Based on Caffenol recipes, experimentation with alternative film development using clove powder as a source of polyphenols.
Latest recipe
Fomapan 200 Creative
- 2 x 500mg clove supplement tablet
- 27g Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash)
- 10g Vitamin C powder
- 500ml tap water
30s agitation then 10 seconds every minute for 12 minutes @ 20.4°C.
Result: Good development, sharp images good level of grain, nice and contrasty, possibly too much.
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- Seventh AttemptIt’s been quite a while since i took any film photos. This time I went back to Ilford HP5. IContinue reading “Seventh Attempt”
- Sixth AttemptThis attempt was a success. I switched back to Fomapan 200 and removed the Potassium Bromide from the recipe. ForContinue reading “Sixth Attempt”
- Fifth Attempt – Disaster strikes!I made the mistake of changing too many variables for this attempt and the result was a totally undeveloped negative.Continue reading “Fifth Attempt – Disaster strikes!”
- Info on equipment.All tests so far have been taken using an Olympus OM2n SLR with a Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 lens. Most imagesContinue reading “Info on equipment.”
- Fourth attemptThis attempt was focussed on trying to reduce the grain in the images, and was developed using the same recipeContinue reading “Fourth attempt”
- Third attemptThe second try at this was really grainy, and the negatives were very dense, which would indicate that I’d reallyContinue reading “Third attempt”
- Second AttemptThe first attempt was very underdeveloped so back to the drawing board. I realised that the caffenol recipe I’d basedContinue reading “Second Attempt”
- First AttemptI’ve been looking for alternatives to off the shelf developer solutions for film. I started my home development journey usingContinue reading “First Attempt”
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