Based on Caffenol recipes, experimentation with alternative film development using clove powder as a source of polyphenols.
Latest recipe
Fomapan 200 Creative
- 2 x 500mg clove supplement tablet
- 27g Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash)
- 10g Vitamin C powder
- 500ml tap water
30s agitation then 10 seconds every minute for 12 minutes @ 20.4°C.
Result: Good development, sharp images good level of grain, nice and contrasty, possibly too much.
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- Sixth AttemptThis attempt was a success. I switched back to Fomapan 200 and removed the Potassium Bromide from the recipe. For… Continue reading Sixth Attempt
- Fifth Attempt – Disaster strikes!I made the mistake of changing too many variables for this attempt and the result was a totally undeveloped negative.… Continue reading Fifth Attempt – Disaster strikes!
- Info on equipment.All tests so far have been taken using an Olympus OM2n SLR with a Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 lens. Most images… Continue reading Info on equipment.
- Fourth attemptThis attempt was focussed on trying to reduce the grain in the images, and was developed using the same recipe… Continue reading Fourth attempt
- Third attemptThe second try at this was really grainy, and the negatives were very dense, which would indicate that I’d really… Continue reading Third attempt
- Second AttemptThe first attempt was very underdeveloped so back to the drawing board. I realised that the caffenol recipe I’d based… Continue reading Second Attempt
- First AttemptI’ve been looking for alternatives to off the shelf developer solutions for film. I started my home development journey using… Continue reading First Attempt
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Developing photographic film with Clovenol 