you are the mad scientistic of photography that I have been searching for. Thank you for making these videos! subscribing to your patreon.
@arkadiykondrashov66645 жыл бұрын
I've been using Rodinal for a long time and it was my favorite developer due to the reasons you've mentioned in the video. And additionally, it's very thrifty since the most usable concentrations, in my opinion, start from 1:25 which is quite important for hobby photographers who don't make living with photography. Great video as usual!
@romanhartmann33376 жыл бұрын
A day that starts with a new Borut video is automatically good!
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
What if I do daily videos? I am seriously thinking to make 5-10 min video on a photo-book review on daily basis. I just don't know if I should start a new channel for this. Topsheet Photography. What do you think?
@romanhartmann33375 жыл бұрын
@@BorutPeterlinPhotography Photobook reviews would be very interesting! There seems to be not a lot of content about this on KZbin (although this applies to most of your videos). At least as far as I can see most Photography videos are reviews of digital cameras, not that this is neccessarily a bad thing, but art-related content is much more scarce. As you have already reviewed photobooks I don't think a new channel is absolutely necessary for this.
@romanhartmann33375 жыл бұрын
@@BorutPeterlinPhotography But do you really have enough photobooks to do this daily 😉
@HighlanderE305 жыл бұрын
@@romanhartmann3337 the real question is, if we have enough time to watch it all.
@Ethaningramphoto6 жыл бұрын
You're doing amazing work with these videos. Keep it up!!
@nickpetropolis57496 жыл бұрын
I was excited to see you posted this, and quickly left an excited comment, but after watching it, in all seriousness Borut, your video production quality is excellent, and as an artist I'm sure that's no accident, you pride yourself on your aesthetic, but don't let it become too much, if it's becoming a source of extra stress for you. I really appreciate your videos, and I think I speak for everybody when I say that I'd watch these with just as much interest, if all you did was cut together videos with 2011 youtube production value, before the casey neistatification of the format, but again, thanks for all the effort you put into these
@BorutPeterlinPhotography5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! My basic aethetic values are my basic values no matter what I do.
@deflatedrubberduck5 жыл бұрын
I have learned more in these three videos on 'test of film developers' than since I come back to film just over five years and only wish someone had shown me all this when I was student at Art collage thirty years ago. Thank you Borut.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography5 жыл бұрын
Ha! I've studied at FAMU Academy in Prague in the golden age of film 94-98 and I wish someone would thought me that too! Ha, ha, ha... Luckily Kodak engineers have wrote many books so we can go back to school and learn again :-)
@iangordicans87634 жыл бұрын
How come you only have 14.7k subscribers? You are the best photographic channel on youtube, you deserve 1.47m subscribers ... please keep doing what you are doing
@BorutPeterlinPhotography4 жыл бұрын
My parents are rich and famous, so I don't have to be. 😜
@shreddz6 жыл бұрын
Super grateful for this megaseries, thanks for sharing the hard work!
@Gotholia4 жыл бұрын
You took me back to 1996, when I had so much printing to do in one night for a university project, my developer was getting exhausted, blacks fading ect., and added just 100ml fresh developer because I didn't have enough for one litter,, waiting a bit longer till the right blacks came . The next morning I saw some of my most impresive prints with warm tonality and deep robust blacks. Cheap trick indeed, I kept doing it (expept when I was in a hurry or I had more high contrast needs. Thank you for bringing back those memories, I really miss the darkroom as nothing in the world.
@Johnkostercreative6 жыл бұрын
Always love your videos! I want to come visit you and learn large format!
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
Check the link: www.topshitphotography.com/
@terrywbreedlove6 жыл бұрын
Every time I see a new video from anyone besides you in your country I always leave a one word comment...... TOPSHIT..... so far nobody knows what the hell I am saying.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
Terry, this is my true intention behind it. To spread the topshit across the world. Forget the photography part, that's just a camouflage, my real purpose of life is to get topshit into people's life. But nevertheless let us not forget... Topshit happens!
@d3DMediaPaintStudio6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video, loved it!! That was some good shit!! Now I want to experiment some more with some developers!!
@alasdairdougall78686 жыл бұрын
Some very interesting results. I have been using Fomadon Lqn recently, and love the tones and good sharpness. As to sharpness as a priority, I would prefer a degree of softness over too much contrast. Thanks for taking the time to explain how you found the different developers.
@fodiographer6 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this Borut .. this is so informative :)
@BillPutnamPhoto4 жыл бұрын
I'm liking I found your channel as I'm getting back into developing. I ordered some Rollei Rodinal, HC110, TF-4 and Ilford Stop and Fix today. Everything should be here around May 9 (stupid COVID delaying my fun!). Already have a few rolls shot to try stand development shot the last two weeks (four with my 6x8 pinhole and two with my Holga!). I will shoot a few rolls with my Leica II and put them through HC110. I ran across one guy's channel here today and he said something interesting. He has one developer for low speed, another for mid speed and another for high speed. Interesting idea. So thanks for the motivation, Borut!
@karenwink29196 жыл бұрын
Thanks for documenting your hard work! Great info!
@yufandeng12596 жыл бұрын
Great you are back! Like your style alot!!!!!
@CarlWicker Жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to make this. :D
@Noealz6 жыл бұрын
the name topshit is what grabbed my attention - nice channel
@BorutPeterlinPhotography5 жыл бұрын
As Forrest Gump would say: "It happens..."
@MrZosh5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for all these usefull information!
@BorutPeterlinPhotography5 жыл бұрын
I hope it will stay on KZbin for a long time and serve the community of analogue photographers
@glazou1er6 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I comment. I really like your video in general! Some of your video inspired me. I shoot only film for my photography and like I said you inspire me. Thanks and have a nice day!!!
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, good to hear. I am doing this because I believe it will serve as a good source of information for a decade or so and today old masters aren't present online while many people who just started with film are making tons of content that is basically their own first impressions, not really in depth. I want to have both, I want to share what I know really well amd I want to learn something too. Topshit happens.
@d3DMediaPaintStudio5 жыл бұрын
@@BorutPeterlinPhotography Keep sharing, as I am tired of watching the same safe basic developing techniques on KZbin. Don't get me wrong as they were good starting points for me when I switched from being a professional digital photographer to a fine art film photographer. You make film photography n developing so fun n cool. I believe your videos are inspiring new photographers n you are teaching us how experiment safley with darkroom chemicals. Now I want take my darkroom out of my bathroom closet n move it to one of my rooms in my house n make it into a cool fun darkroom. It's my project this summer! :-) keep sharing!!!
@michamakowski95586 жыл бұрын
And one more thing: I literally love your YT channel :D
@ale_s453 жыл бұрын
That FX-1 is just amazing. It's such an unknown developer, at least in the mainstream of film youtubers
@donyee89706 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all your hard work! I wonder if you could boost shadow detail with Pyrocat by bumping up the exposure?
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
Yes, Nikolai Gabriel in the comment bellow is sharing his experience. In the Darkroom Cookbook is mentioning how developers are effecting film speed. Obviously I should expose FP4 not at 125 ISO, but at 80 ISO.
@astore37576 жыл бұрын
Great video. You've worked a lot to make it. Thank you for sharing the results.
@bellasvistas34636 жыл бұрын
This is really great! Timely for me. Getting my darkroom all ready.
@mefourb6 жыл бұрын
This a really exceellent -and useful-- demonstration, examples and explanations.. Thanks so much. By the way, about your use of exhausted developer combined with fresh- that's a technique that old-timers used to do (although in smaller quantity than youre doing). It's called "seasoning" a developer.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
Ha! I didn't know that somebody is doing that too. It's based solely to my observartion and my behaviour habit of general disbelief in instruction manuals. It's simple to try this technique.
@pioni25 жыл бұрын
Rodinal is my favourite developer. However, I've never used it to push film. If I had to, would it be better to use it as 1:25 or 1:50? Or in stand development the ratio of which I don't recall without resorting to web search? For me, the best parts about Rodinal are mixing fresh developer every time and seemingly eternal shelf life.
@MarsKvaratskhelia5 жыл бұрын
When I push to 1600 hp5 1:100 90 or 120min stand dev
@barbaaovento6 жыл бұрын
I use Pyroca HD with hp5+ and fp4+. I found that streaking comes from over agitating.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
Or perhaps not enough agitation, because that might be in my case. I went for stand development process, but then I realized that my concentration was too high, so I finished the development at 20 min. Foma 100 was perfect, also FP4 is having a great density, but with streaks.
