My plan exactly. Adorama does still sell changing bags in two different sizes. Not much money. Great for the person who wants to develop film but has no dark places to do it ... like me!
In the past I've used both darkrooms and changing bags. I'm comfortable either way. Now doing color in dip and dunk tanks where you have to spend the entire development cycle in the dark? That I never cared for. ~nick On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Paul Sorenson <allarou...@earthlink.net> wrote: > If you're only developing film you don't need a darkroom until you start > printing. Get a fairly large changing bag, I think they still make them. > You can load the film from the cassette to a light-tight tank inside the > changing bag and do all the developing/fixing/washing in the room with the > lights on. I always found it easier to load the film onto the reels and > into the tank with a bag compared to doing it in a darkroom. Must have > something to do with being able to see where my hands were. > > -p > > On 10/3/2010 7:29 PM, Nick Wright wrote: >> >> JCO, I won't be printing for now. I have absolutely no space for a >> real darkroom. We're living in a 30-foot camper while we tear down and >> rebuild our house (but I'm definitely making space for a darkroom in >> the new house), so safelights etc aren't needed at this point. I'll >> just have to be happy scanning my negs. >> >> Been poking around and found some info that indicates one roll of film >> takes 300ml of solution. But it seemed to me they were talking about >> the plastic paterson tanks. Will a single roll in a stainless tank >> take that much solution? >> >> Jeffery, thanks for mentioning the timer, can't believe I forgot that. >> Also I prefer Kodak T-Max developer and Ilford's Rapid Fix, but thanks >> for the suggestions. >> >> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Walter Gilbert<ldott...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> If you're anything like me, you'll need a first aid kit that includes >>> eyewash and some manner of emetic. >>> >>> -- Walt >>> >>> >>> On 10/3/2010 6:44 PM, Nick Wright wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm preparing a list of everything I need in order to develop my own >>>> black and white film. >>>> >>>> Seeing as its been quite a number of years since I've done this I >>>> thought I'd run it by you all to see if I've got it all down. >>>> >>>> Tank >>>> >>>> Reels >>>> >>>> mixing paddles >>>> >>>> thermometer >>>> >>>> two graduates (one for developer, one for fixer; as I will only mix >>>> what is needed for the batch I'm working on) ... what size do you all >>>> think I should get for these. If I'm only ever going to do two rolls >>>> of film at a time, will a 150ml grad be enough or should I go for the >>>> 300ml? >>>> >>>> obviously developer and fixer. >>>> >>>> photoflo and squeege, film clips. >>>> >>>> what am I forgetting? >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.856 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3174 - Release Date: 10/03/10 >> 01:34:00 >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
