[eillop]

November 14, 2008 at 8:12 am

IM far from being an expert but what are the streaks running down from the top??Maybe there wasnt enough developer and it ran down under the sprocket holes of the fil between agitations.

I wouldnt know :) I just read about it somewhere . .

[eillop]

November 13, 2008 at 5:36 pm

Hi,

New to this but I found you can get two litre bottles of drinking water in Dunnes for 37c each. I used it for mixing developer, fixer and for the fianl wash . . .

[eillop]

November 13, 2008 at 5:26 pm

Hi pat,
I started developing myself about a week ago.

Ive been shooting Ilford HP5 and developing with Rodinal sucessfully.

Im not sure if your shooting small or medium format, but ive read that if your shooting small HP5 and Rodinal is a grainy mixture – youi might not want that.

Aparently it depends a bit on how much you Dilute rodinal eg. 1:50 instead of 1:25.

I didnt pick Hp5 up from anywhere – its all sefl taught. Id shot Ilford HP5 and Delta (But not deeloped), HP5 was just the first one that caught my eye in the shop after i bought the developer :)

[eillop]

November 13, 2008 at 4:04 pm

Jess the Springer wrote:

These are cool.. I like the first, well, I like them all, but the first just really does something for me. This is an interesting thread with some interesting question asked.

Sinead.

You like the first? I thought it was completely boring! Those pictures are from my first/second film – they were the only ones i had really. Other had picture of friends on teh but i was too courteus to post them!

Most of my questionas are being answered anyway so im happy enough! I also realised that there is a forum dedicated to lo fi photography – im surprised no ones pulled me up on it yet :)

Anyway since people are so fond of offering advice ill develop another film and see if i can get better results :)

[eillop]

November 12, 2008 at 3:28 pm

Hello thedarkroom

I dont actually do any prints. Whats posted above are direct scans of the negatives done for me in the shop.

The only thing i do myself is developing the negatives.

A darkroom, never mind doing my own prints is completely unfeasable for me at the moment.

I could always just photoshop the scans but that defeats the whole purpose for me.

[eillop]

November 12, 2008 at 3:11 pm

I presume by increased denstiy in the highlights you mean whites will get whiter and if im not carefull theyll burn out?

What about darker areas? Do they stop developing? Otherwise the whole negative would just get brighter right?

Im still not sure what to do about the scanning – at €8 per scan in the shop i should get €200 back relatively quickly
so i could nearly spend a little more, im just not made of money these days:)

[eillop]

November 12, 2008 at 2:01 pm

Thanks again for the replys.

I use Rodinal 1:25 with Ilford HP5 400 for 6 minutes to develop.

– What can i change in development ot get more contrast in the negatives?

– Also some people seem to think that developing for longer e.g. 7 or 8 minutes will do this, is this true?

– Also ive read that reducing agitation during development can increase acutance – has anyone any experience with this?

– Since getting the negatives scanned is expensive, can anyone recomend a cheap scanner? Were talking sub €200.

Thanks again for all the responses!!

[eillop]

November 11, 2008 at 8:33 am

Thanks for the responses guys. I thougt i taped it up prettty reasonably well.

I dont really know what i expected, but the theres way more detail in my 35mm B & W
shots taken with HP5, and those negatives are less than half the size. Only difference
is i didnt develop them myself :)

I knew it was going to be crap – just wasnt expecting it to be that crap, but then thats exactly what
other perople are looking for.

jb7 – your are right – developing is easy once you have the stuff! Ist a lot simpler than i expected
you cant really do too much wrong.

BTW – I had those films scanned in a shop for €8 each. Is ther anywhere i can get his done cheaper or can you recomend a good
scanner that i could by?

I slotted in another film ysterday so ill see how that goes.