Now being retired, I have also given some thought to the (film) cameras
and gear that I have accumulated but don't use. So home processing
appeared on the scene. Am I better off sticking with Tri-X or has
anybody had any experience with Kentmere (sp) that is being pushed a bit
by one of the local stores. Also seeing some reports about a new to me
Kodak developer (Xtol)that is easy to use and environmentally friendly.
Given a choice I think I'd buy the small packets of D-76.
Also, I am on a septic system. I read on the web that developers and
stop baths are fairly close to vinegar and also fairly dilute. So there
is not any problems flushing them (literally.) But the fixer does
contain silver and some other potentially nasty stuff. Flush it also?
Or mix everything together and flush it. That is another suggestion I saw.
As a really secondary question, as I was inventorying my gear, I came
across a really old pack of microdol. Is there a shelf life for sealed
package of chemicals? Is microdol still available?
John Graves
WA1JG
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Thibouille wrote:
2010/12/8 P. J. Alling <[email protected]>:
Tri-X in D-76 is pretty forgiving, you can soup in a bathroom and pretty
much time it with your pulse. Learned to do that in a Photojournalism
course taught by a semi-retried Photo-Editor from the Providence Journal.
Except for the fact that that the film used was 35mm rather than 4x5 it was
a technique that wouldn't have been alien to Weegee.
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