea, I am pretty sure it is exaggeration. Is this stuff like C41 color developer, with a life span measured in number of rolls developed?, or, is it's life more a matter of time on the shelf?

 

I have searched the web and can find nothing other than "forever."

 

Best,

 

Wayne

 

It really does mean forever! I filter mine after a couple of years and only discard it when it gets too discoloured. I no longer use it for 35mm with one exception, as it tends to make grain. You can lessen the grain by reducing the ISO below that suggested on the box. For example, Tri-X is said to require an exposure at 1600 to develop in Diafine, but 1250 or 1000 will look better. Plus-X is my exception - it looks fantastic at 400 in Diafine. I keep it around for LF sheet film, where the fact it can be re-used is very economical, especially as large volumes of developer are required.

T grain films don't do very well in it, so I avoid dunking TMax and Delta films in it.

 

Be sure to never let a drop of solution B contaminate solution A, or forever will not be an achievable goal! It doesn't matter if you get some A in the B. You don't have to use a stop bath as it develops to completion, but I do use a water bath between solution B and fixer to reduce contamination of my fixer. Agitation has to be just so - too much or too little can make the film blotchy and sometimes causes drag marks from the sprocket holes. I do use a presoak, but some people say you mustn't. I think it is less prone to blotchiness if you do.

 

Chris

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Caramelised Peanuts Almonds at Tower Bridge.

 

Adox Color Implosion with M3 and 1947 Carl Zeiss Jena 50/2 Sonnar.

 

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Denver CO 2/26/17

Tri-X 

M6

Summicron 50

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Very lovely photos, Tiberius.  Thanks for sharing them

 

Leica M6 TTL Summicron M 50 v4 Kodak Tri-X

 

Leica M6 TTL Summicron M 50 v4 Kodak Tri-X

 

Very moving photo; made me almost tear!

M7, Biogon 21mm, XP2

 

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24 December 2017: without residence

 

Love it, Edward.  The serenity comes through very powerfully.  And the colors are really nice.  Was this from your hotel room?

Dead Sea.

 

M7 ZM 50/2 Provia 100F by edward karaa, on Flickr

 

Very relaxing, indeed!  Nice photo!

 

Relax

(in Bavaria, Tegernsee)

 

 

Pentax 67 II * Pentax SMC 4.0/200 * Kodak TriX (400) * Adox FX-39 * 1+19 * 22 Min. * Reflecta MF 5000

 

 

Awesome, Pete.  Great idea to capture the bridge in bokeh.  I really appreciate the grain and funky colors!

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Caramelised Peanuts Almonds at Tower Bridge.

 

Adox Color Implosion with M3 and 1947 Carl Zeiss Jena 50/2 Sonnar.

 

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Jac, from the few examples of your work I've seen - he/she taught you extremely well.

 

Loving the M2 and Summaron btw - together they comprise my "go everywhere" kit and have already provided me with plenty of keepers. Thank you again for such a delightful transaction.

It is entirely gratifying that I contributed to your joy of photography!

 

My mentor was by his admission, accidental. That means he does not remember me. We met in rural France in a little town several hundreds of years-old where he had a tiny space for his Valoy enlarger. He washed his prints in a window-sill when it rained. His work was tuned to the possibilities. It worked so well. In the fifty years since seeing his first work he went his way and I did the same and unknown to each of us in the pre-internet time we pursued the same line of work as newspaper photographers. The last time he wrote to me he lamented growing old. Regardless, he has made an impression in the art world. I know his later works in Fine Art, but I know he has a profound treasure in what he does not reveal from his earlier works.

 

His name is Donald Eugene Camp. His buried collection of work must be precious.

 

(BTW, he is no sheltered soul. He is a Vietnam veteran, and by his account a survivor, not a hero.)

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