This attempt was a success. I switched back to Fomapan 200 and removed the Potassium Bromide from the recipe. For this attempt I went back to recipe 4, doubled the number of clove supplements, using 2 tablets rather than 1, and mixed the clove juice fresh, and used immediately.
The Recipe
- 2 clove tablets dissolved in 200ml water @ 40°C
- In 300ml water @ room temperature:
- 27g Sodium Carbonate
- 10g Vitamin C
Method
- Make up the mixture as per previous attempts
- Develop @ 20.4°C
- Agitation 30s to start and 10s every minute
- Develop for 12 minutes
- Wash in water @ room temp for 1 minute
- Fix in Ilford rapid fixer for 3 minutes
Results
Good results, more contrast than attempt 4 with similar grain. Blacks a little blocky but acceptable. Very happy with this. The negatives were under fixed but I’ve been using the same fixer mix for all attempts so far so it’s probably a little tired. Time to mix some fresh.
Clovenol 