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pentaxpete
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FX37 activity

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Does the Crawley Formula FX37 INCREASE in activity on storage similar to some other developers ?
I mixed up some FX37 some weeks ago and did some 35mm Ilford Delta 100 outdated in it and got some good negs at 7 mins so I used some outadted Delta 100 120 size when we had some heavy frost here in Essex and gave the same time but the negs were strangely DENSE -- I metered carefully with a Weston Master V -- I was using my free gift Mamiya C220 with the 80mm and 135mm lenses.. Do you think the shutter may have been running SLOW because of the cold -- I know my fingers were !!

Frost 04 by pentaxpete, on Flickr

Frost 08 by pentaxpete, on Flickr

Frost 03 by pentaxpete, on Flickr
Got COMPUTERISED and 'slightly Digitised Pentax K10D' but FILM STILL RULES !

Ornello
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Re: FX37 activity

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pentaxpete wrote:Does the Crawley Formula FX37 INCREASE in activity on storage similar to some other developers ?
I mixed up some FX37 some weeks ago and did some 35mm Ilford Delta 100 outdated in it and got some good negs at 7 mins so I used some outadted Delta 100 120 size when we had some heavy frost here in Essex and gave the same time but the negs were strangely DENSE -- I metered carefully with a Weston Master V -- I was using my free gift Mamiya C220 with the 80mm and 135mm lenses.. Do you think the shutter may have been running SLOW because of the cold -- I know my fingers were !!

Frost 04 by pentaxpete, on Flickr

Frost 08 by pentaxpete, on Flickr

Frost 03 by pentaxpete, on Flickr
It's hard to say, but there's a strong possibility that it's the shutter. I doubt that the developer could have mysteriously increased in strength.

Keith Tapscott.
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Re: FX37 activity

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I noticed that for this image, that you used a dilution of 1+1 for developing the film instead of the 1+3 dilution recommended by Geoffrey Crawley who designed the developer.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25850987@N03/8266781977/

pentaxpete
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Re: FX37 activity

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Keith -- you have 'sharp eyes' !! -- but I'm sure it was a typing error as I take 70mls of FX37 and make up to 280mls with water for a 120 film in my Paterson Major II (Old model) -- Peter
Got COMPUTERISED and 'slightly Digitised Pentax K10D' but FILM STILL RULES !

Keith Tapscott.
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Re: FX37 activity

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Perhaps a slightly weaker dilution would be better such as 1+4 or 1+5.

pentaxpete
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Re: FX37 activity

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Keith -- Here are some Delta 100 shots from my MINOX 35GT with 7 mins development in FX37 1+3 dilution and they were not so dense -- I have done a 16x12" Exhibition print from this one for my Club.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25850987@N03/8019008437/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25850987@N03/8019008225/
Got COMPUTERISED and 'slightly Digitised Pentax K10D' but FILM STILL RULES !

Keith Tapscott.
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Re: FX37 activity

Post by Keith Tapscott. »

I am glad that FX37 has worked for you Pete.

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