Jacques Revon explores in this chapter the use of an alternative developer made with table wine and the development of expired films.
300 ml to 500 ml depending on your type of tank are generally necessary to develop in a small tank, a 24X36 / 36 views format film (1.70 meters long) and 600 ml for a 120 / 6X6 film (width 6 cm length 80cm).
Dissolve the following products well in 500 ml of wine in order one after the other.
– 50 grams of sodium carbonate / dilution temperature of 20° to 22°.
– 10 grams of vitamin C
– 5 grams of iodized salt
– Filter the mixture using a paper filter, such as a coffee filter, so as not to leave fine particles, then add two drops of Photo-Flo solution or a wetting agent in this developer, in order to promote its action on the entire emulsion. Pre-wet the film for five minutes in warm water, then begin development.
Photographs of flowers film FP4 ILFORD 120 / 6X6 expired (1982), taken with a ROLLEIFLEX camera.
Development for 15 minutes at a temperature of 20°.
20230527 DAIX FLEUR DU JARDIN FORMAT 6X6 DEVELOPPEMENT DANS DU VIN DE TABLE © Jacques Revon
20230527 DAIX FLEUR DU JARDIN FORMAT 6X6 DEVELOPPEMENT DANS DU VIN DE TABLE © Jacques Revon4
20230527 DAIX FLEUR DU JARDIN PETALES PIVOINE CONTACTS NEGATIFS FORMAT 6X6 DEVELOPPEMENT DANS DU VIN DE TABLE © Jacques Revon
20230527 DAIX PETALES DE PIVOINE FANÉE FORMAT PELLICULE 6X6 DEVELOPPEMENT DANS DU VIN DE TABLE © Jacques Revon
20230527 DAIX ROSE DU JARDIN CONTACTS NEGATIFS 6X6 DEVELOPPEMENT DANS DU VIN DE TABLE © Jacques Revon
20230527 DAIX ROSE DU JARDIN FORMAT 6X6 DEVELOPPEMENT DANS DU VIN DE TABLE © Jacques Revon
Tests of a second development at: same development temperature 20°, duration 15 min. The negative appears underdeveloped and yellowed, but it is possible to scan it.
Photographs of flowers, expired TRI X KODAK 220/6X6 film, taken with a ROLLEIFLEX camera.
20230609 DAIX ESPLANADE CONTACT NEGATIF FORMAT 6X6 DEVELOPPEMENT DANS DU VIN DE TABLE © Jacques Revon
20230609 DAIX ESPLANADE FORMAT 6X6 DEVELOPPEMENT DANS DU VIN DE TABLE © Jacques Revon
20230609 DAIX FLEURS DE CAMPAGNE FORMAT 6X6 DEVELOPPEMENT DANS DU VIN DE TABLE © Jacques Revon
20230622 DAIX MARGUERITE DU JARDIN FORMAT 6X6 DEVELOPPEMENT DANS DU VIN DE TABLE © Jacques Revon
Then development test in “stand-dev” duration 60 minutes, temperature 20°, a single agitation for one minute at the start of the treatment. Shooting with ROLLEIFLEX camera. The negative is also yellowed but can be scanned.
Fixing for 3 minutes here in HYPAM Ilford 1+4 at 20° then a classic washing of the film for 10 minutes, emptying the contents of the tank every 2 minutes.
Important: to save water when washing your film, which is more and more necessary these days, I suggest the method recommended by Jost j Marchesi in the book ILFORD PROCÉDÉ NEGATIVE published in 1980 by Editions Jean Spinatsch in Geneva, on the condition that you have fixed your film with HYPAM fixer. –
– 1 Empty the tank well to wash and rinse the spiral which contains your film or film.
– 2 Fill the tank with water then slowly tip it over 5 times.
– 3 Empty the tank again, then fill it, and this time tip it 10 times.
– 4 Empty the tank again then fill it a third time and tip it over 20 times.
– 5 If you want your film to last as long as possible, then carry out tip number 4 twice more.
The film is then dipped in a wetting agent for 30 seconds or soaked in deionized water for one minute, before being hung up to air dry.
Jacques Revon
Honorary journalist, author, photographer.
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