Free Quick Start Home Dark Room Guide plus great Prices on film and developing accessories below!
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New to film developing? You are in for a lot of fun to come. Here are the tools you need. I have found the best prices on amazon for you. If you have never developed film, it’s easy. Here are the tools you will need So, click a link, look around, and grab what you like.
Home Film Developing Tools:
1- Paterson Universal tank and 2 reels-#115 (Must Have): [ Ссылка ]
2- Darkroom Bag Film Changing Bag (Must Have): [ Ссылка ]
3- Plastic (3 pack) Darkroom Chemical Storage Bottles 1L each (Must Have): [ Ссылка ]
4- Glass (6 Pack) 32 oz. Amber Boston Round Bottle (Nice to have- more expensive and better for chemical longevity but not necessary if you already have bottles): [ Ссылка ]
5- Film Cassette Cartridge Opener (Nice to have but you could skip this item and use a bottle opener): [ Ссылка ]
6- Film Scanner (Must Have): KODAK Slide N SCAN Film and Slide Scanner: [ Ссылка ]
7- 16 oz. Accu-Pour PP Measuring Pitcher, you’ll need 2 (Must have): [ Ссылка ]
8- Film Squeegee (nice to have):
DISCLAIMER! You will need a nice scanner. I use the Epson V550. You can find one refurbished for about $200 (that is about the cheapest around), but many of the film negative scanners have shot up in price over the past couple of years- over $600. Here is an acceptable option for casual scans.
Quick guide to Home black and white film development chemistry (the chemistry I use):
By no means is this an exhaustive guide. I’m just trying to get you on the way to developing your film quickly. Assuming you keep your house about 69 degrees F, your room temperature chemicals will also be about the same temp.
Get your film in the tank. To do this, hit up youtube. Search for loading film onto a reel. That will do the trick:)
Develop your BLACK and WHITE film:
Step 1: Develop using Kodak D-76 Developer Powder: [ Ссылка ]
Take the lid off the tank. Don’t worry. No light will get in because of the tank post and light Funnel. Start a timer. We are looking for 9 minutes in general. You can go a little longer or shorter. It will be ok.
Next, you want to agitate the tank every minute for about 20 seconds or so. Keep an eye on the timer. Shake the tank and do a little dance. Seriously, people have all kinds of ways. The important part is to mix up the solution and move the babbles around inside the tank so that the entire film gets to develop properly. Grab one of the graduated measuring cups. You will need it soon.
Step 2: stop the developer using Ilford Ilfostop Stop Bath: [ Ссылка ]
Pour about 60ml into the measuring cup and run some warm tap water. Fill it up to 600ml
Watch the clock. As the time nears 9 minutes, use the other measuring cup to pour out your developer- not down the drain, but into the empty measuring cup. You can reuse your developer!
As soon as that is done, pour your stop bath into the Patterson tank. Put the lid on and agitate again for about 3 minutes.
Make sure no stop bath solution gets into the developer in the other measuring cup. If it does, it is ruined. One drop will ruin a whole gallon. Once you are sure it’s good, pour the developer back into the big jug of stock solution (that’s what you call developer that’s strongly mixed at a 1:1 ratio).
Step 3: Stabilize the negative using Ilford Rapid Fixer: [ Ссылка ]
Rinse out both cups. Continue to agitate. Once you approach 3 minutes, pour about 20ml of fixer into a freshly cleaned measuring cup. Fill with 600 ml of water. Pour the stop bath out of the tank and pour in the fixer. You can’t reuse the stop bath. Just dispose of it properly. The fixer needs about 1 minute to work. I generally do 2 minutes because that’s how long it takes me to clean up my mess so far.
Step 4: Rinse your negatives in cool tap water. Pour out the fixer and run your negatives under the tap for 5 minutes.
Step 5: Open the tank and check out your negatives! I’ll bet they look great. Time to squeegee them off and hang them to dry someplace where they won't get too dusty while drying.
Home Color Film Development kit:
Color development kits are generally sold with all chemicals needed to develop color film.
Arista C-41 Liquid Color Negative Developing Kit: [ Ссылка ]
Color Film Deals:
Kodak Portra 400 Professional 5pack 36 exposures per roll: [ Ссылка ]
Kodak Pro Image 100 5 Roll Pack, 36 Exposures per roll: [ Ссылка ]
Fujifilm Fujicolor 200 Speed 24 Exposure: [ Ссылка ]
Black and White Film Deals:
Ilford HP5+ 35mm, 36 exposures, 5 Rolls: [ Ссылка ]
Kodak Tri-X 400TX Black & White Film ISO 400 (3 Pack): [ Ссылка ]
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