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HOW TO MAKE CAFFENOL B&W FILM DEVELOPER - MY FIRST ATTEMPT

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ABOUT THIS VIDEO

I have been asked recently by Subscribers if I could show them
mixing and developing Caffenol!
I've never done this before so I gave it a go!
First I had to research how to make it and for that I found a very good Web Page
by Daniel Berrangé on this website www.fstop138.berrange.com

So I went to the supermarket and got what I needed…

Soda Crystals
Instant Coffee
Iodised Salt
Vitiman C Tablets

The rest you will see in the video.

Daniel Berrangé explains a lot on his web page so after seeing the video
please visit the link above as this will explain more in detail about
making Caffenol.

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FILM USED - IMAGO 320 BW

CAMERA USED - OLYMPUS OM20

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20 Comments

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Creator 7 years ago Pinned

*VITAMIN C TABLETS INFORMATION* There is a comment from Sue Sullivan regarding the VITAMIN C Tablets I used instead of the VITAMIN C POWDER (Which I couldn't find) Please read. Makes sense.

Sue Says....I'm wondering if vitamin c tablets maybe an issue. They contain lots of other stuff like bulking agents, orange food colouring maybe even sugar or sweeteners etc. not just pure vitamin c . Great experiment tho'
.Ingredients
Acid (Citric Acid), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Bicarbonate), Vitamin C, Maltodextrin, Anti-Caking Agent (Sorbitol), Flavour (Natural Orange), Sweeteners (Sodium Cyclamate, Sodium Saccharin), Colour (Natural Red Beet, Riboflavin 5-Phosphate Sodium Dihydrate), Anti-Foaming Agent (Saccharose Monopalmitate).

@SilntObsvr 6 years ago

I first used Caffenol in 2003 -- originally without the vitamin C. I developed my own recipes specific to using microfilm in submini cameras, to control the contrast, as well as using regular Tri-X in 35 mm with conventional Caffenol. Especially without the vitamin C, Caffenol does produce considerable staining, but, like the developer family known as "Pyro", it also produces a stain image that overlays the silver grain image. One important result of this stain image is that the negative will print differently compared to scanning. The stain image blocks more blue light, which causes multigrade printing papers to print with slightly reduced contrast, and more so in denser negative areas. This gives a compensating effect that isn't seen in scans.

@TheEPROM9 5 years ago

I love how you can basicly develop film with food.

@pnukphoto 3 years ago

I enjoyed your video. Caffenol is a precise science. With the correct ingredients, it can produce excellent results on par with commercial developers. It's the only developer I've used in over twelve years.

@mikesutton1548 3 years ago

You sir, are a savage...😆...I love that you tried that no measurement experiment, that's the kind of thing Iigjt have done when I was a teenager and first learning thw darkroom, but as I've gotten older, I don't take those kind of risks. Thanks for reminding us to do that sometimes

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Creator 7 years ago

I must say thanks to you guys that recently commented on the communication tab. Thanks for your ideas. Appreciate it.

@tonyb2760 7 years ago

This was very interesting. Thank you for taking time to research this and put a video together showing your results. And thanks for sharing

@BecksPhotographics 5 years ago (edited)

I use citric acid instead of vitamin C/Ascorbic acid....never had an issue....is super easy to find, and cheaper...

@droidster888 7 years ago

Great video mate, have been thinking about caffenol myself. Chuck it all in, wing it, made me laugh but I think those negs looked a bit better!

@hericperez 1 year ago

😮 This was great!

@mudgie069 7 years ago

Very cool video, think I'll give this a go. Seems easy enough and pretty inexpensive for the ingredients plus they don't expire or go out of date :)

@Oxydus1 7 years ago

You "savage" recipe is the way to go mate :D

@rollinboulder 3 years ago

Part of what the carbonate of soda does is it stops the film base from getting as stained. I don't know how it does but multiple sources in my own research have said this and also from my own tests have seemed to prove this. Great video too :)

@angelusrufus7479 6 years ago (edited)

Well done! Recently, I have been searching the internet to find a recipe for developing negatives in caffenol. And I just found. Your second approach to this topic inspired me a lot and deprived me of all resistance to this method. But I think the one thing you could change: cheap powdered instant coffe should be far better. :-)