Caffenol Out of boredom
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Tom hicks
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Tom hicks
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I take it Caffenol gets no respect around here. Seems to work pretty good.😱
chodgson45
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Now did your negatives turn out with a tint?
I'm all for Caffenol and was considering playing with it when I get the time.
Awesome results btw 🙂
I'm all for Caffenol and was considering playing with it when I get the time.
Awesome results btw 🙂
anjoca76
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Nice results indeed!
Tom hicks
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Corey, my neg came out looking like they would have had I done them in the normal way . They scanned and looked like any other B&W negs . I use a Coolscan V. , was very easy . Coffee cheap stuff $2.99 8oz , Arm & Hammer super washing soda $3.29 55oz, Vitamin C crystals GNC 160z $29.00
I think the tint comes from when you wet print using caffenol as a paper dev and or the red wine recipe.
chodgson45
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Thanks for the info Tom, been looking for organic ways to develop since my mom hates film chemicals (No developing in the house ect....).
Best part is - my dad's a mechanic and what he has in the garage is worse 🙂
He supports it, as he used to do the same with his Nikon F3.
I will be doing some more research!
Best part is - my dad's a mechanic and what he has in the garage is worse 🙂
He supports it, as he used to do the same with his Nikon F3.
I will be doing some more research!
Lawrence Sheperd
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Excellent photos, Tom. I've not had much luck with Caffenol yet. Very thin negs, but the water temp turned out to be all out of whack.
loquax ludens
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Those are nice photos, Tom. Caffenol has been on my list to try for some time, but I haven't gotten around to it.
Tom hicks
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Larry I had thin negs too, then increased dev time another min and they got better. the first roll I did had very dense negs .
Using the delta std formula http://www.caffenol.org/2010/03/12/the-delta-recipe/
7min thin negs , 8min good negs, 9min dense negs . this is with ektar 100. 9 min with Tmax 400 worked good.
loquax ludens
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Tom, you said "ektar 100" above. Are you referring to the color negative film?
pakeha
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Respect. You gotta be pleased with this on first attempt.
Nice little self portrait on the nose cone also.
regards
CW
Tom hicks
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Yes all color film turns into b&w I could not find a specific recipe for extar but through dev. ten frams at a time I found out that the delta formula works good at 8 min . Constant inversions for the first 30 sec then 4 inv, every min afterwords, stop bath with water then fix as normal. The same recipe also works well with TMax.
Tom hicks
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Here are a few more from the ektar. I shot it at 50 iso Another member said the pics look like they were shot with a blue filter because it darkened the reds. I have never used any filters so never really noticed the change .
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Sylvester
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Anyone knows how long you can keep caffenol in a brown glass bottle not exposed to sun?
Tom hicks
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From what I have read it doesn't keep , not even a week . It a one time use it that day kind of thing. But I could be wrong.😀
Tom hicks
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here found this, http://www.flickr.com/groups/33051635@N00/discuss/72157627192193868/
loquax ludens
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Do you still end up with an orange mask for color neg film processed in caffenol? Does your scanner remove that, or are you removing it in post processing?
Tom hicks
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the orange mask is still there but the images you see are as scanned except for contrast and a little sharpening, no color correction needed.
Tom hicks
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Look I'm no expert at this I have only dev. 4 rolls and am only trying to pass on what my experiences have been .