Roller Town - Pushing Lomography 800CN to 3200

Selected images from an old school Roller Skating rink in Fresno, Ca. called Roller Town aka Cal Skate! I shot this with my Minolta X-570 & Lomography 800CN pushed to 3200! I had pushed 800CN before, so i knew what kind of tones to expect. When it came down to developing, I did a 10min pre-bath in Rodinal @ 68F. One slight swirl and let it sit. Then I processed the negatives at normal times w/ C41. The Rodinal takes care of the push processing so that i did not have to exhaust my C41 chems. I found this fantastic tip on Twitter from the #believeinfilm community! The images that you see here are for the most part untouched aside from dust removal and some contrast/brightness. I really like how 800CN pushes. I will have to order some more!

4 Comments

  1. pannydeters
    pannydeters ·

    Straight Rodinal, or diluted? Then a one-minute water bath before the C41 developer?

  2. edwardconde
    edwardconde ·

    @pannydeters - For 35mm I did 300ml of Water & 3ml of Rodinal. Then one minute water bath at C41 temp so 104F is the temp I am worked with for this roll (Arista C41 Kit). Then develop, then another water bath between c41 dev & blix. :) Good catch on that one.

  3. pannydeters
    pannydeters ·

    Cool, thanks!

    I use the Unicolor kit, and it calls for a 1-minute water bath as the very first step (like the one you do before the developer) but the only other one is after the blix and before the stabilizer. However, it looks like you're doing one between the developer and the blix? Is that according to the Arista directions, or is it something you do specifically for this Rodinal/C41 process?

  4. edwardconde
    edwardconde ·

    No, i got that tip from a guy i follow on twitter.. He wrote up a C41 Dev guide and he suggested doing a wash between the dev & blix - "As with the wash, make sure to get as much of the developer out of the tank within a reasonable amount of time (15 seconds) and into the bottle it came from. Then, go ahead and pour in more wash water. Fill the tank and agitate a few times, I usually do about 5 or so. This is just to remove any residual developer in the tank and will help keep your chemicals fresher, longer. After a few quick inversions, discard the wash water down the drain and then it’s time for the Blix bath. ~ Dustin Veitch" Here is the link to the blog. Great read and some good tips! www.dustinveitch.com/blog/c41-at-home. I do this wash for all of my C41 regardless if its Rodinal pre-bath or normal dev.

    I haven't tried the unicolor kit. I picked the Arista cause I can buy it in a smaller size of 1qt and then I can run through my c41 film queue (15rolls) within a couple of weeks then start the shooting process all over again.

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