Black & Whitening

Did you know that any colour film can be made B&W?

That’s right, friends!

There may be film and developer-specific recipes based on temperature and box ISO…but quite honestly, stand-development is the way to go:

1:100 Rodinal, and let stand for one hour, at 20-24 degrees Celcius. Agitate briefly at 20 minute intervals. Stop bath and fix as normal.

This is a variety of colour films developed in Rodinal–even Eastman 250D Cinema! (Remove the Remjet first). The technique seems to deal nicely with highlights, and preserve detail in the shadows…giving a decent amount of latitude with exposure.

Time has passed…

Things have happened.

I’d like to thank my friend David Kil for the generous gift which made these (and many others!) possible.

David, I am in your debt.

To the rest of you–Bonus points if you can find the seagull.

🙂

Cheers,

Mark