/p/ - Photography

I do.

It's easier than people think and it's fun to experiment.

>>484

What does your setup look like?

>>486

Very much like the OP pic actually.

I just have a small bathroom but it's enough to develop film for scanning. I'd love to get back into printing but it's probably not going to happen.

I dev b&w in D76 and xtol and colour negs in Tetenal.

Colour is also easier than people thing, by the way. I just fill the sink with warm water and use that to maintain a steady temp. Tetenal seems to be pretty forgiving anyway.

It seems like something I'd like to get into, but I don't know the first thing about it.

>>504

It's pretty easy. It really is one of those things you can learn from watching 10 minutes of youtube videos.

You really only need what's in the OP pic plus thems to get started too. I'd get a squeegee as well, though.

With black and white film it's just developer, water rinse, fixer, water rinse. That's it.

If you're serious about getting into home developing I'll be happy to write it out in detail.

>>505

>thems

Chems of course

>>505

Do you think I could do it in a ~3x10 foot closet?

I'll have to watch a few YouTube videos or something, it doesn't sound that bad.

>>507

Developing the film takes very little space. You can do that with just a tank and a changing bag like this http://www.amazon.com/Adorama-Small-Changing-16x17-Loading/dp/B00009R6PX/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1440174883&sr=8-2&keywords=darkroom+bag

You only need the darkness to get the film out of the canister and onto the reels and into the tank.

The tank itself lets you pour chems in and out without exposing the film inside to light.

Printing on paper is a different ballgame entirely and I don't do it these days although I do miss it. I just develop negatives and scan them.

It really is very easy and more forgiving in terms of both temperatures and times than people think.

>>508

Okay, that doesn't seem hard at all.

What's so different about printing on paper? I was actually looking at enlargers the other day even though I don't understand what the deal is with them.

>>509

Printing still isn't hard at all.

It just takes more space.

Developing paper isn't any harder than developing negs and you can get the hang of the enlarger very quickly.

>>510

Okay, thanks. I'll have to look into all this since it seems a lot less challenging than I thought.

Im about to develop a roll of film. I mixed the chemicals last night and let them sit. I moved my film into the developing tank using a dark bag.

Im developing tri-x 400 with fujifilm chemicals.

Ill put a scan on here after I finished developing and drying. I used a holga pinhole camera to take the photos, so probably nothing good will come from this roll of film. Its good for testing though. My other camera is a leica mp with 35mm summicron. I dont want to ruin the leica shots, so im practicing with my shit holga first.

>>518

inb4 op doesnt deliver

Just finished developing my first roll of pinhole photographs. The majority of the roll was overexposed while taking the photo. Only 6 shots came out with the correct exposure. Of these 6, only one is a decent shot, the others suck hard. Ill scan the film as soon as it is dry and post it here.

>>526

I deliver here:

http://8ch.net/p/res/527.html