EFKE and PMK

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Due to a re-release of these films in late spring of 99 there isn't much info to be found about them. I have tested the KB-25 and have some KB-100 that I have not. Any info on what you use for KB-100 will be interesting. I tried KB-25 in Beutler, PMK and HC-110.

The winner so far is HC-110 (8cc syrup in litre of water)

at 730 for 5min or 5:15 for ASA14 is pretty close. I seem to have active water here (springwater) in the country. All my dev times are pretty short compared to pub'd specs.

Agitate at 4 and 2.5. Thats twice not counting fillup. It's a contrasty film so be gentle.

Plain water stop Rapid fix (non-hardening) just over 1min. no wash aid, wash in bubbling turbowasher

The color of filmbase is what other have said KB-14 always was, p

-- Larry Welker (lwelker@turbont.net), August 22, 1999

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I use EFKE films and develop them in FR-16 developer. Printing them on EMAKS papers. I can tell you that results are great.

-- Haris Dobardzic (hrsdo@yahoo.com), August 25, 1999.

Hey slowpoke snooze-brains. What'da I have to do, answer my own questions? ... YES! (so this_ is the virtural photo school)

I guess everyone's noticed that the end of posts get cut off...said KB-14 always was, purple. And the other post ...www.kathleenwelker.com

Ok, now to answer my own question. :-)

Have here in my hand some prints from last nite. And the winner is.... (PMK)

Odly enough, the roll shot at ASA25 that one would walk by as too thin produced some very nice prints with shadow detail I didn't think was there! Basic exposures dialed in at grade 2 1/2.

Most of my film dev times here run almost 40% less than most published specs. Time in PMK for said prints was 4:45 at 73F. Shots from the 5:15 roll were good also.

It goes without saying don't bother to load up this film unless you're going to use a tripod.

And now for some unimportant words that are bound to get chopped. Like they say: It's alright to talk to yourself as long as you don't start anwsering.

-- Larry Welker (lwelker@turbont.net), August 26, 1999.


Yeah, Larry, I know about the cut-off messages. It happens once in a while and unfortunately you've apparently been victimized by it twice. I've been in touch with Phil Greenspun, who wrote the programming that runs the forums, and it's a mystery to him...he's trying to resolve it.

In the meantime...consider adding a few paragraph breaks at the end of your message and see if that helps.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

-- Mason Resnick (bwworld@mindspring.com), August 26, 1999.


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