Niklas Rühl posted a picture in our Facebook Group of a negative developed in Wineol, an alternate devolper that is made out of Red Wine, Washing Soda and Vitamin C. The whole process and some really nice pictures can be seen on his website. The site is in German,so here is a […]
Since developing in wine is working just fine, here are some papers inserted in a self made pinhole cameras, developed in a beer. I used the cheapest beer I could get (Lövenbräu 4,2% alc). The papers were expired in 1960’s but still ok… The recepie: 250 ml beer 2 teaspoons […]
On this page you will find alternative caffenol based recipes. Sometimes, no coffee is involved, as even in caffenol, phenols are the active component. Piller Cuveeol 250 ml Wine 50 ml black currant juice 2 teaspoons of soda 1 teaspoon vitamin C Wine was a very cheap Rosé (Piller Rosé, a local […]
Hello readers, I know it was pretty quiet last year here on the blog. It’s not that I had no new ideas or stuff to write about, but just very little time. This year I will hopefully have more time, as I have some pretty new stuff in the pipeline. […]
I recently asked in the Caffenol Facebook group how I should shoot a roll of Kodak Technical Pan. Many people suggested I should shoot it at EI 25 or 50, but I also wanted to know if it is possible to get something useful out of it in EI 200. I […]
After a long, long (too long) break, we continue with our Series “A Coffee with…” where we present analog enthusiasts and their work. Today I am happy to talk with Becky Ramotowski, who has a real passion about pinhole cameras and ‘marinating’ prints in caffenol. Becky also wrote an awesome book […]
Hey JCH readers, As we all share the love of film, and I know that some of you develop their films at home, you might have heard about a phenomenon called caffenol. But what is caffenol? Caffenol is a B&W developer that is made out of household ingredients that can be […]
A Coffee with Dagie Brundert I am very, very excited to have my first coffee with Dagie Brundert, one of the few persons that attended an invisible baseball game. Dagies mission is to find beauty in simple things. oh and she does motion picture film! Caffenol: Hi there, please introduce […]
Hi Caffenol-Lovers, There is a new series coming up on caffenol.org, called “A Coffee with…” Where you play the main part. It is an interview type of series, where I will be asking some questions about you, your gear and other stuff. I have announced it already on the caffenol […]
Developing 35mm film in caffenol works. No doubt. There are very little films that do not develop in caffenol. If you stay away from these and mostly scan your pictures, you will be fine. With any caffenol-recipe that you can find on the internet you will in the end see […]