A short report on Stand Development with Kentmere and Polypan film

[raytoei@gmail.com]

Hi,

just a short report. i have been shooting
Polypan F with one stop push to iso 100
as well as kentmere 400 pushed to 800.

for development, i have been using three
different types of developers (one at a time)
with some degree of success. Interesting thing
is that all three were developed at the
same development time and dilution.

Developers: HC-110, Rodinal, Ilford PQ Developer (this is a paper developer)
Tank: 2 Roll and 5 Roll Paterson Development tank
Temp: 30C (!)
Dilution: 1+100, ie. 3ml for 135 format and 5ml for 120 format.

Process:

1. Pre-soak for 1 min
2. Pour solution into tank
3. Agitate for 1min with 20 slow inversions, 3 sec = 1 inversion
4. Leave alone for 10mins
5. Agitate with 5 inversions
6. Leave alone for 10mins
7. Agitate with another 5 inversions.
8. Wash
9. Fix
10. Wash Longer
11. put a drop of liquid soap
12. slow fill to brim, pour
13. finger squeegee
14. dry

i am still analyzing the subtleties between the three developers. here are some pix:

1.
kentmere 400 at iso 800
rodinal for 40mins@30C
hexar RF wtih 35cron

2.
PolyPan F at iso 100
Ilford PQDev for 40mins@30C
hexar RF wtih 35cron

3.

Polypan F at iso 100
HC110 for 40mins@30C

All images were adjusted only for contrast, brightness and I added a border. Resized, of course....

raytoei

 

[raytoei@gmail.com]

i took the plunge and tried Kentmere 400 exposed at iso 1600
and stand developed in Rodinal for 50mins at 30c (!).
The negatives came out a little thin.
Scanning revealed images that was usable but not as flexible as Tri-x.

in future, i would develop it longer to test whether i can get a richer negative.

here is an image, contrast, brightness adjusted + toning in Postproduction.

M4 + Elmar 50mm/f2.8
Kentmere 400 exposed at ei 1600
Developed in Rodinal 1+100