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hitmanh

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I've just hung up my very first reel of negative to dry 😀

HP5 developed with LC29...

Had to guess temps as I couldn't find my thermometer, however the neg looks good. Minor issue is that one of my kievs looks like it isn't winding on correctly as some of the frames have no gap between them, otherwise looking good 😀

Next is a reel of medium format HP5 😱

Time for a nice glass of wine...

Matt
 
Congrats, Matt! Haven't done this in years myself, but I still recall the great feeling. Only thing better than developing one's own film is printing one's own images in a darkroom - seeing that image slowly appear in the bath is pure magic. Now go enjoy that wine!
-Randy
 
Matt

Ignore spacing it is difficult to fix 100%, only worry when sproket holes rip...

Lots of threads on frame spacing here , normally the slide robots cam mount chrome film ok.

Noel
 
Nice one. As already mentioned, there's nothing like the feeling of seeing your own photos appearing on a strip of celluloid, especially if it's the first one you've done. Hopefully you have an enlarger to finish the process off?
 
350D_user said:
Nice one. As already mentioned, there's nothing like the feeling of seeing your own photos appearing on a strip of celluloid, especially if it's the first one you've done. Hopefully you have an enlarger to finish the process off?
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Not yet... however a friend is lending me the contents of his dark room on long term loan, as he doesn't want to sell it but also doesn't have the time to use it. So in the next week or so, I'll be adding an enlarger and assorted equipment to my room and then I can have a go at prints to 😀

Better get another bottle of wine in for that occasion 😀

Cheers

Matt
 
I'm jealous, Matt. Developing your own film, getting a darkroom setup on loan, having the time to enjoy both, not to mention all that wine you're going to be drinking... Sounds mighty sweet to me!

-Randy
 
vrgard said:
I'm jealous, Matt. Developing your own film, getting a darkroom setup on loan, having the time to enjoy both, not to mention all that wine you're going to be drinking... Sounds mighty sweet to me!

-Randy
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Oh I don't know, it could be habit forming 😉

One moment it's a small amount of concentrate, the next it's 5 litre batches mixed up fresh every night, before you know it you're printing 20"x30" prints, drinking straight out of the bottle, and you haven't seen sunlight for 3 months... 😱

Matt
 
hitmanh said:
Oh I don't know, it could be habit forming 😉

One moment it's a small amount of concentrate, the next it's 5 litre batches mixed up fresh every night, before you know it you're printing 20"x30" prints, drinking straight out of the bottle, and you haven't seen sunlight for 3 months... 😱

Matt
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I don't know, Matt, like I said, that sounds mighty sweet to me! 😛

-Randy
 
hitmanh said:
I've just hung up my very first reel of negative to dry 😀
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Started developing my own negs six months back, remember the feeling of the first roll out of the tank, pure magic. Tonight I did nine. You're about to create a monster😉
 
Good stuff Matt. One day I'd like to get a darkroom setup also. But for now, just being able to develop my own negs and scanning them is good enough for now. Have fun with it.
 
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