@barbaaovento6 жыл бұрын
@@BorutPeterlinPhotography makes sense. This is my formula, see if its a good fit for you. Dilution 1+1+100, Temp 22c, 18 minutes, agitate for the first 30s, 2 invertions every 4 minutes. Its been working great for me.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
@@barbaaovento Will try that! Thank you!
@cdsnapper2 жыл бұрын
Top shit Topshit man! I’ve been doing my own for 20 years or more now in a very amateur but careful way, and I’ve used a few developer and film combinations, and always come to the same conclusion. Used properly, they can all provide you with a great picture. Yes, they are different, but not THAT different. Great inspirational channel, thanks for all your effort, it is very watchable and thoughtfully produced.
@GreyGhost-r4z4 жыл бұрын
I have always enjoyed your printing videos. I want to spend more time printing.
@isaacc76 жыл бұрын
Glad to see some old fashioned developer comparisons. Did you do any variation in exposure for the tests? If you’re going to be using a tripod anyway, a slight drop in film speed isn’t a big deal. I loved shooting FP4 in my Yashicamat around ISO 80 for shadow definition in Pyrocat HD. Loved the fine grain, extended highlight detail, and general tonality. I did a lot of shooting in the snow so maybe highlight separation was a bigger deal to me. Always wondered if it would pair well with platinum printing.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
Good point. I haven't read the information that pyrocat takes 1/2 f-stop of film speed. It makes a perfect sense. THank you.
@SAHBfan4 жыл бұрын
I have done many such tests. Rodinal always comes out as OK, but never the best. But I always go back to it - because it is the only developer that keeps forever and is always ready to go! I am an ‘intermittent photographer’ - after I take a break, everything else ends up being thrown away :(
@corentinlegoff52045 жыл бұрын
Thank you again for your topshit videos!! I've tested recently d76 and rodinal with some fomapan 400 exposed at..400.. (a mistake ^^) with a longer development the results were so much better with rodinal than with D76, it was sharper of course but the tonality were also better. Perhaps because I used D76 in stock solution. Anyway keep on this great work ;)
@vinyljunkie075 жыл бұрын
I love your videos! I started developing and printing my own film at the end of last year and hooked now. I use ID11 1+1 mainly with Kodak 5222 Double X or Tri-X. Will have to try it 1+3 next time as the results in your other videos looked great
@Riverrockphotos5 жыл бұрын
Me to always 1:1 next roll 1:3.
@RandyMoe5 жыл бұрын
I use Rodinol. I like simple. Works on X-Ray film and real film. I will take your advice about pushing. Good video!
@nikolaigabriel57936 жыл бұрын
Great video series, very entertaining as always. I have some insight regarding pyrocat HD I can share with you. First off I have never gotten full box speed out of it, tri-x I expose at 320, fp4 at 100 otherwise I get similar results as you do in the shadows. I have not tried stand(cos I don't like the extreme effects), but I have developed 120 film using Steve Shermans technique for 2 years now and it is without a doubt the best negativs I've ever had(compared to my results using d-76, xtol, rodinal, pmk, hc-110). Crazy good shadow separation and highlights on point. But it is very sensitive to agitation technique, especially at higher dilutions and with roll film, and it took quite a while before I got rid of all streaks and unevenness. If it interests you I'll elaborate. That said it's a pain in the because you can only develop one roll at the time and one roll takes up to 40 minutes till its in the wash. I've gotten a bit tired of the process if I'm honest so I'm back at using it pretty normally, developing more rolls at the same time, although the result is not as good. A compromise. I might go back to hc110 for a few rolls just to see how I like it compared to my compromise.
@nikolaigabriel57936 жыл бұрын
I might also add(in no defense of pyrocat, whatever floats your boat etc) that if I assume you have exposed each roll the same. The only thing you can really take out off evaluating the shadows is which developer gives you the highest speed(iso) from a given film. Since it doesn't seem like you worked out what speed you are getting out of each of the developers with your development technique and with each given film, which would need to be done to be able to evaluate the different shadow qualities of the developers. Easily done with a stepped gray scale, but time consuming and boring. I would like to add that this does not take away from my enjoyment of your videos. Top shit!
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
@@nikolaigabriel5793 Yes, I exposed the roll and then I cut it in four pieces. Good point. Yes, obviously Pyrocat is at least 1/3 of f-stop slower developer. Thank you for your comment. It is very true.
