first roll from daylight tank ......

[djonesii]

Dear all;

Yet another first roll thread for me. For a whole suite of reasons:

1) Walmart devleoping sucks
2) They won't develop my fine art negs
3) there is no lab close to me that will develop B&W
4) at the rate I shoot, it's very expensive to mail order
5) I'm going to move to 4X5 and that's really expensive ...

I got the daylight kit, asked a few questions, then got some ultrafineonline B&W 400. The consensus is this is foma film, and ran a roll though the Contax G1.

This is a sample:

The process went smooth, way more less stuff on the negatives that I saw from walmart. Did the de-spotting in light room, its a breeze, and all in all, I'm pretty happy.

Full set is here:
http://www.jonesii.net/2009 05 09 First Dayligt developing/index.html

Thanks to all those who gave there tips on chemical mixing.

Dave

 

[WDPictures]

Success! I like the curve of the pavers/stones at lower left. Not sure what your setup is but here is a recent discussion as you move into processing your own 4x5. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74039

 

[Ronald M]

water and air filters and and clean glass bottles dedicated to specific chems and a blow off before scanning will get rid of the remaining spots.

I would not even think of sending out B&W.