The Darkroom

Not sure if there's a lot of appetite for another social, but I've been using Grainery for a little while. It's nice to get another part of my work out from under the Meta thumb. Has anyone else used it?

I've played with pretty much any film I come across, and in terms of cost-benefit I've settled on Fomapan films. I like the grain structure, they are some of the cheapest BW film available and have great latitude if you like to mess with stand development. I shot this photo on a Pentax ME camera using Fomapan 100. Developed at home with Ilfotec DDX and scanned with a Canon 5D Mk3 + Canon 100mm f2.8.

Alterations / Ilford HP5 @ 3200 / DD-X

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So I don't shoot slide film enough to justify having the E6 chemistry on hand, but have seen this process come up a few times where you effectively use a common black and white developer to do a first development on the film, which is subsequently taken out of the developing tank, fogged intentionally using a light source, and development continues using C41 chemistry. This is similar to the E6 process which also uses a first developer, but differs in that E6 uses a chemical fogging agent.

Has anyone tried this and had any decent results? I've got a bulk roll of Ektachrome to do some experiments but the less film wasted the better.

Brand new to film photography and I shot my first roll of HP5 on my inherited Canon AE-1 Program.

This imagine is my favorite and I’m pretty proud of it.

Critique is welcome!

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New batch of negs—mix of Ilford HP5, Fuji Superia Xtra, and Kodak ColorPlus. Had never even heard of ColorPlus until I decided to pick up a roll on a whim. It's got a really warm tone and feels a bit less sharp than the Fuji—not my favorite, but was fun to try out. Looking forward to printing!

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I developed and scanned my own film for the first time last week, Rollei 400S developed in Rodinal. Pretty happy with the end result!

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Photo shot on Ilford HP5 and (probably) developed in DD-X / 5x7 print on Ilford MGIV RC Satin. Looking to make a few more tweaks to make the contrast pop a bit more and pull some more detail out of the steam.

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With the advent of AI I am more committed than ever to showing the evidential marks of analog photography practice. 6x8 Contact Print - Dektol 1+1 - Ilford MGIV FB - Omega B66 enlarger
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