Lab-Box has arrived!

[cedge]

Morning all, new to this forum. I also purchased a Lab-Box earlier this year to develop my own film for the first time (B&W only at the moment) and the only time(s) it hasn't gone right (so far) is due to human error on my part. One time I forgot to put the film guide in so the film layered on the reel, another time there was a blockage (piece of foam from Holga) in the 120 film chamber and another time I accidentally mixed and used the wrong fixer solution (using ilfostop rather than rapid fixer!). I am sticking to HC-110 Dilution B at the moment (any advantage to using Dilution H?) and I use the continuous agitation / 300ml method. I have tried Rodinal once though with FP4+ 125 film:

 

[Solinar]

Lovely image - and - welcome to the Rangefinder forum.

Your post got me to dig up my notes on the Agfa Rondinax 35U - which only uses 200ml of chemistry. For developers, it looks like I used mainly Rodinal 1:40 and HC110-b. I did find a reference to HC110 diluted 1:49 for 8 minutes at 72-74° Fahrenheit, but no mention of which film. My guess is it was Tri-X.

 

[moggi1964]

Morning all, new to this forum. I also purchased a Lab-Box earlier this year to develop my own film for the first time (B&W only at the moment) and the only time(s) it hasn't gone right (so far) is due to human error on my part. One time I forgot to put the film guide in so the film layered on the reel, another time there was a blockage (piece of foam from Holga) in the 120 film chamber and another time I accidentally mixed and used the wrong fixer solution (using ilfostop rather than rapid fixer!). I am sticking to HC-110 Dilution B at the moment (any advantage to using Dilution H?) and I use the continuous agitation / 300ml method. I have tried Rodinal once though with FP4+ 125 film:

Lovely image and welcome.

I'm pleased to see more reports on the Lab Box as it is definitely a consideration for me in 2021.

 

[cedge]

Thanks. I have used it for both 135 and 120 film and have developed about 9 rolls so far in about 9 months so its perfect for me as I rarely have more than 1 film at a time to develop. My goal in 2021 is to try colour developing as I have loads of expired unexposed colour and E-6 slide film in the fridge although I do prefer shooting in B&W. Hopefully by the end of the year/Jan 2021 I will have developed a further two rolls of 120 from my newly purchased Yashica 24 TLR and tried pushing some 35mm film for the first time (Kentmere 400) as I wasn't that impressed with it at Box Speed:

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[MJ Buckpitt]

I motorized mine.

I motorized mine.



Lab-Box and a DC brushless motor by Mel Buckpitt, on Flickr

The Lab-Box is a game-changer for me. No more black bags and shuttling film onto reels.

 

[jge1421]

Lab-Box and a DC brushless motor by Mel Buckpitt, on Flickr

The Lab-Box is a game-changer for me. No more black bags and shuttling film onto reels.

Nice! Love the use of the Legos.

 

[MJ Buckpitt]

Nice! Love the use of the Legos.

Thanks!

If you are interested, here's a link to the Lab-Box Flickr group were a couple of
Robo-Box variants are discussed.

https://www.flickr.com/groups/14667066@N23/discuss/72157715996114486/