@JamesPearson6 жыл бұрын
Really great series Borut, many thanks for your efforts! I use Rodinal for 5x4 sheet film (ISO 100) and Kodak's HC-110 for all roll film. I've always been really happy with HC-110 but I admit I haven't experimented with other developers. I love the shelf life, being able to use a very small amount to create a one shot batch and the wide variety of solutions possible with it. What do you think of HC-110?
@jmmichael1886 жыл бұрын
I also used hc-110 when i shot film. Sometimes 3 or 4 months would go by before developing another roll and the concentrated hc-110 would work just like new. I switched to rodinal and some point but didn't really notice much difference in negative tonality. I used to shoot fujipan 1600.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
I didn't made a serious research with HC-110, although I have used the developer long time ago. I can't give you any credible first hand advice. Perhaps you can share it with me, I would appreciate it.
@JamesPearson6 жыл бұрын
@@BorutPeterlinPhotography When I first started developing film in 2012 I had to choose my first developer to try. I read that Ansel Adams liked HC-110 (not a bad endorsement) and then I read about all the advantages of the concentrated, syrupy stuff that made it an obvious choice and I haven't looked back. I believe it provides a really good balance between sharpness and tonal range. There are so many dilutions all with their own advantages. I usually use dilution B (1+31), which means I only use a low volume of developer (one shot) per roll. My first bottle lasted a really long time! There is a brilliant resource that goes into more details, including stand development: www.covingtoninnovations.com/hc110/ Maybe you could test it against FX-1 to see how it compares!?
@albertogarcia13862 жыл бұрын
I love this video. I may have seen it tree or four times. I going to try id-11 1+2. Hc-110 have been my go to developer and I think I never got a bad negative from it. No matters what film I used.
@BabarKhan-oh6zq3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful channel, thank you!
@aluzexp5 жыл бұрын
could you make a video to compare fresh developer versus exhausted developer "on steriods"?
@Arturo.H.M5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this test, Borut. Probably Rodinal is easier developer to use. I always use it to introduce new photographers to film develop. But off course, it doesn’t mean it is the best . FX-1 looks good, we will must to try. There are some other recipes in the book I want to try, but I never decided to buy the chemicals.
@andrewford805 жыл бұрын
Really interesting video. Thanks for going to so much effort in making it. Really hard to find fx1 where I am at least, so I stick with Adonal/Rodinal. Sometimes Ilford DDX but it's pricey.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography5 жыл бұрын
FX-1 is not on sale, you need to mix it by yourself. Check the previous vlog. Thank you, I hope the vlog will serve its duty for generations of young photographers.
@danielmacdougall26974 жыл бұрын
Gordon Hutchings PMK with hypo fix so you don't strip off the stain. What fixer did you use for the pyrocat hd ? If you use a rapid fix it'll reduce the stain which is part of the beauty of pyro developers. Cool channel cheers from Australia :)
@stefanol92724 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Italy love this channel 😎😎😎
@dennyoconnor8680 Жыл бұрын
Xtol for box speed. HC110 for 1 stop push, i.e. 100 box speed at 200, or 200 box at 400. Diafine for 2 stop puch, i.e. doing 400 box speed at 1600 - or accidental 3 stop push - to recover some black detail without completely blowing out the high lights..
@nikolarudic53494 жыл бұрын
Great work 👏👏
@miroslavnovotny5025Ай бұрын
The enlarger is a beast
@goritedi34105 жыл бұрын
Hi Borut, at 18:34 you are talking about "a streaks" or a stains on a expired Ilford FP4, it comes not from a developer ,this is caused by a black backing paper,commonly known problem on this 120 film.Cheers
@BorutPeterlinPhotography5 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that, thank you very much. #learning #everyday #everyway
@theoldfilmbloke4 жыл бұрын
when you first showed your negatives the RODINAL strip looked very 'Thin' compared with the others - maybe you lost some film speed with it -- that is why on enlargement comparisons you say the D76 had more detail in the blacks.
@lostinspacestudio5 жыл бұрын
very amusing! and informative! inspiring!
@khesyamaraon4785 жыл бұрын
You inspire me soooo much!
@kevcaster5 жыл бұрын
Hi great vlogs, information and techniques - oh good pictures too. I'm in Ljubljana for the weekend, where should I go to see some photography - exhibitions, galleries and so forth. Your devoted follower.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Google galerija fotografija and photon.si also in Kresija is an excellent exhibition at the moment. I've just came from the woodland of Kočevski rog.
