Developing Information

[Stephen23]

Can anyone recommend a good book or website that will help me get back into developing my own film stock. It is some 36 years since my student days when I last was in a darkroom, and going back to film is my personal odyssey in many ways.

I want to develop T-Max and Tri-X stock for use on my Epson Perfection 4990 scanner.

The Paterson range of developers/fixers would seem to be the easiest for me to source here on the west coast of Ireland, but maybe I could have other (better?) developers delivered from the U.K.

Any help or advise would be gratefully appreciated.

Cheers

Stephen

 

[CarlRadford]

Have a look here Stephen - there is more info than you can shake a stick at: http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.html

All the best, Carl

 

[CarlRadford]

The Darkroom Cookbook...

The Darkroom Cookbook...

is another good read if you fancy making the stuff up yourself: http://www.anchellworkshops.com/

 

[rover]

I have found the most Basic Manual the most useful.

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_prod.php?cat_id=601&pid=1000001055

Film processing is not hard and Horenstein's book provides you just enough information to know how to get back into it without being overwhelming.

I have also found the data sheets from all of the manufacturers, for film and chemicals, to be a great resourse.

 

[kaiyen]

If I may...

http://photos.kaiyen.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.BWFilmDevelopment

allan

 

[Stephen23]

Just looked at your site Allan very good basics thanks for that.

Stephen

 

[Stephen23]

Also thanks to Carl and DWC.

I can feel the learning curve highway rising before me.

Stephen

 

[kaiyen]

Stephen,
While my site is indeed focused on folks getting started, one of my main points is that it's not that hard. There isn't that steep of a learning curve, unless you want there to be one.

allan

 

[Stephanie Brim]

Also, once you get the hang of it, don't be afraid to do a certain amount of messing around. I'd use one developer for at least six months to get the main gist of things down, but branching out isn't a bad idea if one thing isn't giving you the look you want.

 

[quattro98]

Ilford has a nice illustrated PDF which goes through the basic steps needed to develop film.

http://www.ilfordphoto.com/applications/page.asp?n=31

Kodak also has a similar guide.

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/support/techPubs/aj3/aj3.pdf