lizard
Newbie
Hi folks;
I will try to make a pinhole camera. They will be so small that i can only fit one frame of film inside.
I made a research but found nothing. Does anyone has any idea about how to develop just one frame of black & white film in HC 110?
My idea is to prepare just 100 or 200 ml of HC 110 Dil H and put the frame inside the tank. Than develop as if it's a roll.
Still I'm not sure about the developing time and agitation.
I will try to make a pinhole camera. They will be so small that i can only fit one frame of film inside.
I made a research but found nothing. Does anyone has any idea about how to develop just one frame of black & white film in HC 110?
My idea is to prepare just 100 or 200 ml of HC 110 Dil H and put the frame inside the tank. Than develop as if it's a roll.
Still I'm not sure about the developing time and agitation.
retinax
Well-known
I've been wondering about similar things. I was thinking about how neat it would be to use short bits of film for testing cameras/lenses as well as exposure/development. But for the latter, I think that development would be different from a whole roll because a) hardly any chemical change in the developer and b) the movement of liquid with the same agitation would be different in a mostly empty tank.
But as your goal isn't transferring results to whole rolls, I'd say start the experiments with a bit shorter dev time than you would for a whole roll, maybe 10-20% less.
If you really want to develop just one frame at a time, you could try to do it in a film canister in the dark, in that case the ratio of developer/film surface might be similar to normal roll in tank, so normal time? Just be sure to leave some air in it for agitation.
But as your goal isn't transferring results to whole rolls, I'd say start the experiments with a bit shorter dev time than you would for a whole roll, maybe 10-20% less.
If you really want to develop just one frame at a time, you could try to do it in a film canister in the dark, in that case the ratio of developer/film surface might be similar to normal roll in tank, so normal time? Just be sure to leave some air in it for agitation.