Calzone
Gear Whore #1
EDIT: "As good as sex."
You know me I tend to exaggerate. LOL.
Cal
You know me I tend to exaggerate. LOL.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
That must be some bad sex you are having...or you take this stuff too seriously...
Anyways its my way of bragging. Seriously though Diafine is a great developer with many quirks that somehow works great for me.
Call me stubborn, but I somehow eventually got Diafine to work for me in a consistent way, but I made a lot of bad-bad negatives in the process that were remarkably thin. :bang:
Meanwhile in this forum Diafine is not highly regarded by many.
Cal
stompyq
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Yeah whats up with that?? People seem to love rodinal which i can't stand. i guess the same people prefer olympus OM cameras over anything functional.... (runs for cover)
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
This forum has made me into a better photographer for sure, but...
As for Rodinal there's some great work on this forum using it. In fact I want to try it with Arcos. Although Rodinal increases grain, Arcos basically has none, and Rodinal is very sharp and has high acutance. I'm sure I could do some crazy stuff with Rodinal. A lot of my understanding of how Diafine works I got from understanding Rodinal stand development threads. I'm speaking specifically of the compensating effects here that some how some RFF'er seenm to have mastered.
Anyways I did perform this Diafine-Times-Two development that I read about in another thread, where you process your film twice being extra careful not to contaminate your part A with Part B. I did three water rinses to ensure not destroying my Part A with sudden death syndrome. The idea of Diafine-Times-Two is to double the film speed by processing twice.
The result were impressive. Nice mids even though Tri-X was pushed to 1600, increased contrast but not so excessive, but now I figure on improvements and shot HP5 at 1600 and Tri-X at 1250, and now I wanna simplify the process by extending the soak time of Part A to perhaps 7 minutes and Part B to 4 or 4 1/2 minutes because I'm a lazy but crazy slacker dude.
By the way I use chemically pure water that is HPLC grade to do all my chemistry that's available in my lab at work, I even use this pure water for rinsing before fixing. Also know that your Diafine will get to look like beer piss after 40-50 rolls and you will see enhanced mids as your Diafine gets seasoned with use.
Then again some people lately have been bashing Arcos saying it looks digital and stating that instead of shooting film if you like Arcos you might as well shoot digital B&W. I figure these are the same people who would bash large format because that is what I want to emulate even though I'm shooting 35 and 120.
Sorry for the rant, but sometimes I get hysterical... John will tell you...Anyways I have a boring day job...
Now back on topic: The Mermaid Parade will be fun because its kinda crazy. Very-very entertaining. And be aware that it looks like the first heat wave of summer is beginning. Hopefully John does not burn his scalp badly.
Cal
Seems to happen all the time these days... perhaps I'll bring the sunscreen this time.
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
I'm an old analog film man...
That's what I am...
I'm an analog film man...
That's what I am...
Loud motor drives were especially built for me,
And once I owned three Nikon F3's
Shooting lots of film is my mantra,
Come to the Mermaid Parade and see.
If you have a cam-ra,
Come out and play.
Book-em John-O
Mick-Calzone
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Sorry John for making you John-O, but it seems you get mistaken for the police often, especially when we shoot in East Harlem. LOL.
This is a bump.
See lots of you tomorrow.
Cal
This is a bump.
See lots of you tomorrow.
Cal
