Svema LN-9 Color Film in Edwal 12

Edwal 12. For the unfamiliar #edwal 12 is a fine grain b&w developer with #metol, #glycin, and #paraphenylenediamine ( #PPD ) ppd is a developing agent that is also a color developing agent for film and hair dye! It is mostly out of favor because it is highly allergic and there are better agents - Like #Kodak CD-2 which is what I substituted in the formula. However, still fun. Glycin (not Glycine) is a N-substituted #p-aminophenol. closely related to Metol but different acting. This developer originally was used as a fine grain developer. I used it here with #Svema LN-9 color film. First because I wanted to see if color came out, which it did in strange and wonderous ways, and I wanted to see if the Svema would work as a B&W film stock. I think it does well, but it REALLY wants to be in color. I originally scanned these as color and edited them as color but the artifacts were too weird, so I scanned them as b&w and edited them as b&w but, as you can see a lot of color still came out, I actually had to desaturate these. Shot at ISO 16, 20 and 25. Each elephant was shot at a different speed I see no appreciable difference. Formula: #"Edwal No. 12" Fine grain film developer. Water 125F/52C 1000 ml; Metol 6g; Sodium Sulfite (anhydrous) 90g; Kodak CD-2 10g; Glycin 5g; Mixing Instructions: Add chemicals in specified sequence. Initially sweeten the water with a pinch of the sulfite before mixing the Metol. Dilution: Use undiluted. Usage: Starting point dev time: 11-16 mins (I used 8 min). (From Digitaltruth, with my changes) Water wash, fixed with Ilford Rapid 1:4

Photographer:
mike1allison
Uploaded:
2020-11-05
Tags:
35mm analog analogue b&w bw byn day daylight edwal edwal 12 elephant experimental expired film filmisnotdead filmneverdied fine grain developers glycin homebrew homemade kodak lomo lomography metol nikon obsolete p paraphenylenediamine ppd pulverantilism s&w still life svema sw test vintage
Camera:
Nikon N90s
Film:
Svema LN 9
Lens:
AF Nikkor 28-80mm f3.5-5.6G
City:
Uintah
Country/region:
United States
Albums:
Edwal 12
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