Another year had passed. Rummaging through my stuff, I found a roll of undeveloped film, and a bottle of long expired
Kodak HC-110 Developer. School's great, with school, comes school holidays where you are totally free to explore.
Expired film, expired developer, fixer with unknown shelf life, why not have a go at it?
I figured I should test the potency of the developer before anything, dropping the end of the film I snipped off into a rather concentrated developer solution, the film turned black after a few seconds or so. On hindsight, I should have used a working concentration to get a better feel of it's potency.
Nevertheless, the developer still works and I set off to develop my roll of
Ilford Delta 400 B&W Film. With some guess work from how quickly the film turned black when dumped into the developed, I used about 1.5 times the recommended developing time and hoped for the best.
Here are some of the better results, with some minor edits. :)
Majulah Singapura, Forward Singapore - Singapore's Coat of Arms on the gate to the Istana
Singapore's current President, Dr Tony Tan and his wife
Since I'm at it, why stop experimenting? Here's a roll of expired
Lomography ISO 400 Color Print Film from my wife, developed using the B&W process.
Pleasantly surprised by how some of them turned out. Taken at the now demolished King Albert Park McDonald's.
