On 1/18/06, Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that sounds like fun! > And the baking soda? > > Don
Sorry. The baking soda is used to control the pH. Coffee is acidic. >From what I've read, pH 9 is about right. In practice, and this is tedious, add some baking soda, develop, rinse, fix, rinse, repeat until you get it right. Of course, the coffee needs to be consistent, and my coffee is never the same. But if you're looking for precision development you should probably not be using coffee and baking soda. Alternately, you can bump up the temperature to somewhere between 80 and 90F, and develop for about 30 minutes. Give or take. I've never tried this, but the results are supposed to be more 'standard'. Once again, why use coffee? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Scott Loveless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:35 AM > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Subject: Re: Carl Zeiss and the Future of Film > > > > > > Put your film in a daylight tank. Dump in the coffee. (Room > > temperature, please.<g>) Let it STAND overnight. No agitation. > > You'll probably end up with positives that display a bit of a > > solarization effect. > > > > YMMV. > > > > On 1/18/06, Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Must know more! ;-) > > > Please enlighten us Adam. > > > > > > Don > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:07 AM > > > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > > > Subject: Re: Carl Zeiss and the Future of Film > > > <snip> > > > > > > Heck, for developer, Folgers and Baking Soda works. > > > > > > > -Adam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Scott Loveless > > http://www.twosixteen.com > > > > -- > > "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman > > > > -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman
