Hi All, I ended up with my hands on a weird little portable processor that would have used a monobath (pics attached). I have plans to create a monobath recipe that might work with the machine and a given film stock once I replace its filters. I'd rather use an existing monobath, if possible, but the machine currently has an adjustable 1.5 - 2.5 minute (maximum) dunk in the bath and all still-existing monobaths I've been able to find require much longer. I could alter the speed of it, of course, but does anyone have any other ideas? How long does this cinestill stuff need and with what film stock? Also, I bought a book on monobaths - the monobath manual by Grant Haist, in case anyone needs some info from it - I could scan and send recipes.
Best, Lindsay On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 4:07 PM Nicole Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Scott, > Thanks for your reply! I think a significant source of my low con images > the first time I used the film was due to underexposure. The film was 4X > 7277, probably from the 80s? But I was told it had been stored well, so I > only compensated by rating it for 200. I used it again and rated it at 50 > iso, really blasting it with light when I shot the second time, processed > it the same way (except with more agitation, and probably a higher temp > come to think of it...) and have better pictures, low contrast but in a > nice dreamy way instead. The fog contributes to that dreami-ness I think. > Thing is, I don't necessarily always want soft, you know? Plus, doing > bucket/bathtub processing makes the monobath a very attractive idea. I was > also looking at trying Rodinal. > Since we are on the topic, I was wondering if anyone had experience > processing color motion picture film with C41 chemistry? I have > successfully done remjet removal tests and developed my color film in the > D76 I use for B&W, but of course I'd like to see my colors. The kits seem > to only make a small amount of developer, is it even enough to do a roll of > 16mm? > Thanks everyone! > Nicole Elaine Baker > MFA in Visual Studies, 2019 > Pacific Northwest College of Art > Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies > *www.magiklantern.com <http://www.magiklantern.com>* > > > > > On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 3:10 PM Scott Dorsey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I often have issues with it coming out with very low >> > contrast, would a monobath be useful in countering that? >> >> No, a monobath will make the problem worse because it will be >> compensating, >> that is it will develop more in the shadows than in the highlights. The >> developer and fixer are in a race with the developer turning exposed >> halide >> into silver while the fixer is removing halide at the same time. So you >> get >> interactions that you don't get with normal development. >> >> Is your contrast low because the midtones are low or is your contrast low >> because the fog level is so high? Increasing your developing time or >> using >> a more active developer will increase contrast in the midtones... but it >> will make fog worse. >> >> If you are using expired film that is partially fogged, you can add >> benzotriazole (Kodak Anti-Fog #2) to the developer and it will reduce >> or eliminate the aerial fog.... but.... it will require increased >> developing time AND increased exposure. >> --scott >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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