@kevcaster5 жыл бұрын
Great! Thanks for getting back to me and so quickly. I’m going to try your recommendations. Hey this international cooperation really works, us Brits ought to try it.
@richardichard42375 жыл бұрын
@@kevcaster Hey moron, us Brits invented international cooperation....and now the UK has been destroyed....Fact.
@kdj.imagery43177 ай бұрын
I know this video is a bit dated but I wanted to know what your thoughts are on monobath type developers? I want too get into pinhole photography and was wondering if one could develop direct positive paper and also paper negatives with Cinestill DF96 like how you would develop a print from a negative? I'm sort of a newbie when it comes too developing any kind of film.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography7 ай бұрын
I'm sorry I haven't done that,but other people did and it did worked.
@kdj.imagery43177 ай бұрын
Thanks for the reply. I think I'm going too just do it like everything else...trial/error of which I can't really afford too do. :( Tried researching it here on KZbin but can't get anywhere, apparently there aren't very many topics associated with it. Thanks anyway!
@nickfanzo2 жыл бұрын
Have you tried the newer 510 pyro and semi stand development?
@kieferngruen6 жыл бұрын
Thanks again for a really informative video! I will definitely become a little more adventurous with my developers! And great to hear you are a fellow vegetarian ;)
@phigrecon6 жыл бұрын
I thought that pyro developers had a very broad soulder, meaning that the density curve is rather flat in the highlights and didn't give much separation. Could you clarify why you say that it is good in the highlights to separate "white subject from white background"? Thank you and great video once again, I really enjoyed this series!
@HighlanderE305 жыл бұрын
Top shit Borut. Hvala za take videe. Upam da bodo take stvari večno vklesane na internetu. Adrijan
@dwerg856 жыл бұрын
Whats up with the low video res?
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
It's uploaded as full HD. Check your settings, it should play in proper resolution. Or perhaps when you look at it, KZbin hasn't finished processing.
@rivendellfarmandforgehomes30406 жыл бұрын
Thank you Borut for your effort to compare these 4 developers . . . very useful to me. I recently got into to Analog Photography after I retired a few years ago. I have used mostly D-76 1+1. I will be trying 1+3 next time I process my film. I use mostly Ilford Pan F 50 and Tri X 400. I use Hasselblad 500CM and shoot 6 x 6 and 6 x 4.5. D-76 is indeed reliable and versatile. I recently acquired a considerable amount of old Kodak Microdol X recently . . . I think around 20 or so cans which mix up to one gallon of stock solution. What is your opinion of Microdol X?? Once again, thank you for your effort.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography5 жыл бұрын
I never used Microdol. But feel free to bring that to the party. Since I don't drink alcohol, some Microdol X would be very much welcome.
@zapallalla5 жыл бұрын
Just found your channel, oh man so much to go through! Could you do one comparison with XTOL and Foma LQN?
@Johneleos6666 жыл бұрын
Why the rodinal is not for pushing i get very nice results of super strong grain and punchy negatives when i push hp5 or trix at 1600 with rodinal at 1:50
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
If I'm honest, this information is from The Darkroom Cookbook. I am not a specialist in Rodinal, but my assumption would be that the absence of Sodium sulfite in Rodinal, would cause very limited tonality scale in comparison with other push-process-developers plus yes, the grain would appear much larger. But back to my theory that photography is much more similar to cooking then to science. If you like an effect, then this is the way to go. Thank you for sharing your experience.
@endingmirage6 жыл бұрын
Well, looks like it works but not for every film. I tried Neopan 400@800 in Rodinal − it was a huge mistake. Negatives are barely usable. Depends on what are you lookning for, I guess.
@Johneleos6666 жыл бұрын
@@BorutPeterlinPhotography yes i know sometimes its not the best for tonality purposes , i mean we do different photography , i want the extreme contrast and the huge huge grain . I love your theory thought
@Johneleos6666 жыл бұрын
@@endingmirage i haven't shot neopan because it was discontinued before i started analog photography
@MarsKvaratskhelia6 жыл бұрын
endingmirage same with acros100 ha and acros100 also from neopan once I had a good result 1:25 next time it was horrible not what cause it 🤷♂️
@mvooo5 жыл бұрын
Great video! Where does HC-110 fall inbetween all of these?
