I Love Efke 100 Film

[raid]

I have my B&W film developed commercially in Ilford developer.
The Efke25 film seems to be very sensitive to the way developing is done.
I recently posted some photos taken with the Efke25.
Tonight I am posting some photos taken with the Efke100.
This film was developed at the same time as Efke 25.
It came out much better than the Efke 25.

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=623260

Raid

 

[xayraa33]

that Efke 100 is a nice film.
try developing it in Rodinal at 1: 50 dilution for 11 min. at 20 deg. C.

 

[Ken F.]

Hi Raid,

Efke 100 is one of my favourite films as well! I also take mine to a local lab, which uses Ilford developer.
I have never souped it in Rodinal, but I have seen the end result, beautiful!

Cheers,
kf

 

[filmgoerjuan]

I love Efke 100 (and Efke 25) too. I've gotten excellent results with both HC-110 (my standard developer) and Rodinal:

Efke 100 in HC-110 (1:63)

Efke 100 in Rodinal (1:50)

 

[raid]

Somehow, when using [Ilford developer] (commercially) the Efke25 comes out more like a special effects film in my prints.

Raid

 

[erudolph]

Raid, these shots seem to be taken on an overcast day and the images seem relatively high contrast. Do you find Efke to be a high contrast film?

Ed

 

[max35mm]

Raid, these shots seem to be taken on an overcast day and the images seem relatively high contrast. Do you find Efke to be a high contrast film?

Ed

no, i don't think efke are high contrast film.
This is an example....efke and rodnal 1+25

ciao

 

[palabras]

milano, near via torino!!! am i wrong?

 

[max35mm]

yess, correct! 🙂

 

[raid]

Max: I love your photos.

I need to compare my results with some Efke photos developed commercially.

Raid

 

[max35mm]

thanks Raid!


ciao

 

[sockeyed]

I really like the Efke films too. Here are some samples:

Efke 25

Efke 50

Efke 100

All souped in Rodinal.

I think that my favourite is Efke 50. The 25 is gorgeous, but a bit hard to handle because it's so slow. The 100 gets a bit grainy, I think, and the tones aren't quite as rich. The 25 and 50 really seem to glow, too.

BTW, I just bought some of the Efke Varycon paper - I can't wait to try it out.

Efke 50:

 

[steve garza]

Max,
I went through your gallery. Your work is wonderful.
Steve

 

[max35mm]

Thank you, Steve, you are very kind.



ciao

 

[fgianni]

For what I have seen here (no personal experience so far) Efke in HC-110 comes out with as a hight contrast film, while with Rodinal the contrast seems much more "normal"

Does this statement seem correct to the ones of you that have tried both?

 

[Trius]

I haven't tried Efke in HC-110, but I'd say that -these results might lead you to that conclusion. But...

1. The lighting/scene in the HC-110 shots here are enough different to disqualify any real conclusions.
2. Processing variations with the HC-110 could change the look. Last century, when I was dialing in HC-110 for Tri-X, it took a fair amount of testing to get it just right. If I were to go through that process again I'd certainly play with the agitation regimen more, since my sensibility for acutance and tonal range has changed a bit in the last 2-1/2 decades.

That said, these shots souped in Rodinal are wonderful, and I find Rodinal hard to beat, so it is my go-to developer anyway. GeneW is the master of HC-110, at least with Fuji Acros 400.

 

[raid]

Someone send me a pm in which he wrote me that my commercially developed results with HC-110 look overall better to his eyes than his results with Rodinal. Maybe it is technique and not so much type of developer ?

Raid

 

[oftheherd]

Great photos everyone! Raid, I was really intrigued by the last one. How did you teach a kid that young to mix your chemicals for you? 😀

 

[raid]

By the way, I meant an Ilford developer all along and not a Kodak developer. Unless mistaken, HC-110 is made by Kodak.

Raid

 

[raid]

Great photos everyone! Raid, I was really intrigued by the last one. How did you teach a kid that young to mix your chemicals for you? 😀

Lina is playing with the small pool of water. The problem with water/pool is that kids sometimes drink the water.

Raid