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in the darkroom. straight up "developing it". and by "it", haha, well. let's just say. my peanits.

Anonymous Tue 09 Jul 2024 06:38:50 No.4334891 View View Reply Original Report

I want to start processing B&W at home but don't know where to start. What tank do I buy? What about developer; Rodinal, D76, XTOL, etc? What's the best develop/stop/fix kit out there? Are bleachers/wetting agents necessary? Do I need a darkroom or can I just do everything in a changing bag?

TLDR: I just want a grocery list and rationale for each item. I'm starting from ground zero.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Jul 2024 07:35:19 No.4334896 Report

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What do you mean "processing"?
If you want to develop your own film just buy a patterson tank, rodinal, the cheapest and most concentrated fixer you can find and a stop solution and do semi-stand development with a 1:100 dilution.
Otherwise if you have money to waste just but whatever is recommended by the film manufacturer and go here https://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php for the ratios

fe2fucker

fe2fucker Tue 09 Jul 2024 09:02:50 No.4334918 Report

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You had the best opportunity to say RODinal and ya blew it.

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Anonymous Tue 09 Jul 2024 09:26:38 No.4334924 Report

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>>4334918

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Anonymous Tue 09 Jul 2024 11:41:01 No.4334944 Report

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>>4334891
Get at least a two reel Paterson tank so it can fit 120, and a large changing bag/tent. Chemistry for bw is pretty interchangeable so go with whatever is cheapest or easiest for you to acquire, just to get used to the process, and any fixer. Stop bath isn’t absolutely required and neither is a wetting agent. Bleach is more of a colour thing as well. The trickiest thing will be getting used to loading the film more than the dev process itself. Might need a film picker as well if you want to save/reuse your canisters.
TLDR, dark bag, 2 reel tank, cheap developer like rodinal, fixer, done.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Jul 2024 11:56:54 No.4334951 Report

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>>4334944
Thanks, I'll probably get a Jobo 1520 since I heard the Patersons have some leakage. Is a stop bath only required if I'm using more concentrated developer ratios? And will the bleach improve contrast? Blix recommendations would be great as well.

>film picker
I'm not enough of an autist to implement bulk loading into my diet.

fe2fucker

fe2fucker Tue 09 Jul 2024 12:28:48 No.4334958 Report

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>>4334951
Patersons dont have leakage if you use the spin to win stick and just develop with the top off. Hate inversions. Most autistic thing I've ever done.

But yeah fuck paterson.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Jul 2024 13:25:58 No.4334969 Report

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>>4334951
You could use bleach for black and white for contrast adjustment, sure, but why do you feel the need to? It’s pretty uncommon and It’s probably the last way I’d pick to address that. Either adjust contrast when you print, or in software after you scan. Did someone tell you it’s part of the process or something?

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