Gast Hi, I’ve got my first roll of Efke 100 in front of me. I don’t have any personal experience with it, just what I’ve read here. I want to develop the film with Neofin Blaue, but I don’t have the development times. The catalogue has a table, but the Efke isn’t listed there. As it’s new and recommended anyway, I don’t want to push the process or anything like that – I just want to stick to the standard settings. Does anyone have development times for this combination? Regards, Ronald
MirkoBoeddecker Ronald, efke = ADOX in the catalogue... but Neofin Blaue is only intended for low-speed films, i.e. 25 and 50 ASA. We can’t recommend it for 100 ASA film. The A49 is better here because of the grain. Similar to Neofin Blaue but more versatile for all ISO sensitivities is the APH 09, or the F09 in a small bottle. Best regards, Mirko
Gast Thanks for the quick reply. I don’t have any of the developers you mentioned here and haven’t used them before. Will ID 11 or Bromophen work? Otherwise I’ll have to place another order – by the way, kudos for the super-fast email reply! – wait around, fork out a pile of fees to the UPS bloke for his service, and also make sure I’m actually at home when the man in brown rings my doorbell... Have a lovely evening!
Gast Those who can read have a clear advantage: "efke = ADOX in the catalogue". And then a look at the table on p. 60. Let’s see if the emulsion stays where it’s supposed to... there’s quite a bit to read there Looking forward to efke and with an open mind, best regards ronald
Ole Willi Beutler said that Neofin Blaue was suitable for all films; he developed Neofin Rot solely for people who were short of time. Neofin Blaue and Efke 100 are excellent!
Ole @ ole, do you have any times as well? The Massive Devchart recommends 8 minutes with continuous agitation. I then decided to go for 12 minutes – for a bit more contrast.
Gast In case anyone needs it, I’ll post my results here: I developed two rolls of Efke KB 100 using Neofin Blaue. Prepared according to the instructions (500ml) and developed for 15 minutes (agitated for the first 30 seconds, then 10 seconds per minute). Instead of a stop bath, I used a rinse. Then fixed as usual with the fixer. The result is great; the emulsion hasn’t come off. Happy holidays Ronald
