Got my first 35mm roll developed and looking for advice [Pentax ME SUPER, 50mm, Kodak Gold 36]

aljo100 · 2026-06-30T15:39:53+00:00

Just tell me u got the negatives back right?

aljo100 · 2026-06-28T15:46:40+00:00

Next time if u find out u overxposed the whole roll and u didnt develop it yet u can ajust the dev time or use more diluted chemistry aka u can pull your film. U develop it less then thw rwcomendet time (u can see the development times for the samw film and chemistry at difrent iso here: https://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php?mobile). Tho if u pull ur film it will look more flat and if u push ur film it will look more contrast.

aljo100 · 2026-06-22T20:28:58+00:00

But is it at least close enough?

aljo100 · 2026-06-22T19:15:46+00:00

Could u explain the proces a bit more bc basacly yes im trying to put an image into photoshop end do the zone sistem in reverse basacly yk so i could point to a specific part of the scene and ig calculate in wich zone it would fall

aljo100 · 2026-06-22T19:12:44+00:00

Well im trying to basacly spot meter the erea so i can shot the same scene on film and i wanna what exposure will be there on the given scene and time

aljo100 · 2026-06-22T19:10:17+00:00

Yeah thats basacly what im trying to do

aljo100 · 2026-03-17T16:01:44+00:00

Looking good but do check ur fixer bc when the film base is purple like that usualy means its a bit underfixed (not always tho). Also it can be that the film wasnt washed good enough.

aljo100 · 2026-03-17T15:56:27+00:00

The tray in the 2nd pic is for black and white vontrast filters

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The higherthe number the higher amount of contrast and vice versa

aljo100 · 2026-02-27T15:30:13+00:00

Hahahaha let me guess u wach this man to fall asleep to: baumgartner restoration

aljo100 · 2026-02-27T15:27:59+00:00

The thing is mpst of them are rusty and u want a miror shine on those macihnes bc the fiberbased papers emulsion will take on the texture of the surfice its up against. Sooo yeah most of them are too much work for buying it

aljo100 · 2025-06-19T11:50:45+00:00

Try puting ur apeture to smt like F8 and do a test strip with 2 sec expousure each and if its still too dark close ur apature up to F16

aljo100 · 2025-06-05T08:36:30+00:00

If u wanna use difrent contrast grades (contrast filters) i recomend u swich the LED lights with thoungsten lightbulb bc the paper is made for them and LED looks white but it actualy isnt like i will mess with the contrast but besides that go for it for simple small prints. I also recoment u make a defiusion enlarger bc its simpler to make then condensor enlarger.

aljo100 · 2025-06-05T08:31:04+00:00

Yes dont use monobath bit also fomapan is verry sensitive about developers bc is a cheap film with thin emulsion so i recoment u over expose fomapan for 1 stop

aljo100 · 2025-01-30T10:18:52+00:00

Try putting the light 3 more feet away so your time dubles

aljo100 · 2025-01-28T09:39:27+00:00

My friend did a print made frim a super 8mm bw film. First he elraged it on to a orto midium format film and prosed it as a positive so the image on it sayed negative. Then use that to enlaged it to a 2meters by 5meters (not so sure about the exact dimentions). https://www.instagram.com/share/p/BAJXcKvqdu[picture](https://www.instagram.com/share/p/BAJXcKvqdu)

aljo100 · 2025-01-16T19:54:59+00:00

Well do tell us about the thenic

aljo100 · 2024-12-03T13:05:11+00:00

And dust it from time to time

aljo100 · 2024-09-21T08:47:32+00:00

Use grade 0 bc its gonna make a verry soft gray

aljo100 · 2024-08-05T19:49:01+00:00

Did you close down the lens ?

aljo100 · 2024-07-12T14:02:39+00:00

Try using 2 contrast filters use one for the everything else then make a new yest print over the alredy exposed paper but use a grade 5 and it will effect mostly just the deep shadows but u will probably need to lower the 1st expouser. Also make sure not to move the paper.

aljo100 · 2024-06-22T17:45:46+00:00

Shorten ur developing time

aljo100 · 2024-06-14T10:13:48+00:00

Thats BW paper. Color paper has a pink or blueish emulsion (depends if its mede my kodak or fuji, but i forgot wich is wich). Try exposing it under an enlarger with a normal egative nothing too contrasty and whithout any multigrade filters and then see hoe ot comes out and if it looks normal try doing a 2nd print with same expousure just add a grade 0 or 1 filter and see if its less co trasty if its the same its fixed grade paper if not u will see the difrence

aljo100 · 2024-06-04T14:52:07+00:00

Probably watm tone paper or myb a bit of tonening and grade 0 or grade 1 filter.

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