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Eastman Kodak #5205 #250D expired from 2009. Shot with Voigtlander Bessa L and Nikkor non AI 28mm lens. Developed in Fuji RA4 concentrated print developer (EC 1 P1-R), one-shot. Dilution 1:14 20ml developer in 280ml of wonderful distilled water. Developed as per ECN-2. Prebath (exception to test for 2.5 minutes at 100 degrees), developer for 3 minutes at 106 degrees F. Stop bath 1 minute. Potassium Ferricyanide bleach for 3 minutes at 100 degrees F and homemade F34a fixer for 2 minutes (400ml water, 100 grams sodium thiosulfate, 50 grams ammonium chloride, 5 grams sodium sulfite and 1.1 grams of sodium metabisulfite, topped off to 500 ml with more distilled water). Prebath for 2.5 minutes was no more useful than 1 minute. 4 rinses to remove most of the ramjet. Remjet removal in room light after stop bath. Somewhere in the rinse cycle I must have run the water too hot because I had some reticulation in the film. Also I realized that my bleach and possibly fixer were worn out. First scan was atrocious. Scattered color, grain, looked like an improperly tuned in television antenna. (Sorry youngster that was before cable). Colors blown out. I made a new batch of fixer and a new batch of copper sulfate bleach (400ml water, 50 grams copper sulfate, 50 grams ammonium chloride, fill to 500 ml with water). Rinsed for 15 minutes in water. Rebleached for 5 minutes and refixed for 5 minutes. I was a bit demoralized so I did not do any agitation with the bleach or fix. Results were better, workable. Still poor negatives, but, here we are. I had to adjust some of the hues because of a lot of color shifts/drifts. But art is always work. Uintah UT 2022
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Eastman Kodak #5205 #250D expired from 2009. Shot with Voigtlander Bessa L and Nikkor non AI 28mm lens. Developed in Fuji RA4 concentrated print developer (EC 1 P1-R), one-shot. Dilution 1:14 20ml developer in 280ml of wonderful distilled water. Developed as per ECN-2. Prebath (exception to test for 2.5 minutes at 100 degrees), developer for 3 minutes at 106 degrees F. Stop bath 1 minute. Potassium Ferricyanide bleach for 3 minutes at 100 degrees F and homemade F34a fixer for 2 minutes (400ml water, 100 grams sodium thiosulfate, 50 grams ammonium chloride, 5 grams sodium sulfite and 1.1 grams of sodium metabisulfite, topped off to 500 ml with more distilled water). Prebath for 2.5 minutes was no more useful than 1 minute. 4 rinses to remove most of the ramjet. Remjet removal in room light after stop bath. Somewhere in the rinse cycle I must have run the water too hot because I had some reticulation in the film. Also I realized that my bleach and possibly fixer were worn out. First scan was atrocious. Scattered color, grain, looked like an improperly tuned in television antenna. (Sorry youngster that was before cable). Colors blown out. I made a new batch of fixer and a new batch of copper sulfate bleach (400ml water, 50 grams copper sulfate, 50 grams ammonium chloride, fill to 500 ml with water). Rinsed for 15 minutes in water. Rebleached for 5 minutes and refixed for 5 minutes. I was a bit demoralized so I did not do any agitation with the bleach or fix. Results were better, workable. Still poor negatives, but, here we are. I had to adjust some of the hues because of a lot of color shifts/drifts. But art is always work. Uintah UT 2022