@BorutPeterlinPhotography5 жыл бұрын
SIncerely, I wouldn't know, but if somebody is reading this and knows, leave a comment.
@mvooo5 жыл бұрын
@@BorutPeterlinPhotography I would love to donate a bottle of HC-110 for you to play with!
@williamcurwen74283 жыл бұрын
Very interesting approach to print development with exhausted developer topped up with fresh. Could expand this approach with twin bath development. Process for the blacks in the first tray with fresh developer, then for the highlights in the second tray with exhausted developer.
@Foche_T._Schitt6 жыл бұрын
"Lower toxicity" might be the words you were looking for.
@ftera45 жыл бұрын
Really great videos. Thank you for doing them. Do you ever use xtol? If so do you like it, what about it do you like? If not, why not?
@genegoranov58655 жыл бұрын
About the relativity. When I examined your Pyrocat vs Rodinal prints on a huge screen sitting close to it, I liked Pyro. The impression drastically changed when I removed myself a couple of meters :(
@BorutPeterlinPhotography5 жыл бұрын
I hear you. The only real test is to see it in person, but to be honest, the difference is there, but it is not huge.
@velvia78806 жыл бұрын
How did you agitate Pyrocat-HD? First full minute then 3-5 inversions every 3 minutes? I read somewhere that this was preferable so that shadows would develop better.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
first 30 seconds and then 10 second of agitation per minute of development. All films were developed in the same way.
@MarsKvaratskhelia5 жыл бұрын
I use D76 and Rodinal for stand dev and push, for everyday use box speed mostly d76 👍🤘🏻
@GaitaPonto5 жыл бұрын
Can you mix this stuff?
@BeePee15036 жыл бұрын
Hi, I enjoyed this epic trilogy on film developers and hats off to you for all the work you did. I don’t have a darkroom yet as there are some very strict environmental laws where I live and I don’t want to get in trouble with the US justice system. You said that Rodinal was safe in this regard but can you comment on the relative toxicity of all the developers? This would be of great importance to me if/when I have my own darkroom. Right now I am using XTol and HC-110 for film development. Also, do you have any experience with mono bath developers? If so, what do you think about them?
@moabitrockt6 жыл бұрын
Let me just give you some advice as a fellow novice to darkroom: Paperdeveloper and the fixer are your main concern for toxicity. You will typically reuse these, as you may not make 200 prints per session. Get good glass bottles in pharmacy quality with wide openings (convenience) and try to get rid of air(conservation), there are multiple ways of doing that(there is also special gas you can use). If you cannot use it anymore put it in large canisters (mark them as toxic) and once a year dispose of it professionally (you can call your water provider, they will point you the way). The main problems are hydrochinon in the paper developer which is carcinogen, and there are quite a few developers without it which i would prefer if you have no ventilation, and silver in the fixer , which poses problems with the biological recycling of water.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
No I haven't used the monobath developers, but it sounds surreal. Pyro is the most dangerous since pyro acid is cancerogenic, that said I used it a lot in collodion photography process in not the most appropriate ways and I can live to tell. The FX-1 and D-76 are containing metol that can cause dermatological skin rush plus. I've developed literally thousands of films with D-76 without gloves and I an still alive. That said, I am wearing gloves now, because why not. You may use caffenol as a very safe alternative to all the chemistry.
@louisskokidis31035 жыл бұрын
I haven't used them myself but maybe look into EcoPro darkroom chemicals. They make a film developer, paper developer, stop bath, fixer and hypo wash. They claim to be more environmentally safe than traditional darkroom chemicals.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography5 жыл бұрын
@@louisskokidis3103 That sounds like a good topic for next vlog. Ecological developers. thx
@earthvoicesm3 жыл бұрын
Hi! great darkroom! by the way, what brand of frames you have in the background at 15min? will appreciate your info. thanks
@BorutPeterlinPhotography3 жыл бұрын
I don't know what frames are you talking about.
@earthvoicesm3 жыл бұрын
@@BorutPeterlinPhotography Hi, on your video timeline from around 14.50 to 18.20 - the background on the right and back walls you have framed photographs, seems like metal frames, I'm looking for something similar but without any luck. Could you post a link to the brand or source for these frames! Thanks.
