HELP! Developing color films
Guoming Shou
Hi, I want to develop color films by myself(negative and slide). I'm
going to buy a stainless tank with reel, and some other basic tools. My
problem is it is difficult to control tempreture precisely. Can anybody
give me some suggestion on this? I want to use my bathroom as the
darkroom, and the only source of water is the cold and hot water whose
tempreture can vary dramatically.
Also, if I don't want to enlarge negative or slides, I think possiblly I
don't need a darkroom. Is there some kind of dark-bag for me to use when
loading films into developing tanks?
Thanks a lot!
Guoming
gary cruse
I would recommend that you do not attempt
to develop C41 color film in your bathroom. The
chemistry has to be disposed of correctly. Film
bleach can destroy your plumbing. And your
lack of temperature control is going to leave you
will color problems when you have prints made.
On Sun, 25 May 1997 16:42:17 -0500, Guoming Shou <sh...@math.uiuc.edu>
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Gary
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>Hi, I want to develop color films by myself(negative and slide). I'm
>going to buy a stainless tank with reel, and some other basic tools. My
>problem is it is difficult to control tempreture precisely. Can anybody
>give me some suggestion on this?
It's difficult? Had me fooled. I do it all the time..... by hand.....
using the hot and cold faucets and a good thermometer. Really, it's no
big deal.
>I want to use my bathroom as the
>darkroom, and the only source of water is the cold and hot water whose
>tempreture can vary dramatically.
It's true that the temperatures vary, but it's not hard to do... you
only have to maintain any given temperture for a few minutes. Every
stepin the process is done at a different temperature, and every step
is
1) cooler than the previous step
2) less critical than the previous step.
>Also, if I don't want to enlarge negative or slides, I think possiblly I
>don't need a darkroom. Is there some kind of dark-bag for me to use when
>loading films into developing tanks?
Yes. Stores catering to Professionals should have them. I got mine
from Rainier Photographic Supply in Seattle for about $20. It gives me
room (inside the double-layer black bag) for a film canister opener,
scissors, film, and tank components. I load the film from the cnaister
to the reel, load the reel into the tank, and then do everything in
room light. Works great.