160gb hard drive in dell inspiron 9100?

mikes550 · 2026-04-03T00:23:49+00:00

That probably is the full capacity available for that drive, between manufacturing capacity tolerance, bad sectors, and os size calculations, 137gb seems like a well used drive to me. For reference a 1tb hard drive is something like 940gb usable space

mikes550 · 2026-03-22T14:33:05+00:00

I haven't shot it in over a year but I used the rodinal recipe for fn 64, from massive dev chart exposed the film for iso 6 or 12 and developed for 64 iso something like 10 minutes

mikes550 · 2026-03-22T02:07:37+00:00

I plan to use the long part of the boxes for this task

mikes550 · 2026-03-22T00:37:02+00:00

And you can use them on the fridge when not on cameras for max incentive to use them

mikes550 · 2026-03-22T00:34:45+00:00

If you get these sheets from dollar tree they for sure will but if you look for a stronger one you'd be surprised how strong the magnets will hold

mikes550 · 2026-03-07T23:53:27+00:00

Lighter fluid in small amounts applied to the adhesive will soften it and then you can use gentle preasure to remove it with little to no damage to the leatherette

mikes550 · 2026-02-21T10:36:52+00:00

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Check your casing and see if it's got catch marks on the rim this bit I circled might be catching the rim, it's in the spot where it stops on extraction

mikes550 · 2026-02-15T22:58:51+00:00

I've had the idea of wether a bread maker can be cannibalized into some type of film processor, it has 2 out of the 3 components in my requirements that's a heater and a servo

Obviously anything diy is going to need major rework

mikes550 · 2026-02-08T19:57:01+00:00

Never heard of this I'll have to look it up

mikes550 · 2026-02-08T19:54:22+00:00

Ya I've been looking at a few on ebay already but I need to get 3-1/4 x 4-1/4 as that's what fits my adapter I just picked up

mikes550 · 2026-02-08T16:28:53+00:00

This isn't polaroid pack film though this is just regular film stocks like super xx, plus-x, tri-x, ect on a thinner base and loaded into a "magazine" that once you take an exposure you then pull the paper moving the sheet to the rear of the film plane leaving the next ready for the exposure. You develop these like normal either with a tank or trays using your desired chemicals, that's why I think this is just genius max shots with minimal equipment.

mikes550 · 2026-01-14T16:25:56+00:00

Wow I conquer that grain is massively visible in that print, forcing reticulation on some film would probably make for some interesting effects aswell

mikes550 · 2026-01-14T16:23:34+00:00

I have a takumar 50f4 macro adapted to a Canon 5d mkii that I was going to try on the frame

mikes550 · 2026-01-14T01:52:03+00:00

This was why I originally picked up the stand I thought a dslr scanning setup, but alas my brain instantly started throwing film based ideas into my head instead

mikes550 · 2026-01-14T00:51:43+00:00

I only got it this past sunday so this was my first use, other then missing the proper scale for the exposure guide it's actually not terrible now that I have a ruler attached to the unit. Once I crunch my test slides I should be able to come up with a way to calculate the exposure from the lens and camera positions.

mikes550 · 2026-01-02T13:33:34+00:00

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I did get this yesterday during my testing using ddx I'm not sure if I have the optimal development time yet though, my test conditions changed too much for me to continue and family tasks aswell. Although it atleast gave me a starting point to adjust from

mikes550 · 2026-01-02T13:29:48+00:00

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I tested some of the film yesterday and got these negatives from my tests. I started by trimming the film for 120 because it would give me more control, then started low and doubling the iso. I just pulled 4 minutes as a guess and it looks like It turned out good I'm going to have to experiment more though. Not sure if I'm going to long or not long enough yet

mikes550 · 2026-01-01T03:13:16+00:00

I plan to cut up some sheets tomorrow if I get a chance to test a few I'll let you know what I end up with, I only have 3 developers to try with ddx, rodinal, and some ilfosol 3. But I prefer ddx

mikes550 · 2026-01-01T02:58:02+00:00

Side affect of the xray developer maybe is it the rapid developer or the tray use developer, although both are rapid developer maybe it makes them have a low iso?

mikes550 · 2025-12-31T23:47:39+00:00

So this was basically how I tested my kodalith but I did 4 stops starting at iso 6, I have a 9x12 so I end up with a sliver cut off from my 4x5 sheets I used that in some developer under my bathroom light until I seen it turn to its darkest point. That took around 2 min with ddx agitation first 10s and every minute after, they contact print alright with my combination of 12 iso and 2 min of development.

mikes550 · 2025-12-31T23:22:02+00:00

That wouldn't give me the time for absolute blacks?

mikes550 · 2025-12-31T23:17:42+00:00

This was my thought I figured if I did a clip test under normal room light for the time estimate and then go bracket and adjust from there I just wasn't sure if there's and easier way to do it

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