[Frameworks] Cinestill DF 96 Monobath

[Rob Gawthrop]

Thanks Scott, really helpful, I will be using rewind/bucket.  Got some on order now!

Rob

> On 7 Mar 2019, at 19:52, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
> 
> I have not but I have used other monobaths before.  They are convenient,
> but allow no control over gamma or really any part of the characteristic
> curve.  Most of them are inherently very compensating because the development
> is limited by the fixation.  If you like that look, good.  Otherwise not so
> good.
> 
> The Air Force was very big on monobath processing for aerial film back in
> Vietnam, because temperature and time were not very critical and for people 
> developing film in tents in the middle of a grassy field it reduced the
> handling considerably and got film out to analysts faster.  Most of the 
> monobath technology we have today came out of the space program and the Air 
> Force.
> 
> If you're in an environment where you can't get even processing, and I can
> see a lot of folks hand-processing motion picture film by rewind or in
> a bucket having that problem, the monobath could be a big help.  On the 
> other hand, so could a divided developer like Diafine.
> --scott
> 
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