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: question about developing negs from pinhole camera
: This-is-damion January 17, 2009, 11:43:14 AM
...im thinking that a full stand treatment would be suitable?  Using rodinal? 

would i be right??     if so can anyone give me a clue as to dilutions and times?


or if not, what would you recommend?

ta x
: Re: question about developing negs from pinhole camera
: beck January 17, 2009, 03:54:55 PM
D, here is a very neat and simple way that even I can do. Maybe. I have yet to use my pinhole camera with paper. I think these instructions are fairly easy to follow. Not sure if this what you are after though. See about it anyhow...

http://users.rcn.com/stewoody/darkcam.htm
: Re: question about developing negs from pinhole camera
: Pete_R January 17, 2009, 04:07:49 PM
...im thinking that a full stand treatment would be suitable?  Using rodinal? 

would i be right??     if so can anyone give me a clue as to dilutions and times?


or if not, what would you recommend?

ta x

Are we talking film? "Rodinal" would suggest we are. In which case, why use anything different to normal processing? I just process films as usual.
: Re: question about developing negs from pinhole camera
: This-is-damion January 17, 2009, 04:33:09 PM
Beck - great site!!!   Im still on film althought am about to start on a homemade pinhole project with sheet film  so this will be very useful.


Peter - yeah film.   This is where my understanding is not so hot.....  I was under the impression that full stand techniques work well with toy negs to help with contrast and tonality......i might have made that whole thing up though!!

: Re: question about developing negs from pinhole camera
: Pete_R January 17, 2009, 04:51:31 PM
I don't have that much pinhole experience but I've always found the negs to be low contrast if compared to an equivalent one taken with a lens.

Here's a couple I took when I first started. The first is with a lens, the second a pinhole. Both taken on the same film so same processing for both.

(http://www.monopix.co.uk/posted_images/pinhole1.jpg)

(http://www.monopix.co.uk/posted_images/pinhole2.jpg)

I'd recommend sticking with whatever you normally do to start with then see what you get.