so nice to see a relaxed version of developing! everyone else is just so particular about every little detail, this makes the whole process seem enjoyable, thank you!
I'm so glad I'm not the only person who is lax when it comes to developing, I'm not trying to save the world, all I want to do is develop film it's not that hard.
i would recomend keeping in the film in for about 7 minutes, even though it looks like it has dissolved all the unexposed silver, sometimes there is still some silver there which will continue to darken. also i would recommend putting the other reel in the tank if you are only developing one roll. what you do is put the reel that has your film on it at the bottom and the empty reel at the top. you should do this because the reel is moving around on the inside of the tank and if it gets stuck near the middle or the top, half of the film is not getting developed. and actually if you leave the fixer in for too long it can do harm. fixer is used to remove the undeveloped silver, but if you leave it in for too long it will start to dissolve the silver that has been developed. this will add contrast to the negative. if you want more contrast you can PUSH your film like how EduardoPavezGoye is doing it AND then leave the fixer in longer
The tap water contains salts, which leave stains on the film after drying it. I recommend to wash additionally with destilled or deionized water (just fill up the tank after washing with tap water and agitate for some seconds). Good video, you brought up the real fun in film developing as it should be. Thank you!
That was the funniest film video I've ever seen. Proves my point that developing black and white film is so easy, even a photographer can do it. No matter how hard you tried, you couldn't F it up. ;)
Just watched this now, and I have to say that before watching it I didn't feel encouraged that I could develop my film myself and not mess it up. Ed, you are the best at teaching anything photography-related. You make everything even more fun and simple to learn! Cheers
awesomeness. totally the best and most encouraging video I've seen on film developing.. I might actually try to develop the box of films sitting in the cupboard! thank you 😀
Perfect video for the beginner. Learn by failing. Learn the basics and don’t get caught up in the minutia. Don’t fret the failures!!! They can be beautiful.
I used to push processing all the time when I worked newspaper. I used HP5 (ASA 400) @ 75 degress for 5 minutes with Kodak HC110 1:1. It gave you approximately 3200 ASA. You agitated the first 10 seconds and then set it down and did not agitate again. If you did, it would overdevelop and cause clumping of the silver and make grain. The bonus was you could a standard 400 ASA development at 1:7 in HC110 for the same time and temparture. I can not tell how how many roles of film I did this way in 20 years of working newspaper action sports photography.
That was interesting! I am so terribly careful with temperatures and timing and this shows how forgiving film actually is. Loved the video. Instead of being prescriptive and unnecessarily precise you make the process so enjoyable. Finally, a video that's done by the kind of guy you'd want to meet for a pint:)
Just developed my first few rolls last weekend using your method. Everything turned out great with one exception: I got a lot of water spots on my film. In the future I'll probably be adding some sort of wetting agent to the final rinse.
No, first you rinse for 10-20 minutes under water, THEN add 1/4 capful of photoflo to the tank while its full of water. agitate constantly for 30 seconds, dump out the photoflo soapy water, and use a squeegee - no water spots!
I used to have that problem, then I read you simply have to give your film a few min water rinse to push out any oxygen bubbles before putting the developer. my film comes out nice in clean now! (don't forget to use a squeegee at end too)
Since I'm stuck at home, I used this technique to develop my first batch of HP5 and it worked beautifully. Thank you so much for this straight-forward guide!
Thanks so much for this video.I have recently decided to start developing my own film after about 20yrs, then scanning it to digital using a camera, then printing on a desktop printer. Since I live in a small RV, I no longer have a darkroom. I need something super simple, and your way is so simple.
I would not recommend printing your images with that workflow with a desktop printer unless it's a really good printer. Maybe use the negatives and go to a photo store? I wish you the best!
Just developed my first roll of kodak tri-x400 and looks like it worked! Thanks bruh, only using water as a stop bath helps keep the cost of developing film a little lower, glad you experimented and shared with the world. Much appreciated and continue the film passion.
It's lovely to see a channel teaching others about the process of analogue film. This is totally what I'm trying to get my channel to do. So glad I found your videos- they're great, man.
i dont use the temperatures too... i just try to use all thinhs in the same temperatire but not exactly 20 degrees... the propose is to have fun.. some people starting like me get so worried and stressed about it... its just chill and test whats good for you... nice video i love it!
