Film Development

Paper Negatives | James Jasek

Paper Negatives | James Jasek

I have been intrigued by the paper negative ever since I was first introduced to the concept in 1961. Over the years, I have experimented with the process with absolutely terrible results, but for the past several months I have worked with it again, and this time I am getting excellent results.  Considering the super high cost of sheet film, using paper in place of film to make a negative is an interesting prospect, especially if the results are good enough to continue.

Cross Processing Experiment Kodak VR Plus 400 in Fuji SPD

Last night I developed some B&W film and had the developer standing around( I use it for 4-6 rolls and than throw it out, I never store developer ).

So I got a very old Kodak VR Plus 400 Roll, that was in my desk since 2006( forgotten vacation roll from germany ) and put it in my Tank.

  1. I put some water into the tank for about 5min.
  2. I put the developer into the tank and developed ( Fuji SPD-The one litre bag )the film for 12:30min and agitated for a min, and than every min for 10sec.
  3. Stop Bath for 1min. I use Acetic acid.
  4. Fixer for 5min. Agitate for a min at the beginning and than every min for 10sec
  5. Final wash. I rinse the tank for about 10min with water, than I fill it up with water and a drop of dish soap, close the tank and agitate for 30sec. After that, I give it a quick rinse and take out the film. I usually hang the film into my bathroom after I took a shower.

I got nice brownish negatives, and they looked ok to scan.

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The scanning with my Canon 9000F Mark II was a bit difficult but I managed to get some of them scanned.

Here are the best photos I got. Nothing special. Very old family snapshots from a vacation to Germany.

(Sorry for the scratches and dust)