WD2D Film Development Test Time and Results

WD2D developer was mixed 500 ml H2O (water0
10 ml Stock A
10 ml Stock B
To get the stock: 500 / 50 = 10

7 mins all as per package.
A 30 second pre water bath soak was given.

Results - yikes thin thin thin.

An easy way to quickly find a different development time is to do a drastic change. Now it’s much easier to narrow which direction to go more or less time.

The next WD2D developer batch was mixed 300 ml H2O (water0
15 ml Stock A
15 ml Stock B
To get the stock: 300 / 20 = 15

Results - bang very pretty.
A 1 min pre water bath soak

T Max 400

Used a fresh batch of the 300 ml h2o developer mix.

Remember each film is developed in it’s own freshly mixed developer.

Did a full 2 min soak and 7 min development.

Looked thin and the next development was full 2 min soak and 9 min development.

I did two more Delta 100 4×5 films which were no good. Exposure was off and my left focus was off. Must of moved the back of the camera while loading the film.

Going to do some density readings and see what they give.

My strong (bright) high lites seem to be still blocking up. Maybe weaken it out a little and extend development. Will see what today brings. I have some long development times.

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Written by Jimmy MacDonald on July 13th, 2006 with no comments.
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Watched Wild Caribou Move Through Last Night

Theresie and I were out around Meladine river last evening. I took a couple more test shots for my developing today. It was close to where people get river water to drink. Mmmm so good.

Theresie Tungilik was looking at the plants and landscape getting ideas for her up coming drawings and wall hangings. Then we went up to the Elders Cabin. The Elders Cabin has windows all around it. Great place for elders and tourist to see out on the land and be protected from the wind.

Unfortunately the windows are still all boarded up so you cannot be inside looking out.

Theresie was looking across Meladine and spotted the caribou first. Not one caribou or a couple … just a long flowing heard. Which kept coming and coming with new caribou after caribou.

Small ones, brown ones and some with huge… huge antlers.

We watched this priceless show for an hour from start to finish.

The caribou moved through quickly. They had a good side wind to keep the mosquitoes and flies off of them. And if some caribou did go into the swampy big time bug areas they soon ‘went nuts’ running and shaking their heads. They would be covered with bugs within seconds.

The Caribou lose their winter coat of hair and replace it with a fall coat. It usually happens right in the middle of bug season.

Then it was all over.

The land looked different without the Caribou. It was all back to the same beauty it’s been giving off for years.

Today is warmer and sunny with little wind. It looked like last night the Caribou were heading for the coast to be cool and sort of get a rest from the bugs.

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Written by Jimmy MacDonald on July 12th, 2006 with no comments.
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4×5 Sheet Film Development Set Up

Here is the develoment set up to test Delta 100 and T Max 400 in WD2D.

Water bath soak.

This is to have the negative evenly soaked in water allowing the developer to evenly go across the film when placed in the developer.

Wear gloves.

Then stop bath. Which will be my old standard regular table vineger mixed with water.

Water bath to Fixer one then fixer two.

Fixer is Forumlary Rapid Fix with out the harder and the smell. Boric Acid and Soduim bisufate. Used at 1:3.

Then water one to water two bath to full washing.

Times after the test.

The exposures were from 1/4 of a second to 3 mins. It will be interesting.

It’s been cloudy and very windy.

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Written by Jimmy MacDonald on July 11th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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Film Testing Will Be Ilford Delta 100

And I have to come up with a developer pretty fast. As I tend to mach my developer to the way the image is exposed to create the effect on how the image is seen.

Wind vibration is always a problem as my exposures are quite long because of a high number f stop used. A weaker longer development helps bring out all of the little tones in the image with out blocking the highlights.

And even then the highlights can still be overly dense, lacking any detail. Sky to land. Snow to land. Ice to Sky. Or the greys are just grey with no ump.

I’m wondering what results will come from these two developers with Delta 100 film.

Wimberley’s WD2D
DI#13 t-Max 100 Extreme N-Developer

Both developers are over a year old. Stored in packaging and plastic bags. “Ouch”.

Try to always store your darkroom film developing chemicals in glass. Plastic bags I find breath well. This means air and chemicals will pass through the bag over the days and months deteriorating the strength (power) of the chemicals when used.

Cheers

Jimmy MacDonald

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Written by Jimmy MacDonald on July 5th, 2006 with no comments.
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