@michalt.24505 жыл бұрын
I tried Pyrocat HD with Fomapan 100, Fuji Acros, HP5@400 and @800, Ilford Delta 400... from my point of view Pyrocat HD is best with Fomapan 100 (1:1:95)
@tallaganda835 жыл бұрын
I just use Xtol, no idea if its the best but its what my local darkroom has.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography5 жыл бұрын
Stick to it. It's a good developer. Better to use one and know it well, then to use many and without the consistency.
@aantonic4 жыл бұрын
kaj pravis na Ilford delta 3200 v Rodinalu, 1+50?
@BorutPeterlinPhotography4 жыл бұрын
Razvijanje je kot kuhanje, vsak ima svoj okus in zahteve. Nisem poznavalec niti tega filma, niti razvijalca. Jaz bi na primer, raje na id-11, stock ali 1+1 najprej pomislil, a, če ti je všeč kako razvijes, je to, to. PS: Rodinal, še posebej razredčen, ni najboljši za iso 400 in višje. Potrebuje močnejši razvijalec.
@guillermoperezsantos6 жыл бұрын
Rodinal is not toxic, it´s corrosive because of the hydroxide
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, it slipped out of my memory.
@guillermoperezsantos6 жыл бұрын
@@BorutPeterlinPhotography Try to sleep from time to time 😉
@takocea54434 жыл бұрын
I love this video
@i.a.m24134 жыл бұрын
"How much? Nobody knows"
@nickpetropolis57496 жыл бұрын
helllll yea
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
aey llllleh
@Raychristofer4 жыл бұрын
Hello how are you? Love your channel I wonder if you can help me. I'm just about to start testing ilford multigrade paper Pearl in my rolling Cord camera. Just wondering if you could help me with some developing figures using rodinal, I want to use room temperature water of 26° could you give me a recommended starting developing time for something like this? I know it's not that simple. by the way I know a lot about film developing I actually did a tutorial on my channel a few months ago. Any help is appreciated.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography4 жыл бұрын
Google my name and "paper negative" that should answer all of your questions.
@Raychristofer4 жыл бұрын
@@BorutPeterlinPhotography thanks bro I will
@MarsKvaratskhelia6 жыл бұрын
When I grow up I wanna be like you 😎
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to grow up, it will be so much fun!
@zarrir5 жыл бұрын
Can´t see ANY yellow stain in your Pyrocat negatives. Something is wrong there
@BorutPeterlinPhotography5 жыл бұрын
It is stained yellow in comparison with other negatives
@zarrir5 жыл бұрын
@@BorutPeterlinPhotography My Pyrocat negatives are MUCH yellower than this and results are fantastic. You may want to check your formula, i think
@danielmacdougall26974 жыл бұрын
Maybe check the fixer, ilford rapid fix strips away the stain, just a guess :)
@brianmikiten83813 жыл бұрын
Direct film scans for comparison would be a much better way to judge the effectiveness of the developers. There are too many secondary variables here.
@BorutPeterlinPhotography3 жыл бұрын
My real experience is just the opposite and I've done it both ways. Film is meant to be printed.
@dimitrijvolcov2 жыл бұрын
If you desired output at the end of the process is a wet print from the darkroom the way it's done here is certainly the right one and the video is much more informative than any other I found on KZbin. (From my perspective at least, I only use scans as a replacement for contact prints and to share with friends)
@lowe_h_seger10 ай бұрын
I agree, especially as an enlarger with a condenser gives a different result than one with defusion (which I use most of the time). Same with the exhausted developer on steroids (I love it) with 3-4min developing time. Seeing the scans from negatives would make it easier to judge some of these variables. Nevertheless, it is always wonderful to see prints and someone else process and tests. Love the videos and would love a follow-up on your experience with FX-1. Maybe you have done this already?
@Fredaspremont6 жыл бұрын
I think the guy is completely drunk, it's funny
@BorutPeterlinPhotography6 жыл бұрын
Ha, ha... good one!
@genegoranov58655 жыл бұрын
I hate to contradict you, Borut, but here goes: You don't recommend Rodinal with faster film but look at the results of Steven O'Nions with those kzbin.info/www/bejne/oITXYmqPppaHgq8. Love your work though :)
@Chris-wj4ze4 жыл бұрын
You don't drink coffee or alcohol? What the hell is the matter with you?