Successful regime for processing Fomapan R 100?

DareFail said:

Hi, I am new to the world of reversal process and I would like to ask for your advise please.
I have used the foma kit with some Agfa Scala films and the results were very good for my taste.
Now I decided to buy my own chemicals to develop a 8mm foma film.
I have read that foma uses LQR developer on their kit but.. The kit's dilution is 1+5 and the suggested dilution for LQR on another brochure is 1+10. A bit confused on what to do here...
I own the following chemicals and any suggestion is much appreciated.
LQR, sodium thiosulphate anhydrous, potassium permanganate, sulphuric acid 95-97%, sodium metabisulfate anhydrous.
Thank you!

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mohmad khatab said:

Anon ymous

Are you greek?
Here there is a colleague from Greece who is a great expert, I am sure he will help you in this matter seriously.

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DareFail said:

I have to try some expired isopan f double 8 films. This is Asa 25.
Does anyone knows if this emulsion is completely different from the negative isopan f film?
I also have Fomadon LQR and almost every chemical to mix my own developer but as an activator I only have hydroquinone. No metol, no phenidone. Is there any formula for reversal process that I can mix?
And if anonymous is reading this post, do you know where I can find metol here in Greece please?
Thanks

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mohmad khatab said:

Well brother, give me a few hours to come to you with the answer.
Regarding the availability of metol in Greece, I really don't know? But it is available in Egypt, if you have any friend traveling from Cairo to Greece, I can send you a quarter of a kilo with him, or you can use this application.

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DareFail said:

Don't worry about time. Whenever you have free time.
I have found only one place to buy 1kg of metol for 130EUR. I don't know if it is expensive but for sure I don't want 1kg.
Also I would like to tell me a starting point for developing time.
Thanks

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Tom Kershaw said:

Update. It works... my film I'm experimenting with is slightly OOD (2012) so I need to expose for about 64 / 80 EI. However the developer works fine and the bleach seems to be completely functional. The "dark" part of the process I ran in my Jobo processor before unloading the film for re-exposure and then loading the film onto a stainless steel reel for the second development and fixing. I used a fresh solution of the '1st developer' for my 2nd developer.

Bleach solution A:

• 750ml distilled water
• 20g Sodium Hexametaphosphate
• 4g Potassium Permanganate
• distilled water to 1000ml

Bleach solution B:

• 750ml distilled water
• 50g Sodium Bisulphate
• distilled water to 1000ml

Bleach use is A+B to make working solution, then used one-shot (250ml per film in the Jobo) I used 7 minutes @ 24C

Clearing bath:

• 750ml distilled water
• 30g Sodium Metabisulphite
• distilled water to 1000ml

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Freddenacka said:

Hello! Would this bleach work with FOMADON LQR?

Fomapan 100r is a reliable source for ds8 but I have never tried it because bw revarsal is a bit complicated ore expensive to develop.

100r kit looks to give max 2750ml working solution and cost more then 50 euros.

I like the orwo un54 better but is is hard to find in ds8.

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DareFail said:

As you can source the chemicals for this bleach, why don't you make your own developer too?
Athiril's suggestion, which is a modified D-19 at 27°C for fomapan r100 is a very good choice.

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DareFail said:

Why don't you do them both at 27?
Developer is critical and when I bleach for 3-4 minutes, no matter the temperature, I see no difference. At least when projecting the 8mm on the wall.
The only difference is that I use dichromate as bleach, so somebody else could help you in this matter.

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Freddenacka said:

Hello! Would this bleach work with FOMADON LQR?

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