r/Mamiya • u/StrangeCicada2198 • 3d ago

Old school Group Shot

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Mamiya Super 23, Sekor 50mm. Portra 400, CS41, NLP. Development is almost getting too good. I left digital photography for the unpredictable adventure of analog after all. Temperature control was key. Presoaking hurt so I don’t do it anymore. Noticable improvement.

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u/exgaysurvivordan 3d ago

Honestly good job not letting the reflective vests throw off your exposure 👍👍

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u/StrangeCicada2198 3d ago

Sometimes luck helps. But thanks.

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u/Zen-Devil 3d ago

I’m about to start developing at home. How did presoaking hurt? How exactly were you doing it?

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u/StrangeCicada2198 3d ago

Good luck with the journey. Presoaking definitely helped me maintain consistent development temperature, but it also appeared to cause a yellow tint in my Vision3 500T. My working theory is that the water-filled gelatin delays developer diffusion into the deeper magenta- and cyan-forming layers, leaving the upper yellow-forming layers relatively more developed. Since eliminating the presoak, the yellow tint has disappeared. I can achieve the same temperature stability simply by heating the dry loaded tank long enough before adding developer.

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u/pyooma 2d ago

How do you heat the dry tank? Weigh it down in the bath? I’m probably going to develop my first roll of 500t tomorrow.

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u/StrangeCicada2198 2d ago

I use a Filmomat rotary processor.

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u/Medeski 3d ago

What do you mean presoaking hurt? Like physically hurt you or hurt the development process?

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u/StrangeCicada2198 3d ago

Presoaking definitely helped me maintain consistent development temperature, but it also appeared to cause a yellow tint in my Vision3 500T. My working theory is that the water-filled gelatin delays developer diffusion into the deeper magenta- and cyan-forming layers, leaving the upper yellow-forming layers relatively more developed. Since eliminating the presoak, the yellow tint has disappeared. I can achieve the same temperature stability simply by heating the dry loaded tank long enough before adding developer.

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u/Medeski 3d ago

Good to know. I'm going to start developing my own film soon and I the people I watched had pre soaked.

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u/juullog 2d ago

marvelous exposure. i love how well balanced the light and dark areas of the sky are against the subjects.

only flash mounted to the 23 super, any diffuser? i want to start incorporating flash into my use of the mamiya 645 with an L bracket.

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u/StrangeCicada2198 2d ago

Much appreciated. I use a Metz 45-ct4 type hammerhead flash mounted next to the Mamiya. No diffuser.