![]() And this Shutterbug writer has been freezing his developer for years, as I've experimented with with B&W. ![]() Dead Link Removed The one old batch that didn't work, IIRC, had air in the bottle instead of either exclusion or inert gas. I think it lasts longer than you think! In this thread, the guy uses developers over a year old with "decent" results. Once I go above the capacity of the 1L kit I am going to do them one roll at a time in case it does go bad on me. I mean, if you get good results after the suggested 8 rolls w/o adding time, there's obviously a LOT of capacity left. I know I've seen small tank instructions somewhere along the line and it was the order of adding 15 seconds for every two 36 exp. I'm just surprised that there are no adjustments after two rolls or something. Not to pick nits, but to pick nits, that's "non-replenished." Replenishment requires adding unused developer.Īs the Unicolor narrative on getting more capacity says, there are so many unknowns, so the suggestions are conservative. Isn't that a lot of extra time? I though one stop was typically 30 seconds. I wish the stuff lasted as well as B&W chems so I could develop a roll or two any night. I'd hate to ruin 2-4 rolls at once.Īs soon as it goes bad I have another 1L kit to open though I am, again, going to wait until I have at least 8 rolls or so ready to go. The color doesn't seem to have shifted yet. So far I'm using fast film and there is visible grain but it doesn't seem to be getting any worse. The sheet says you can exceed the number of expected rolls by 25%, 50% or 100% depending on your quality standards. The kit says normally you get 8 120 rolls or 12 135-24 rolls so I've got a 120 roll and a 126-24 roll to go before I hit the advertised capacity. So far I've put 2 Fuji Superia 800 135-24, 1 Fuji NPH400 120 and 4 Kodak Portra 400VC 120 rolls through it. I always blix for 6:30, again adding a little bit of time if the bath is getting cold. For one batch I couldn't get the temp above 37C, both my kids had baths and the water heater was rejuving and I didn't feel like going up to the kitchen or getting out a hot plate to boil a pot so I looked at the drum times and guesstimated that 4:40 would work since the time given for 35C was the same as a 2 stop push so halfway from 35 to 39 made me think of the 1 stop push time at 39C. So far I've run almost all of it at about the same time, 3:30. I dump it all back in the 1L bottle after I'm done each session. I have a 1L kit and I'm doing replenishment, i.e. It is normally 3:30 dev at 39C but a 1 stop push is 4:40 and a 2 stop push is 5:50. The little sheet does mention push processing.
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