Marc G.
film loving student
Okay so I've started developing my own film and yet I'm quite unsecure about the whole process because it seems to be very individual and the information provided on the web varies heavily.
My chemicals right now are:
Kodak D76
Ilford Ilfostop
Ilford Rapid Fixer
Ilford Ilfosol Wetting Agent (got it today, because had chalk stains on the film)
the first film I developed was a Agfa APX 100 just to see how it works. I used some random time I found which was pre-rinse 1 minute, 13.5 minutes in 1:1 dilution of D76, 1 minute stopbath, 5 minutes fixing, 2 minute final rinse. got pretty much everything I need for the whole process. Yet I had some questions when I developed the whole film.
As it was a test I just shot crap with the film so a fail wouldnt ruin my day completely and I also shot some pictures with varying exposures, ranging from 5 stops under- to 5 stops overexposed. The results look the same. At least from an exposure point of view, of course I didnt have a tripod and wasnt using test conditions. I knew B&W film wasnt that sensitive to exposure failures but what can I do if I intentionally want to under- or overexpose?
I asked a few experienced guys in RFF and another forum about self developing before jumping in who told me that certain films require their own developers. Of course something like adox silvermax does and some like BW400CN are C41 processed films but I asked myself if I can develop all of my films in D76 as it seems like a very general and good B&W developer.
My film selection includes: (I know its a lot but I wanted to see pretty much all of the available films before I settled and most of these choices are just 1 film each)
Ekfe 25
Rollei Retro 80S
Ilford Delta 100
Ilford Delta 400
Kentmere 400
Ilford Delta 3200
having things settled already for ilford products already I'm just using Ilford pan-f, fp4, hp5 and for some grain effects the delta 3200 exclusively in the future.
what about these films? is D76 fine with all of them? or better switch the developer to ilford too?
I'll add pictures of the testfilm later, gotta find the disc first...
Thanks in advance
Marc
My chemicals right now are:
Kodak D76
Ilford Ilfostop
Ilford Rapid Fixer
Ilford Ilfosol Wetting Agent (got it today, because had chalk stains on the film)
the first film I developed was a Agfa APX 100 just to see how it works. I used some random time I found which was pre-rinse 1 minute, 13.5 minutes in 1:1 dilution of D76, 1 minute stopbath, 5 minutes fixing, 2 minute final rinse. got pretty much everything I need for the whole process. Yet I had some questions when I developed the whole film.
As it was a test I just shot crap with the film so a fail wouldnt ruin my day completely and I also shot some pictures with varying exposures, ranging from 5 stops under- to 5 stops overexposed. The results look the same. At least from an exposure point of view, of course I didnt have a tripod and wasnt using test conditions. I knew B&W film wasnt that sensitive to exposure failures but what can I do if I intentionally want to under- or overexpose?
I asked a few experienced guys in RFF and another forum about self developing before jumping in who told me that certain films require their own developers. Of course something like adox silvermax does and some like BW400CN are C41 processed films but I asked myself if I can develop all of my films in D76 as it seems like a very general and good B&W developer.
My film selection includes: (I know its a lot but I wanted to see pretty much all of the available films before I settled and most of these choices are just 1 film each)
Ekfe 25
Rollei Retro 80S
Ilford Delta 100
Ilford Delta 400
Kentmere 400
Ilford Delta 3200
having things settled already for ilford products already I'm just using Ilford pan-f, fp4, hp5 and for some grain effects the delta 3200 exclusively in the future.
what about these films? is D76 fine with all of them? or better switch the developer to ilford too?
I'll add pictures of the testfilm later, gotta find the disc first...
Thanks in advance
Marc