{"id":17517,"date":"2020-05-29T05:45:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T09:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=17517"},"modified":"2020-05-27T00:06:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T04:06:20","slug":"stop-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/stop-already\/","title":{"rendered":"stop already!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17518\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/STOP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17518\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17518\" src=\"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/STOP-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/STOP-sm.jpg 225w, https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/STOP-sm-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">traditional octagon shaped red top sign<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Toronto<\/strong>. We know how to begin film or paper developing &#8211; just pour in the developer. But how do we stop the process? The sensitive media absorbs the developer so even draining it off or removing the media won&#8217;t stop development promptly.<\/p>\n<p>The secret is to use a \u00a0chemical process. Development occurs only when the<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PH\"> pH factor<\/a> of the developer is slightly alkaline. Dropping it below seven by adding a bit of acid stops the process on a dime. Traditionally a diluted solution of Acetic Acid (Glacial Acetic Acid is 37 percent) is used. Never heard of the stuff? Try calling it vinegar (11 percent acetic acid in water) and don&#8217;t dilute it so much:-)<\/p>\n<p>I know, I know, lazier folk just wash the medium in water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto. We know how to begin film or paper developing &#8211; just pour in the developer. But how do we stop the process? The sensitive media absorbs the developer so even draining it off or removing the media won&#8217;t stop &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/stop-already\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1944],"tags":[3165,14,3166,3168,3164,3169,3167],"class_list":["post-17517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-acetic-acid","tag-film","tag-glacial-acetic-acid","tag-ph","tag-stop-bath","tag-vinegar","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17517"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17522,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17517\/revisions\/17522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}