Lakefair is a 5-day event every summer in Olympia, Washington, around Capitol Lake.
I shot these images with the Nikon F100, with the Voigtlander 40mm 1:2 Lens attached. The film was developed in Diafine. It may be the last roll of film I develop in Diafine for a while. The solution was mixed in December, and though I did filter it, tiny particles remained that made cleaning up the negatives after scanning time-consuming.
I developed a roll of Kentmere 400 yesterday in HC-110, and after scanning the roll, I saw the negatives were much cleaner. I will miss using Diafine. It was easy, and every film required the same time in development.
Steven Lawrence Pictures 
So what was the final tally on the number of rolls you put through the Diafine? It had to be close to 70, I think. Whatever it was, it was impressive.
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It was 70 exactly. The roll shown here was #68. I had another of Lakefair but the work required did not justify the time required to fix the negatives. I will make another batch when I develop a high speed film or push Kentmere 2 stops and keep it around for similar situations.
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That is very impressive from a single two-bath developer solution. It’s a shame filtering it didn’t yield you better results. I bet it still had a lot of life left otherwise.
Why do you think HC-110 is becoming unavailable? I sure hope that’s not true. It and Rodinal are my go-to developers.
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There are various guesses, some think they it is a supply issue, some think Kodak is going to stop making it. There are alternatives..https://www.freestylephoto.com/10190-LegacyPro-L110-Liquid-Film-Developer-1-Pint-(Makes-2-Gallons)
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I’d be pretty shocked if Kodak stopped making it, although I’m not sure if they were actually manufacturing it themselves anymore anyway (however, they easily could). For some reason I thought they hadn’t been making it in-house for many, many years. I could be mistaken. I’m really tired of corporations using the whole “supply chain issues” excuse incessantly. I believe 99 times out of a 100 it’s a total load of garbage, and these companies are just using it to create the appearance of limited availability so they can drive prices sky high (i.e. greed). LegacyPro L110 is actually what I typically use. That said, in my opinion LegacyPro has gotten greedy on some of their other products. I hope they haven’t on L110 as I haven’t bought any in a while.
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It was a very fine experiment using the Diafine. Film is now very expensive so fair play to you for trusting the developer reuse for so long. Also, your time in taking the photographs and outcomes too. I used to buy bulk film to roll my own cartridges. Dread to think what that would cost nowadays judging by the single roll costs. Great images here as always. You consistently capture social photographs with a keen eye. All the best.
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Using HC-110 is also a cost-effective way to develop film, but there is some indication that it is becoming unavailable. All my printing these days is from an Ink Jet printer. I have access to a darkroom, but the costs and time required do not justify the results of the work I do.
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