Hmmm, I cant find any evidence of this. It's been 15 years and I dont think Dwaynes has ever said anything about new chems. They definitely never restarted processing!

A few years ago, Kelly-shane Fuller on instagram teased having worked out a DIY k-14 process, but I think he never released it!

???? Really???

View of an old church and graveyard through a wooden entryway.

Another view of the church with a sign that says Christ Church, Old Swedes Upper Merion.

A curving wide angle view of a large gravestone with the church in the background.

A less distorted view of the old church with graves in the foreground.

Old Swedes Church, Upper Merion, PA 2026

Leica MP, Summilux 35 1.4 and Super Wide Heliar 12mm 5.6, fp4+, pyro 510

#BelieveInFilm #Fp4party

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Thanks, Maureen!

I’m really still exploring this fantastic body/lens pairing.

It’s shocking how much fun they are.

Thank you! ❤️

Thank you, Paula!

Thanks, Andrew!! I think of all the trichromes I’ve done, only a very few were NOT handheld! 😅😅

I would definitely try my speed graphic, but nothing bigger, though. 😅

A false color image of a graffiti covered wall that reads “love, not hate” with a skull.

“Love, Not Hate”, Buttercup Cottage Barn, Philadelphia 2026

Trichrome, Leica MP, Summilux 35 1.4, fp4+, pyro 510

#BelieveInFilm #Fp4party #FridayFavourites #TrichromeParty

😉 smart.

Old door with graffiti in the background.

3 sets of sea shells strung from a doorway.

Buttercup Cottage Barn, Philadelphia 2026

Leica MP, Summilux 35 1.4, fp4+, pyro 510

#BelieveInFilm #Fp4party #FridayFavourites

But the “fjord” cameras never come up for sale! 🥶

an old church in black and white with a super wide lens making it look distorted

Old Swedes Church, Upper Merion, PA 2026

Leica MP, UW Heliar 12mm 5.6, fp4+, Pyro 510

#BelieveInFilm #Fp4Party #FridayFavourites

Sadly no. 😥

So i shot a portrait and it was a bit overexposed. So i corrected and shot another and it was a bit worse? And so I tried to correct and shoot another and it was even worse?!?!!!! Wtf!! Finally figured out what was going on after WAY too long. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

I spent an afternoon trying to shoot DPP with my instant box camera that has a dark red filter to look inside during dev. Which works perfectly with regular paper. And I nearly tore all my hair out. Because the filter was fogging the DPP, but slowly, EACH time I opened the paper safe inside.

I got bummed out and gave up without getting any useable images at the time. Put away the weird 4x5 I was using and didn’t shoot LF again for many years. 😥

I shot my first DPP c. 2011 in 4x5 when I hadn’t been doing any darkroom work for quite a while (or LF!) and was extremely out of practice and all my results were wildly inconsistent so that I never got a handle on any of the variables. Though I do suspect now that fogging was part of it. 😬😬

Well and apologies to @behindthebluemotel.com because all of this is taking over his nice photo post. 🥶🥶

I’d bet it’s very likely it’s fogged, unfortunately. 😬😬

If your chems are fresh, and you don’t mind wasting a sheet (which seems worth it to identify the problem), I’d dev a single 4x5. It should be black black. And I bet it won’t be. 🥶🥶

My repeated experience, ymmv, is that DPP is fogged by all of my otherwise paper-safe lights/filters. Now I do all my loading and processing in the dark. But I also mostly don’t mess with pre flashing and like my results.

Dpp is counter intuitive because it’s reversal. It messes people up all the time (me too, I have had to relearn this lesson more than once). Severely underexposed DPP that is properly dev’d should be black. Faint/muddy images are something else and often unexpected fogging. 😬

What do their results look like??

😮👀👀👀

And are you preflashing?

How are you loading it??

In what manner is your DPP failing? It can be a very frustrating product, only saved by the fact that when it works it’s rad. 🥶🥶😅

Hah. That’s awesome (and too bad!).

I think I got this design because HC was giving away stickers with this on it.

Screenshot of one of Sheldon’s by-lines with a funny themed nickname inserted. “By Sheldon “one is all you need” brown. Plus his avatar of him with a helmet with a brass eagle attached.

Another jokey byline “by Sheldon “touriste” brown”

Sheldon “moldy oldie” brown.

Sheldon “click” brown.

Yup.

I shoulda signed my post

Chad “Sheldon Brown Stan” Hill

Or something. 😅😅