Promo: Film Photography Project Monobath

The Film Photography Project has a special promo code for their recently released Monobath solution, monobath.  Just enter the code monobath in their shopping cart any time before May 15th for $4 off.  Regular price is $25 for a liter (about 4 35mm rolls).

The FPP Monobath is formulated to develop and fix your film simultaneously in around 3.5 minutes at room temperature with, as the name suggests, just one solution.  Using the FPP Permanent Archival Wash, a total of 2 minutes of rinsing will finish the task. 

Reputable sources have maintained that a monobath has advantages over the usual three step method, the most significant being ease of use.  Mastering the monobath technique is easy and satisfying, it’s great for beginners, travellers and those who like to experiment with different methods of developing B&W films.  The FPP project has carefully prepared a list of B&W films that are compatible with the product.

Monobaths are not new, but a well formulated monobath is a treasure, according to some sources.  Grant Haist, who passed away in 2015, was formerly a senior researcher with Kodak Labs for over 30 years and had written a seminal book, "Modern Photographic Processing," that has an entire section on monobaths.  If you can afford this book, then if you click the link provided, Ken Rockwell will receive a small stipend already included in the price of the book.  Better Ken than Amazon pocketing the tithe.

Covered previously, was the R3 Monobath by the New55 Project, which has since been updated to the R5 Monobath.