So if you use just a tank and a crate of warm water with the aqaurium heater. Would you use only one tank and keep swapping the chemicals, or just use 2 tanks one for developer and one for bleach fix? If you keep swapping them you are gonna mess up the developper right?
Thank you so much for sharing the real process! Did prints by a filmlab and the results were not good. You see the digital noise (of the enlargement) over the original grain of the picture wich pains. Do you know if there are any labs out there making prints of a 35mm negative image, or are there only dudes & dudettes like you (so said, pros) doing that on their own?
"Printing colour photos from home is easy; don't believe what you've read on the Internet" - proceeds to work with state of the art equipment in a beautifully designed dark room with multiple enlargers that are easily worth around tens of thousands of dollars in total : )
I need to add a correction my previous comment I quoted Wratten AO10 this filter is green /yellow. The correct filter usable is Wratten 13 which is suitable for panchromatic paper as well, but I don't think it's suitable for pan films. Kodak don't say so.
a great tutorial, It's often not that easy but, having worked with colour for many years, while it is a bit more painstaking that B and W it Is more gratifying and a lot more fun. A Wratten AO 10 is a good short on time safe light for colour printing.Just turn it off after loading the Masking board.
The colors may have looked accurate at 20:45 but I have to say that that print would have looked better if you had left it with the unbalanced more saturated colors from the 4second test strip. A neutral image is not always a good looking photo, more so than not a very saturated popping photo is more pleasing. Just my 2 cents.
Why the hell would you show off the more cost accessible options to color photography and then for the "walkthrough" show off using the very expensive print processor which none of us have, and would likely already be privy to everything demonstrated in this video. We came here for the cheap options. Nonsense "how to" video
Really enjoyed your video. Just getting to printing. Got an enlarger that can do color. Would really like to see how to make a developing tank. I am sure I am not alone.
Excuse me sir I have a doubt can I print currency through your process if there's no paper type boundation in this method , yes or no rest we'll discuss in any near by coffee shop at your place 🤔😂
Great introduction. I'm finding it difficult to find the CMY filters you show at 7:07 for B&W enlargers. What should I be Googling for? Can you send a link?
Its so much easier to use digital format and view pictures on screen or have them printed at professional installations.Yet, there’s something extremely attractively- satisfying to go through this process. It almost feels like you’re putting a soul into these pictures. Digitals pictures feel robotic. Yes, they’re perfect, flawless and “adjustable”. Film pictures feel alive. And all those little flaws with color, tint, exposure, etc. actually make it better. It’s like adding a character to make it unique. The more time, effort and emotions you put into process (choosing what to capture, worrying about correct light settings, developing film and printing on paper), the more alive it feels. Theres something mysteriously attractive with analog way of freezing time and space.
In this world, nothing natural is perfect. That´s why film looks better to the human eye than digital pictures. Same goes with every other kind of handicraft. Best food is not cooked by robots measuring the exact amount of seasoning, but by a chef doing it all by heart.
There are several aspects that cause digital photos to look robotic and boring: 1. More often then not digital photos are not processed. 2. Most digital photos are shot on phones resulting in very compressed images with poor color compared to film photos. 3. Digital photos from phones up to high end mirrorless focus too much on resolution, neutrality, and lack of grain resulting in a very pedestrian monotone look. 4. Digital lacks the human element. Imperfections, slight color casts, some grain, and lower resolution are a lot more interesting than a flat digital image. 5. Lastly the biggest problem is that since digital photography has become cheap and affordable to everyone; the result is in it becoming a throwaway medium where photos have little to no value anymore. Digital photos are worth pennies after you including the camera cost, media cost, and the cost of your time. Analog photos have a minimum value which equates the basic cost to shoot and develop the film. So at least $1 for each medium format shot.
Great video, thanks for sharing! I just bought a Durst rcp20 and was going to try some colour darkroom printing. Any idea where I can find a user manual? Thanks
Only one sad thing is that you can't use graded papers anymore. As well as reversal ones like Cibachrome and Ektachrome. But i have heard there still are chemical ways to increase/ decrease contrast without changing color balance.
Very helpful overview of the process. I do have a question about color processing, do you have the ability to dodge and burn like you can do with Black and White?
