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Chemicals arrived via dhl at 6:20pm and my first roll of film came out developed at 7:20pm.

Not bad for a first time, didnt leave enough time to dry, force dried them with a hair dryer and stuck them in the enlarger.

First print was black, 10 secs at f4 next was ok ish at 7 secs f11.

Using really old paper so I think the foggy look I am getting might be down to that:thinking:

Anyway if it hadnt been for Dccd (Andy) who gave me the darkroom kit and the brilliant Ujjwal who got me into film I wouldnt be delving into this fun stuff.

Thanks guys:thumbs::thumbs:
 
On my god, andy, you are really tempting me into developing ( printing may be a bit too far for me).

So if I get into developing; what kit do I need, and where do I get it?

I guess I will need some sort of decent scanner as well ( unless there is any lab who will scan it quick). Any ideas?
 
Ujjwal, there are loads and loads of darkroom kits on ebay at giveaway prices.

You may be lucky living in London as most of them are pick only due to their weight.

We are doomed my friend:cuckoo:
 
well, I guess I am thinking : I will need a changing bag, and a tank + a few plastic bottles and trays isnt it? Anything else?

Also any advice on the scanner and s/w
 
If you are just developing you need a change bag, a tank and spiral, measuring device (cylinders are best), a thermometer and some patience for the first roll. You also need scissors, a bottle opener for 135 film (the sort you use to open beer, not wine) and somewhere to hang it to dry.

You need the chems as well and a scanner but it's not a lot of stuff and it's not hard. Printing is fun though, you should give it a go if you can
 
I know Chris; and my dear wife is encouraging me to set a printing shop up in the loft.

But may be one baby step at a time.

Is there a tank that I can use in complete daylight, without a changing bag. I remember reading about it in a darkroom handbook once. Will make life much easier.

The rest are easy to assemble - I guess a chemists shop ( boots ?) will have cylinders and bottles by the dozen
 
alpina there are some good videos on utube about developing and test strip printing etc
 
ujjwaldey8165 said:
Is there a tank that I can use in complete daylight, without a changing bag. I remember reading about it in a darkroom handbook once. Will make life much easier.
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You might be getting a mixed :thinking:, you would need to stick the tank into the changing bag, then load the film on to the reels, when done stick that in the tank and reassemble it. When thats done you can take the tank out of the bag and then develop in daylight.
Check out the Ilford page http://www.ilfordphoto.com/aboutus/page.asp?n=31 and the PDF make it a bit easier to understand.

ujjwaldey8165 said:
The rest are easy to assemble - I guess a chemists shop ( boots ?) will have cylinders and bottles by the dozen
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Best off looking in hardware stores for bottles and cylinders will be the same but way cheaper than Boots or there is Nova Darkroom or Silverprint they sell them, or good old flea bay :)

Scanners are who different dark art and while convenient, ink jet just is not as good as wet printing.

One day I will get back to darkroom printing :)
 
Thanks Knikki

No, I was not getting mixed up - there are full daylight tanks which do not need changing bag.

Looking through the net I came up with the following info :
Kodak made them for both 35mm and 120 mm ( 35U or something) and jobo makes them for 35 mm now ( Jobo 2400).
 
I did a little more searching and found the tanks you were refering to and I did not know that those things existed.

Quite intrigued on how they work, but think I'll stick to my changing back system.

But thanks for the insight ujjwaldey :thumbs:
 
I don't understand what you are saying. Any tank can be used in daylight, no? Once the film is in there you can pour the chemicals in with the aid of light.
 
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