Kodak Tmax Direct Positve outfit

sweat100 · 26th February 2006

Have anyone tried this with Tmax 100 films? Heard that it also can work for other films. How to go about that? Any comments?

I read online that people can develop postive B&W slides using some bleaches without buying the positive outfit. Any links to show where to get the formula? Can seem to find it on google. This is becasue the outfit is quite ex, 70+ for 1 box which equates to only 12 rolls. Got cheaper alternatives?

sweat100 · 28th February 2006

Has anyone tried this product before?

lonelywolf · 13th March 2006

i have some procedure to produce ... all those chemicals..but those are in chinese, I do not know how to translate to english...

Anyone has an English version? and where can we buy those chemical stuffs like measuring cylinder?

sabahan · 13th March 2006

I have just done two rolls last week,very difficult to control the FD and redeveloper timing,it comes with 4 type of chemicals,you have to buy fixer yourself,develope at 20 degree C.mine is still lack some contrast.

Storing is also a problem,the chemicals can mix up to 987 or 947 ml(can't remember which one) of stock chemical.each set can develope 12 rolls of film,but every develope,the time for FD and RD have to be increase,but did not mention in the instruction how many to increase.

So after each develope,you have to store the chemicals for reuse except the bleaching,at a cool place but not for long.

it also need a long cleaning time with water after the fixing stage,it need 20 min to clean the film

sweat100 · 13th March 2006

Wah.. the process is so tedious. Heard that there is a need for hardening fixer. I have those Ilford non hardening fixer. Must I buy a hardening fixer or jus buy a hardener and use it with my normal fixer? The chemicals it self cost $70+ at Ruby. Worth the buy? Since Scala developing is even worse. Is the outfit my best bet? Anyone wants to share the outfit with me?

lonelywolf · 14th March 2006

Originally Posted by sabahan

I have just done two rolls last week,very difficult to control the FD and redeveloper timing,it comes with 4 type of chemicals,you have to buy fixer yourself,develope at 20 degree C.mine is still lack some contrast.

Storing is also a problem,the chemicals can mix up to 987 or 947 ml(can't remember which one) of stock chemical.each set can develope 12 rolls of film,but every develope,the time for FD and RD have to be increase,but did not mention in the instruction how many to increase.

So after each develope,you have to store the chemicals for reuse except the bleaching,at a cool place but not for long.

it also need a long cleaning time with water after the fixing stage,it need 20 min to clean the film

any procedure to follow? and what chemical should use?

sabahan · 19th March 2006

Originally Posted by lonelywolf

any procedure to follow? and what chemical should use?

I have listed all except the fixer,it did not mention to use hardening fixer,so I just use the normal one.

26th February 2006	#1
sweat100 Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 711	Kodak Tmax Direct Positve outfit Have anyone tried this with Tmax 100 films? Heard that it also can work for other films. How to go about that? Any comments? I read online that people can develop postive B&W slides using some bleaches without buying the positive outfit. Any links to show where to get the formula? Can seem to find it on google. This is becasue the outfit is quite ex, 70+ for 1 box which equates to only 12 rolls. Got cheaper alternatives?

28th February 2006	#2
sweat100 Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 711	Re: Kodak Tmax Direct Positve outfit Has anyone tried this product before?

13th March 2006	#3
lonelywolf Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 260	Re: Kodak Tmax Direct Positve outfit i have some procedure to produce ... all those chemicals..but those are in chinese, I do not know how to translate to english... Anyone has an English version? and where can we buy those chemical stuffs like measuring cylinder?

13th March 2006	#4
sabahan Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 329	Re: Kodak Tmax Direct Positve outfit I have just done two rolls last week,very difficult to control the FD and redeveloper timing,it comes with 4 type of chemicals,you have to buy fixer yourself,develope at 20 degree C.mine is still lack some contrast. Storing is also a problem,the chemicals can mix up to 987 or 947 ml(can't remember which one) of stock chemical.each set can develope 12 rolls of film,but every develope,the time for FD and RD have to be increase,but did not mention in the instruction how many to increase. So after each develope,you have to store the chemicals for reuse except the bleaching,at a cool place but not for long. it also need a long cleaning time with water after the fixing stage,it need 20 min to clean the film

13th March 2006	#5
sweat100 Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 711	Re: Kodak Tmax Direct Positve outfit Wah.. the process is so tedious. Heard that there is a need for hardening fixer. I have those Ilford non hardening fixer. Must I buy a hardening fixer or jus buy a hardener and use it with my normal fixer? The chemicals it self cost $70+ at Ruby. Worth the buy? Since Scala developing is even worse. Is the outfit my best bet? Anyone wants to share the outfit with me?