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and also mark chemicals with dangerous... ;p working in a home environment you wouldnt want your mum drinking fixer for water 

and also mark chemicals with dangerous... ;p working in a home environment you wouldnt want your mum drinking fixer for water![]()
i will use him to help me in developing and he is smart enough so he may develop my film in the future for me without i go to do it myself].
and also mark chemicals with dangerous... ;p working in a home environment you wouldnt want your mum drinking fixer for water![]()
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I'm sorry but I absolutely love that line
Best of luck - you've certainly come to a very friendly and helpful place!
Buy two 1 gallon plastic pitchers, one for mixing developer only(and mark it) the other for every thing else and three or four [4 cup] measuring cups that are marked in both ounces and metric from your local housewares store. Also get a one cup measure and a couple of smaller medicine dosing cups. It doesn't hurt to have a couple of medicine dosing syringes that come with bottle stoppers for measuring really small amounts.Finally after long long waiting, i've got all the chemicals i want to develop B&W film, the hard part is to choose which one to start with but i will see what i will choose, now the last thing i need to do is to find a container that is up to 1G or 2G to mix chemicals of powders, I have one container but not measuring one, so i will check for the last time in my area if i can find any measuring container that i can use to mix chemicals to make up to 2 Gallons, i have one powder to make 1 US Gallon and another chemical to make 5L, i have small 1L containers but first i need to mix entire chemical solution then later i can store on those smaller tanks/containers.
I can't wait to start my development, i may wait until we can move to new house or until i get that large measuring container for gallons.
Wish me a good luck!!!
Buy a two gallon plastic pitchers, one for mixing developer only(and mark it) the other for every thing else and three or four [4 cup] measuring cups that are marked in both ounces and metric from your local housewares store. Also get a one cup measure and a couple of smaller medicine dosing cups. It doesn't hurt to have a couple of medicine dosing syringes that come with bottle stoppers for measuring really small amounts.
I bought a large plastic container at a local grocery store. I *think* these are typically used for orange juice, etc, but it's just a large plastic container with a lid on it. It didn't have any measurement markings on it, so I used smaller measuring cups and a permanent marker to put 1 liter, 2 liter, 3 liter, 1 gallon, 4 liter, and 5 liter marks. If you look around your house, you might already have something usable for this purpose.
Just be sure to mark it so once used for chemicals, it won't be used for food.
Film should be developed in complete darkness.
Except for with one type of film: Orthochromatic. That's a fancy word for a type of film that is not sensitive to red light.
99% of all black and white film is Panchromatic, (which is a fancy word for film that is sensitive to the entire spectrum of light, including red, and as a result of that, a red safelight would ruin the film).
- Thomas
You'll have a lot of fun! Please don't dump any used fixer down the drain because it's bad for the environment. Dispose of it properly. Here's a link on how to do it.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Developing-Black--White-Photos-at-Home/
We developed B&W in that workshop under red safelight, the instructor said it is because of the chemicals not the film, because we load the film in the tank under fully dark room, but when using chemicals we just turn on the safelight, but can't we turn the room light? I didn't say we have to load and develop the film uncovered shown under any light, once the film is in the tank and locked it is away from the light, or do you mean it is still not safe?
Congrats on getting some film developed on your own. Now you can really start learning about film, and how to control it with development. Make sure you keep notes of your exposures, and how you develope , to compare. Loading the reels gets easier with practice.Hey all, finally i would like to say, thank you very very much for all of your help.
Just today i started to develop my B&W film at home, i did 3 rolls, too bad that 1 of them came out nothing or bad, and the other 2 came out fine [not sure until i scan or print], I am so happy i did it at home even i did develop before at workshop i attended, but nothing like when i do it alone myself without someone else with me around.
Honestly for first roll i developed [which was also my first ever B&W film i shoot] i did many mistakes, so even it went bad i will not feel bad as i expect i will ruin it or it is ruined already before i develop., also it was a nightmare to load the roll into the reel, i spent about 1 hour and so to load it for the first roll, and then took something between 5-15 minutes for the others, the first one i tried first with Paterson reel, gave up and then tried Jobo one, gave up again and last i tried the stainless steel one and it worked but seems i corrupted so far, also because i was so mad and disappointed i put a water in Jobo tank and then put it in the changing bag [while the film is closed on Paterson tank without reel, and took out the film in the changing back to wash the roll, as when i tried to load it was stuck and not going through so i thought it was like adhesive or not dry or so], i learnt but seeing the other two coming out nicely i forgot all my mistakes, even those two came out were the shots i was looking for, I have one roll remain but i don't know if the fixer is enough.
Hey all, finally i would like to say, thank you very very much for all of your help.
Just today i started to develop my B&W film at home, i did 3 rolls, too bad that 1 of them came out nothing or bad, and the other 2 came out fine [not sure until i scan or print], I am so happy i did it at home even i did develop before at workshop i attended, but nothing like when i do it alone myself without someone else with me around.
Honestly for first roll i developed [which was also my first ever B&W film i shoot] i did many mistakes, so even it went bad i will not feel bad as i expect i will ruin it or it is ruined already before i develop., also it was a nightmare to load the roll into the reel, i spent about 1 hour and so to load it for the first roll, and then took something between 5-15 minutes for the others, the first one i tried first with Paterson reel, gave up and then tried Jobo one, gave up again and last i tried the stainless steel one and it worked but seems i corrupted so far, also because i was so mad and disappointed i put a water in Jobo tank and then put it in the changing bag [while the film is closed on Paterson tank without reel, and took out the film in the changing back to wash the roll, as when i tried to load it was stuck and not going through so i thought it was like adhesive or not dry or so], i learnt but seeing the other two coming out nicely i forgot all my mistakes, even those two came out were the shots i was looking for, I have one roll remain but i don't know if the fixer is enough.
Congrats on getting some film developed on your own. Now you can really start learning about film, and how to control it with development. Make sure you keep notes of your exposures, and how you develope , to compare. Loading the reels gets easier with practice.
Your fixer is reusable, dont use it one-shot. It should last you several films, just return it to a bottle marked "fix/film" . If you are printing as well, then you will need another bottle marked "fix/paper" and do not confuse them. Developer is one-shot, stop is reusable, fix is reusable, HCA is reusable, and photoflo is reusable.
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