I realized that after I wrote the huge post about the process that I have been using in the darkroom to develop the film, that it was way to wordy. Sometimes you have to see the process right before your eyes to really understand what's happening. So here you are:
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| In the safety of darkness you open the canister. |
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| Roll the film onto the reel. |
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| Place it in the light safe container. Note: even though the canister is light safe it allows liquids to pass through it. |
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| Measure the room temperature using room temperature water. We have a chart that says that when using stock developer at 68 degrees you keep is on the film for 7-8 minutes. If the room temperature is cooler than 68 then you have to leave the chemicals on the film longer and if it's warmer you leave it in for less time. |
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| We used Kodak D-76 Developer and the light safe containers that we have are 8 oz, thus we measure out the volume of the containers. The room was 64 degrees today meaning that we keep the chemicals on the film for 9 min and 15 seconds. Agitating the solution for 5 seconds every 30 seconds until the time is up. Then you empty it into the sink. |
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| Add 8 oz of stop bath and agitate constantly for 30 seconds. Once the time is up empty and fill with water and swish enough for a quick but thorough rinse. |
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| Fill container with 8 oz of fixer. Leave in for 5 minutes agitating for 5 seconds every 30 seconds. Empty when the time is up into a specially marked bin labeled "used fixer" and rinse again with room temperature water. |
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| Next fill with 8 oz of permawash. This solution helps reduce the water bath time to 10 minutes from the original 20 minutes. Leave the permawash in for 5 minutes and repeat the same agitating process as before. |
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| After the permawash you must put the film into the water bath in the back tube above. The tube keeps fresh water constantly moving evenly throughout the container. The bath lasts 10 minutes. |
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| Place the film into the dryer on medium for 30 minutes minimum. |
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| And just like that you have your developed rolls of film! |
I like this post! The steps explained in pictures really helped me to "get" what you are doing.
ReplyDeleteYay! After reading over my previous posts I was a little confused myself but by laying out each step in a picture I was able to come to a clearer understanding!
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