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Drink your Developer. (For the Beer Drinkers in the room, who also develop film)
Mar 17, 2017 13:26:08 #
I've just learned that in addition to developing film with Folgers Instant Coffee, I can alternate to BEER.
I wonder what the beer cottage industry alternative brews will allow in film developing. I'm going to read this thoroughly:
https://www.format.com/magazine/resources/photography/how-to-develop-film-in-beer?utm_source=Format+Magazine&utm_campaign=c6d5bd2eed-formatmag_newsletter_2017_17_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_aebd9a4403-c6d5bd2eed-100235381
How many more will return to film after this. You simply cannot have this much fun with Digital. Dump Digital. Party in your Darkroom!!!
I wonder what the beer cottage industry alternative brews will allow in film developing. I'm going to read this thoroughly:
https://www.format.com/magazine/resources/photography/how-to-develop-film-in-beer?utm_source=Format+Magazine&utm_campaign=c6d5bd2eed-formatmag_newsletter_2017_17_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_aebd9a4403-c6d5bd2eed-100235381
How many more will return to film after this. You simply cannot have this much fun with Digital. Dump Digital. Party in your Darkroom!!!
Mar 18, 2017 10:57:24 #
Well, why this gentleman did not write his article when I was working with film? I agree with you, it would have been lots of fun.
I have only one objection here. I know that experimenting with developers and film is a necessity to find the best time of developing for the highlights when working with b&w film. That obviously also requires to know at what EI the film yields the best images when exposing for the shadow areas. How that is going to work with beer I do not really know.
I noticed a little bit more grain than I would like to. I also noticed that highlight control was not very good although operators errors are always possible. It could be more fun drinking the beer.
I have only one objection here. I know that experimenting with developers and film is a necessity to find the best time of developing for the highlights when working with b&w film. That obviously also requires to know at what EI the film yields the best images when exposing for the shadow areas. How that is going to work with beer I do not really know.
I noticed a little bit more grain than I would like to. I also noticed that highlight control was not very good although operators errors are always possible. It could be more fun drinking the beer.
Mar 20, 2017 01:21:08 #
Well when I was really in to film processing, that would have been in the mid '50s of which me and my bud were to young to buy beer, however I suppose I could have copped a couple of my Dad's Southern Select beers. LOL Actually we had a tough time scraping up coin for processing chemicals for milk money took to long.
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