developing film backlog

FrankS

FrankS

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I let some film accumulate for a while but I've now jsut finished (all but a single roll which requires delicate processing). The laptop and RFF are good companions in the darkroom, though not while loading film onto reels. :)
 

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Frank, that is one highly impressive backlog! I think I'm done in if I'm 6 rolls backlogged... What's more impressive is that you've developed them all!

Gene
 
Frank, so you print contacts :)

What's that silvertone stuff?
 
Eugene, yes, the next step is contact prints of the neg sleeve pages.

Silvertone is an inexpensive brand that is said to be Agfa APX film, available in 100 and 400 speeds. I prefer FP4 and HP5 but was forced into buying the Silvertone and PX125 when that was all the camera store had in stock when I needed it.
 
I developed what small backlog I had a bit ago, all except for one roll. And then there was the FP4 experiment that took an hour and a half... They're all in negative sleeves waiting for scanning ATM.
 
That backlog of yours made mine look silly.

My only problem is solution: I must mix both, developer and fixer first, before tackling my (gulp :rolleyes:) 9-roll backlog.

We'll survive... But good for you, Frank!
 
Frank,
Good timing with your post. I have been trying to finish rebuilding my darkroom for some time now, the project began last October/November. There just never seems to be the time to do indoor projects in the summer. I have about the same backlog as you had, albeit in mostly 35, just a couple of 120's. It's encouraging to know I am not the only one with a major developing project on my hands, and that it CAN be done:D
 
6 rolls of 120 and 9-10 of 135 film. :) And I just received 10 rolls of 120 and 50 of 135 film from Taiwan. :p
 
I think I'm pretty much as backlogged as you are, Frank. I still have a few 120-film rolls from 2005, lots of 2006 and, needless to say, virtually all 2007 B&W rolls.

I find it fitting you took a digital shot of that. A film shot of it would have been highly ironic.

Edit: eek, I think I over-did it. I have 32 rolls. :(
 
I have "solved" my backlog issue by using stand development. Load as many rolls as I can in the morning (every tank I got), put them in rodinal for at least 1.5 hours, then slowly start doing the next steps (fix, perma, etc) for each over the last 30-45 minutes. It's nice having that 1.5 hour break :)

I think I did 10 rolls last time total of 120 and 135, and that's a lot since I haven't shot much lately. Full time job. Part-time job as wedding photographer. Night school for MBA. Busy guy...

allan
 
This film is all from spring/summer '07. It 's not a typical amount though, because it includes a portrait job and a family summer vacation.
 
i have 25 rolls of fuji npz to get developed (all from july, i think) and then i need to start scanning, if there is one great shot per roll i would be very happy. i used to have much smaller backlogs when i shot b&w
 
I have 6 rolls, that all can swim in Diafine. I like to shoot for Diafine in the summer as it is not temperture sensative. I do need to mix a new batch of Diafine though before I process, my current batch is my first, so getting on to 2 yo now.
 
I found out that Diafine is temp sensitive - to the cold. (I live in a old house >120yrs with poor insulation, in the great white north.) Chemical reactions slow down in the cold.
 
Very true, I process in the morning during the summer and in the afternoon in the winter due to this. Other than that, it is all good.
 
Yeah...

I kept most of my film stuff in the basement when living at my grandmother's house for those two years. My developers were always at the right temperature because it really never got about 70 degrees all year round and I could compensate for that. Now, at this house, I'm waiting for a few things to set up a darkroom down in our basement. Until then, chemicals are all upstairs in the bathroom and I have to remember to dilute with 68 degree water. Diafine I just use as is because the chems stay about 75 degrees.
 
Up until moving nearly two years ago, I was finally closing in on a mini-Winogrand-class backlog (not so much in terms of number of rolls, but in just how far back those rolls went in years). By the time I had to stop in order to pack and move, I was down to <5 rolls. Now I've ballooned up to about 30 (all conventional b/w; everything else gets sent out ASAP, as there's little excuse for unprocessed C41 or E6 film hanging around). I have to mix some working solution from my stash of concentrated fixer and HC-110 (thank goodness that stuff keeps quite nicely in concentrate form), hopefully in the next few weeks or so. I shot some HP-5 and FP-4, and a few rolls of BW400CN, over the last few days in and around parts of My Fair City that I haven't seen in at least a few decades (Forest Park yesterday; Governor's Island today). The Kodak stuff gets walked over to the lab tonorrow, and will likely be ready to scan by tomorrow afternoon, but I'll be too busy shooting elsewhere to do any scanning. Such is life...


- Barrett
 
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