Processing Film At Home
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Everything you need to know to develop a roll of black and white film at home. Which chemicals to use, what do you need, how do you do it.
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Rob Skeoch is a career photographer, working for five newspapers and wire services before joining the team at Major League Baseball for 17 seasons and the NFL for 14 seasons. Then he was a national manager for the camera group at Sony North America before going back to shooting.
Now he shoots for gallery shows around the world, mostly street work and portraits made with a Rollei twin lens. For 35mm shooting he uses a Nikon F3 and a couple M-mount Leica cameras and shoots mostly Ilford film.
tips for shooting black and white film,
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A prized possession in my darkroom kit is an old hot-plate that can be set to keep all liquids at 20degsC. Really handy on a late night session in winter. I think a steady, organised & disciplined approach is the toughest skill. Everything else is well within a photographer’s ability. Two fun stories to share:
1. My father used to use spent developer as a weed killer!! Definitely not the right thing to do.
2. Beware of your clothes. As a young man I had some strange dark streaks on my negs. I had a favourite jersey, a wool & nylon mix. It was sparking whilst I was moving loading film. Proof that film is really sensitive.
Thanks for your videos. I’m lucky enough to have a small room that is quickly changed into a darkroom. I love an evening in there with good music and the anticipation of unravelling a string of negs.
Sounds like you’re having fun
Great video. VERY complete. Might add that processing at different temps isn't a problem - especially ID11 at 22C which according to one of the user's articles in Jobo Archives was his standard for commercially developing over 30,000 rolls back in the day. Consistency is the key, but temp is going to change once you put it in the tank UNLESS you only process at air temp. I add 1 degree initial to allow for cooling over the Development step - especially for C41 but also for B&W. Might also mention that learning to test Fixer for Clearing Time can shorten the process as well as satisfy that the Fixer is still active and good.
I'm seconding rec for Arista's wide tab reels for easy loading. Also as an ex-Jobo user, highly recommend Paterson tanks and burping them to make them leak tight. B's Processor and even B's Reels for 4X5 also offer convenient and inexpensive options for those adding rolller processing to non-Developer steps - the way I prefer to go as well. Gentle hand agitation offers immense benefits, control and flexibility. Roller gear just takes some of the drudgery out so that you can do some clean-up while an individual step is underway. Last hint is that I load ALL chemistry into individual 1 liter bottles and keep it in a controlled temp water environment at the start. So I have 6 rinse bottles, 1 bottle of developer, 1 bottle of (citric acid) stop, 1 bottle fo Fixer (TF3), 1 bottle of Hypoclear and 1 bottle of final rinse (like Photoflow). It's a lot of bottles and the rinse bottles do get refilled and re-used along the way, in order to keep the chemistry from cross contamination, but it simplifies things down the line.
There’s many options but trying to keep things simple too
Cool! Where did you get those fabulous beakers?
Those are the Paterson ones. Anyone who sells Ilford products can get them. They hold 1200ml.
Love the , use your wife’s drill 😀 . Another great video Bob .
Glad you enjoyed it
*get rid of the coffee*.... Unless you are mixing Caffenol developer! 🤭I never used powdered chemistry so far, all the stuff I got was liquid you need to dilute. One of the thing I enjoy with shooting black and white film as a hobby is how you can easily and cheaply process it at home. I buy film and it never touches a lab again, and I can try out all sort of developers and development times and push/pull processes... Though I am very much enjoying HP5+ in Rodinal, box speed. Lovely grain, yet not too grainy. Very flexible film in general. Though I feel I only scratched the surface of what I can do with it. But I like it enough I got a 100ft bulk roll and a vintage lloyds loader.
I also did a bit of color C41 with a sous-vide cooker. It's actually not that hard to do but dev time will vary after X rolls and you need to keep good track of that due to the fast depletion of the color developer... but that is off topic 🤣
Yes using a sous-vide would work great. Both for colour or black and white, although more critical for the colour work for sure.
Why not use a changing bag instead of trying to find "the dark closet in the hotel room" ? 🤔
Yes, that's a great idea too.
Hi Bob. Interesting video covering the basics of film development. Only comment I would make is that your video does not emphasize that a dark room is not required and that the film loading into a tank can be carried out using a changing bag or tent. I personally have a darkroom, but always use a bag for 35/120 film and a tent for 4x5 because I find it more convenient.
Yeah, I should have mentioned that. I have a tent that I used for 8x10 loading in the field. Should have mentioned it.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Washing time of one hour is not necessary for any film. These kind of times are for baryta papers. About 10 minutes under running water is fine for a 135 format back and white film. In color processes, washing times are even shorter with warm eater.
Great to know, thanks.
This definitely encourages me to give this a try. Many b&w rolls in the fridge ready to develop. Thank you! 🙏
Yes, give it a try. It's easy and maybe even fun!!
I am definitely stealing that paint mixer drill idea. Genius!
Thanks, makes it so much easier!!
Just a couple points that made my developing easier. I don't have a room without a window or skylight so use a changing bag. With 35mm film, it makes life easier only rewinding til it comes off the camera take up spool. Then clipping off angled portion, you still have about 6" that was already exposed loading the camera so you can get the film started on the reel before needing darkness. For 120 my large landing area plastic arista spools are priceless. I mix the developer take the temp and put the measuring container in the freezer covered with plastic wrap a couple minutes til down to a tad below 20 C or 68F. as the film and tank is room temp. The massive dev cell phone app will allow you to set film size, type, iso for dev and it allows you to start the time, beeps for each agitation period and sound when time to pour out the chemicals. You can add or subtract the percentage of time to shorten or lengthen development and it computes it and adjusts the dev time. For folks using patterson tanks, to get it not to leak during agitation is put half the lid on, push down with your thumb in the center, let it snap into place and release your thumb. It seals like tupperware, no leaks. I do my developing in a bathroom and turn off the heat/ac on last agitation and have the shower curtain fully closed. That means 20 minutes for any dust to fall out of the air in the shower. 2 hrs later I put it in a zip lock uncut so it just slides through my film holder for camera scanning. Great video, you are teaching folks to cut their total film cost by up to $20/ ROLL. Makes film photography way more affordable.
Thanks for the great tips.
I’ve a change bag and find it’s a really useful tool - provided I load it with everything I need (usually forget scissors). I always knew them as Nuns’ Knickers because of the shape and heavy, light-tight material 😂
I stage the items on the flap in order of usage, for 120 don't need scissors, only 35 mm. I don't have a choice, no dark area except a small closet.
Those are good points
Great stuff, thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
No hypoclear to remove fixer?
No just the wash
Flic Film Black White & Green developer: mix-on-use syrup, years of shelf life, same active ingredient as Xtol 😅
I use it 1-shot in a Jobo. Nice not having 5L jugs of chemistry to store.
Good stuff man!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Those of us who learned to process years ago were gifted something that we might not of appreciated at the time but seems hard to get in the modern times.
Thank you for sharing! I have been developing my own film for decades. The savings are realized after you shoot a couple dozen rolls. I agree, I always do the same, let the chemicals sit for a few days before using, it’s like you said it takes the bite out of them,
they just become more uniform.
It's a great way to save money, plus sometimes you want to develop a half roll just to see what you shot.