Sunday, July 15th, 2012
Self-Portrait {Rollei TLR with Kodak Ektar 100, pushed to 400 and developed in D-76} Last weekend, I set up a tripod in my bedroom to practice portraiture with the evening window light.  I thought my Rolleiflex was loaded with Kodak Tmax 400 and I shot accordingly, intending to develop the film myself.  When finished, I was surprised to pull out a roll of Kodak Ektar 100.  I did not want to pay lab fees to develop the roll, so after some googling, I decided to soup the film in D-76 anyway - exactly as if it were Tmax 400 - and see what came out.  The results very pleasantly surprised me - tonally beautiful, free of grain, perfectly exposed, and easily scanned.  I may use Ektar this way intentionally in the future!  The only question is: would I be able to make darkroom prints with these negatives?

Self-Portrait

{Rollei TLR with Kodak Ektar 100, pushed to 400 and developed in D-76}

Last weekend, I set up a tripod in my bedroom to practice portraiture with the evening window light.  I thought my Rolleiflex was loaded with Kodak Tmax 400 and I shot accordingly, intending to develop the film myself.  When finished, I was surprised to pull out a roll of Kodak Ektar 100.  I did not want to pay lab fees to develop the roll, so after some googling, I decided to soup the film in D-76 anyway - exactly as if it were Tmax 400 - and see what came out.  The results very pleasantly surprised me - tonally beautiful, free of grain, perfectly exposed, and easily scanned.  I may use Ektar this way intentionally in the future!  The only question is: would I be able to make darkroom prints with these negatives?

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  1. d1v1d said: I you hadn’t described the Ektar incident, I would have thought it was TMAX - lovely tonality - do tell if you can print!
  2. adventuresinfilm said: Amazing! Do the negs have an orange mask? That would be the killer for darkroom printing.
  3. deshaunicus said: What an awesome mistake!
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