You don't need no stinking squeegee, get your fingers nice and wet and use them. Works fine and I've scratched less film that way, (zero rolls), than I have using a dirty squeegee.
Adam Maas wrote: > Developing film is easy. You need a tank, a couple spools to load film on, a > couple graduated cylinders for measuring chemicals, a thermometer, squeegee > and some film hangers for drying. Chemical-wise, developer (I use Rodinal and > TMax Developer), stop bath and fixer are all that's required. You also need a > dark closet or small room for loading the film into the tank, once loaded > everything else can be done in daylight > > Prints are more involved. Same chemicals(but paper developer instead of film > developer), but also needed are a darkroom, developing trays, enlarger, > contrast-control filters, paper, timer of some sort, darklight and a couple > other minor items. As my bathroom is too small for comfortably printing, I > don't bother and just scan & print digitally. > > -Adam > > > Glen Tortorella wrote: > >> Thank you very much, Scott. I have been wanting to try developing my >> own prints, but I have feared doing so. I tend to be a >> perfectionist, and I fear disappointment. I do not have the >> equipment, either. What would I need? It would be great to have >> someone show me the correct way of doing it... >> >> Regards, >> Glen >> >> On Sep 7, 2007, at 11:06 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: >> >> >>> Adam Maas wrote: >>> >>>> Glen, >>>> >>>> Mailers are a cheap option for getting E6 slide film processed. >>>> They are not economical for B&W. For cheap processing of Fuji >>>> Acros, do it yourself. I recommend Agfa or A&O Rodinal at 1:50 >>>> dilution for 12 minutes at 20C, 30 seconds initial agitation with >>>> 2 inversions per minute. Should run you about $0.60 or less per >>>> roll (including stop & fix) if you 1-shot the dev and reuse stop & >>>> fix. >>>> >>>> -Adam >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> I'll have to agree with Adam. For the price of having 8 or 10 >>> rolls of >>> B&W developed you could buy the chemicals and hardware to do it >>> yourself. Rodinal is a good choice for slower film. If you're >>> shooting >>> at a higher ISO you might want to consider HC-110. It's a good >>> general >>> purpose developer. It comes in a concentrate, much like Rodinal, and >>> will last a very long time. >>> >>> -- >>> Scott Loveless >>> http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >> > > > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
