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A Complete & Easy Guide to Develop B&W Film at Home (how I started)
- Type
- Video
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- 34 min
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2024
About this lesson
A complete, easy guide to developing black-and-white film at home: the tools, how development works, choosing chemicals, starter kits and loading 35mm and 120 reels.
Chapters
- 0:00Intro
- 0:45Necessary Tools
- 2:05How Development Works
- 2:45Choosing Chemicals (how they differ)
- 3:45My Recommendation (chemicals)
- 5:43Paterson/Ilford Starter Kit (all-in-one solution)
- 6:33Loading Film (overview)
- 8:04How To Load 120 Film Onto A Reel
- 10:10How To Load 35mm Film Onto A Reel
- 13:17Mixing Chemicals (overview)
- 14:08Figuring Out Chemical Volume
- 14:37Chemical Dilution
- 15:22Chemical Temperature
- 16:05How To Easily Get Chemicals To Temperature (my process)
- 17:40Figuring Out Develop Times (a must-have app)
- 21:10The Developing Process (start to finish)
- 32:24Chemical Disposal
- 33:05Closing Thoughts
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