Camera Talk

I think the bleaching step was the main difference.
I will try using EDTA-Disodum as described in the APUG threads to prevent the silver redepositing
Also I will use Fomapan400 which has been tried and tested, not sure about the DoubleX (but I have it on my bulk loader)

ISTR the gold/brown staining is down to the bleach (there was a thread on APUG). How long between the two attempts, or did you mix fresh bleach each time? What temperature was the bleach? Do you have any Rodinal or PC-TEA? You've now made me think I need to try this again, perhaps with 120. Bleach ...

Mixed results on some trials this weekend, Lucky 100 SHD 1. Temperature 30C/85F 2. Develop F76+ 1+4 (paper strength) 5 minutes 3. Rinse 4. Bleach 3% peroxide + Vinegar 30 minutes 5. Rinse At this point I noticed that bleach had not done much, I could see negatives 4B. Bleach 3% peroxide + Vinegar 30...

VERY NICE!!!
Lovely HighKey photo

And yes no muscle memory

I think we metric people can skip imperial and viceversa :D Pablo has to do both since he is metric and lives there :D On an unrelated note, the metric/pre-modern conversions can be a big issue In the 80s a plane almost crashed because there was a confusion between kilos and pounds, and in 1999 or ...

Thanks PF!

Me too!

Butkus has the users manual and it says PX 625

I had one for a short time, i put a SR44 battery with a rubber band and it was within 1/2 stop in the center of the metering range.

Chinon-CS

Yeah, it’s apparently a rebranded Chinon 35CS. Operably, functionally, and compatibility wise, same same, but different. For now the meter is working with the random mercury battery that was floating in the case. Not a right now problem, lol. I bought a Japanese MR9 (Kanto) adapter for the Yashicam...

Looks more like a Chinon or Praktika than an Asahi, I dont think it will work with Silver batteries unless you adjust the circuit