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With the second roll of Superpan, I tried stand development using the significantly less active Caffenol C-L recipe instead of the C-H variant from the first couple attempts using traditional agitation. Resulting negatives were much easier to shoot with my rinky-dink DSLR/lightbox setup, and gave a pleasing range of tone outside of the sky highlights.

This was the first time I actually got the development started at the correct temperature, too, since I hadn't realized before that if I start with water at 68 degrees, then add the chemicals and mix them the temperature would go up. Something about science, probably. This time I made sure the temperature was correct after mixing, not that a few degrees makes that much difference.

Also got sick of using a heavy salt water mix as my fixer and went with something a little more fast-acting. By "a little" I mean ~6 minutes instead of ~18 hours. Time and cost is roughly equivalent to something like Ilford's Rapid Fix, but since you can get the Na2S2O3x5H2O base as a solid, shelf life is nearly indefinite. Cost benefit was minimal so I don't necessarily recommend it but maybe the economics are different in your region!

Breaking some of the chronological honesty of the #boodoorolls accounting here with two different digitization passes in this chost. Images on the right (PUSH IT A STOP, and Jigen nap) were digitized with the D7200 similar to prior rolls, images on the left (ABOLISH THE Police callbox, man at work) were the first ones I used to test my Konica Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 II, a dedicated 35mm scanner with batch scanning support and a 6 frame holder I got a few months later.