irq506
just curious
Chris101's pictoral explanation is perfect!
Ive been running a dev-room for the last five years in a place with no running water. Its totally fine. I use two Jobo Systems one for B+W and just recently have started E6 processing. My enlarging days ended with a trip to hospital and a doctor telling me that I had blood poisoning from extended exposure of noxious photographic chemicals. I now have a scanner. Five hundred quid buys you a crackin' scanner and the results are good enough for most.
Ive been running a dev-room for the last five years in a place with no running water. Its totally fine. I use two Jobo Systems one for B+W and just recently have started E6 processing. My enlarging days ended with a trip to hospital and a doctor telling me that I had blood poisoning from extended exposure of noxious photographic chemicals. I now have a scanner. Five hundred quid buys you a crackin' scanner and the results are good enough for most.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
If you go to http://www.rogerandfrances.com/photoschool/ps howdoi.html you'll find information on choosing tanks; loading film into tanks; processing film; and even converting the smallest room to a darkroom.
Cheers,
Roger
Cheers,
Roger
Solinar
Analog Preferred
Here are some old photos of my kit from 2 years ago. I notice that my two thermometers aren't in the photo. I no longer use acid stop and that ice chest used to temper the chemical solutions has been replaced by a more robust one from a sporting goods store.
Looking at the photo - I can tell that I was about to develop two rolls of 120 in Rodinal and there is a pre-wash bottle. For beginners - I recommend a two part compensating developer - such Diafine. This allows you to use a water rinse instead of acid stop and loose the prewash bottle.
A nice side benefit of Diafine is that it is reusable. The water rinse instead of an acid stop bath means one less smelly chemical. Diafine can be used at 75 degrees Fahrenheit / 24 degrees C - which makes it a nice summer developer. Negs developed in Diafine scan pretty well, too.
Looking at the photo - I can tell that I was about to develop two rolls of 120 in Rodinal and there is a pre-wash bottle. For beginners - I recommend a two part compensating developer - such Diafine. This allows you to use a water rinse instead of acid stop and loose the prewash bottle.
A nice side benefit of Diafine is that it is reusable. The water rinse instead of an acid stop bath means one less smelly chemical. Diafine can be used at 75 degrees Fahrenheit / 24 degrees C - which makes it a nice summer developer. Negs developed in Diafine scan pretty well, too.
smileyguy
Established
HOLY COW!!! Thank you all! I wasn't expecting this kind of response in such a short period of time.
I haven't had time to read all the responses in detail but it looks like a lot of valuable information. I'll read it all over later and I will likely have some further questions that come out of that.
Thank you again to everybody.
I haven't had time to read all the responses in detail but it looks like a lot of valuable information. I'll read it all over later and I will likely have some further questions that come out of that.
Thank you again to everybody.
Broke
Established
Great home developing info guys -- very helpful.
I'm from the London area originally -- used Stan C Reade's for film processing before. They're great there, very helpful, results were good (last used them a couple years ago). They're on Richmond St. downtown. There's also Forest City Imaging which is downtown also (incidentally they sell digital gear fairly cheaply at cameracanada.com). No affiliation with either.
I'm from the London area originally -- used Stan C Reade's for film processing before. They're great there, very helpful, results were good (last used them a couple years ago). They're on Richmond St. downtown. There's also Forest City Imaging which is downtown also (incidentally they sell digital gear fairly cheaply at cameracanada.com). No affiliation with either.
Muggins
Junk magnet
It could be worse, you could have to drink it...
On a slightly more serious note, I may just bookmark this thread and hide it somewhere my girlfriend can't see it - it has serious potential to lead me astray! I haven't D&P-ed since the electron microscopes where I used to work went digital, and I miss that moment when you bring the film out and feel like Fox-Talbot as you see the image.
Adrian
vieri
Leica Ambassador
Definitely don't dump your fixer after every use, is an unnecessary waste and is not very environment friendly either. A liter of fixer is good for about 20 rolls or more, test the fixer by dumping in it a piece of the leader of your film and see if it clears: if it does, the clearing time is your minimum fixing time (usually add a couple of minutes or three to be safe). If it doesn't, the fixer is spent and you need to mix another batch.
ampguy
Veteran
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Seconded. But when it is spent, it's not actually environmentally irresponsible to dump it down the drain -- or dilute it 100:1 and water the garden with it (see how well the grass grows).
Cheers,
R.
robbert
photography student
You don't even need a changing bag per se, I get in my toilet room, put a towel beneath the door and close it, close all the other doors. Excellent results
vieri
Leica Ambassador
Indeed, mix the stock to a working solution (whatever ratio your fixer is), and keep & use it as per my prior instruction
