Same reason I still shoot with a FED2 occasionally, it's fun! ;-) Don
> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Loveless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Carl Zeiss and the Future of Film > > > On 1/18/06, Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now that sounds like fun! > > And the baking soda? > > > > Don > > Sorry. The baking soda is used to control the pH. Coffee is acidic. > >From what I've read, pH 9 is about right. In practice, and this is > tedious, add some baking soda, develop, rinse, fix, rinse, repeat > until you get it right. Of course, the coffee needs to be consistent, > and my coffee is never the same. But if you're looking for precision > development you should probably not be using coffee and baking soda. > > Alternately, you can bump up the temperature to somewhere between 80 > and 90F, and develop for about 30 minutes. Give or take. I've never > tried this, but the results are supposed to be more 'standard'. Once > again, why use coffee? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Scott Loveless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:35 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Carl Zeiss and the Future of Film > > > > > > > > > Put your film in a daylight tank. Dump in the coffee. (Room > > > temperature, please.<g>) Let it STAND overnight. No agitation. > > > You'll probably end up with positives that display a bit of a > > > solarization effect. > > > > > > YMMV. > > > > > > On 1/18/06, Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Must know more! ;-) > > > > Please enlighten us Adam. > > > > > > > > Don > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:07 AM > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Subject: Re: Carl Zeiss and the Future of Film > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > Heck, for developer, Folgers and Baking Soda works. > > > > > > > > > -Adam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Scott Loveless > > > http://www.twosixteen.com > > > > > > -- > > > "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman > > > > > > > > > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com > > -- > "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman >
