Adox CHS 50 film

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Adox CHS 50 film

Post by Matt_Bigwood » Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:35 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I've recently bought a box of 5x4 Adox CHS 50 film, and having done a quick search here it seems that the emulsion is quite soft.

I'm going to be processing it in a Paterson Orbital processor using Rodinal - and advice on the best working practice, and should I use a pre-soak before the developer?

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Re: Adox CHS 50 film

Post by Neil Barnes » Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:39 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

There's a huge argument about whether pre-wetting does anything - but I always do and it's for sure it gets an awful lot of blue anti-halation dye out! On the Adox page they suggest pre-wetting for sheet film but not the smaller formats, which presumably have a different substrate.

From previous experiments: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2699&p=15104&hilit=chs50#p15104

I think I'd move the film less; perhaps once a minute.

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Re: Adox CHS 50 film

Post by lostlandsuk » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:13 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I always presoak film - it ensures even development. With Adox you really have to keep your temperatures for all solutions as close as possible, or you will find a slight 'rippling' along the edges of the film. It is fairly harmless though :D
The emulsion is very soft when wet, so please be careful how you handle it - certainly it is nothing like as bomb-proof as Ilford and Kodak.
Rodinal will get lovely results with it I'm sure - it certainly does with CHS 100.
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Re: Adox CHS 50 film

Post by Matt_Bigwood » Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:05 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Thanks very much for the information.

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Re: Adox CHS 50 film

Post by lostlandsuk » Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:41 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Matt - forgot to add that a lot of people recommend plain water or very weak stop bath. Apparently you can get pinholes with standard strength stop.
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Re: Adox CHS 50 film

Post by Charles Twist » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:00 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Agree on that last comment - I use water rather than a stop and am far happier with the results.
It took me a while to work out how to get the film out of the bath without touching the emulsion; it's that fragile. But I like the look and it's cheap.
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Re: Adox CHS 50 film

Post by Neil Barnes » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:07 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I also use a water stop bath. I haven't found the emulsion all that fragile, but I develop in a combi tank so it all happens in the carrier.

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