My friend Simon, reviewing his 16mm negatives as they hang in the back yard.

Simon’s family came for a weekend visit – and brought along a Bolex and two 100′ spools of 16mm Double-X. I added a roll of 16mm Tri-X reversal to the fun, and did some ad-hoc improvisation to develop all of it.

First up: Double-X with a pre-hardener. Kodak says to pre-harden it in SH-5 (which I can’t find) and then develop it in D-96 (which I also can’t find). I wound up developing it in ID-11 1:1 an …[more]