I understand the intention behind this video, a lot of people think that developing is very difficult and that you need to understand a LOT of things to be able to do it. And it's corect that developing is not a fix and rigid science, diferent mixes, times, temperatures and variants give you different results. But I think the video is also kinda missleading, so I don't know... I think I have mixed feelings about this video. Overall, I think its good, because its very friendly. But I think it's important to remember that developing "the brute way" is step one, it's important to keep improving and understanding how this works
But why did not I see this video before? This is certainly the most useful video, the most uninhibited I could see on this topic that I dared not address. Already you are a great photographer but also a great teacher. Thank you for all your videos.
Awesome guide. Have followed this several times with hp5+ and it works great every time. Hardest part was figuring out how to mix and store D-76, though stupid me got the bag for 1 gallon instead of 1 liter!
+Wouter Arisz Shoot your film at box speed and have all your chemicals and rinse water at 20 deg. C. You can experiment later but not on your first roll.
Thank you Eduardo for sharing this all with us! I was so happy to find a video of yours about a FED4 that I got on Ebay yesterday and everything you shared (I came across your channel when I watched a video by Dana and Lou) so just wanted to say thank you for doing this for us! Much love from Germany!
Thank you! Just tried this technique to develop some HP5+ 400 last night and it worked perfectly! First time I've developed film in 20 years, can see me shooting a lot of black and white now. ha ha
Your video shows the difficulty you have (and I had too) to re-open the developing tank. I use the same spool as you do because these are the best - especially when putting 120 Film in. These spools fit also into the Paterson developing tanks. With these you don't have the dificulty of re-opening the tank. Greetings from Hamburg
Thank You for this video.. I was too afraid to develop my film because i was worried to destroy my pictures. You gave me this courage to try it.. and it wasnt even hard!!:D BTW your humour is great:)
I am just (thinking of) getting into developing (before I am too old) and I must say, great presentation. All the others videos I have watched almost scare you off. Question; will keeping you chemicals in the fridge help with shelf life? Also, where did you get your developer/fixer from, I live in Australia and it's like trying to find gold at the end of a rainbow or catching a leprechaun.. when you do get someone willing to sell it's cost a fortune and has to be in bulk.... The time it took me to go back and check the name of the developer you used and with our friend google, found it :)
+Glenn Graham I don't believe keeping them in the fridge will help the chemicals. I guess not, but I'm not an expert in that regard. I use them for three months (or 30 rolls) and discard them, before they start losing power and start ruining your negatives by underdeveloping them. I bought my D-76 and fixer through eBay. there are many sellers who ship internationally and I'm sure you'll find someone close to where you live! :D Go on, get some developer and have fun. And please post the results!
There must be several things I should report you to the developing police police for in this video. Had a teacher on a course who spoke about "tepid" when talking about temperature for developing, and "room temperature" for dark room printing. I think as long as you are n the ball park you're fine with B&W film, especially 400iso upwards. The lower (medium speed) ISOs are slightly more crucial with temps and time, C-41 is a totally different story to within 0.5 degrees.
I never thought of looking at other b&w film examples on Massive Dev Chart. I just figured different films would need different times, throwing off the ability to substitute one data for another. I have a roll of Tri-X I've been dragging my feet on. By necessity I had to underexpose it 4-5 stops and there's essentially zero examples online for that with D76.
I love this video and your idea, in that you have no real style of developing film and instead is compensated by this idea of doing it if you want just for the fun and maybe the learning portion. Now that I think about it, that is a style in and of itself and I admire that sense if free expression in anyone and everyone. Good job
Ed!! Te habia visto hace algun tiempo en los videos de Fran haciendo cosas chistosas y hoy que me pongo a buscar tutoriales de foto porque me acaban de regalar una nishika 9000 te encuentro de nuevo diciendo cosas chistosas pero ahora sobre fotografía! Qué emoción! Jajaj Me encantó como explicas, sigue haciendo más tutoriales. Saludos desde México :D :)
Sos un grande viejo! Genio, gracias por tus vídeos. Son informativos, interesantes, al punto y divertidos. Me acabo de comprar una canon a1, vamos a ver como nos va 🤞🏼
I used to push Ilford HP3 / 4 400 asa film to 3200 asa. One HOUR in the tank using Pro-microl developer ( now no longer made :-/ ) diluted 1 - 4 ( I think ....it WAS a long time ago ! ). Then it was printed on the hardest grade of paper I could get...in high contrast developer that was HOT ( so fast development ! ). The results? pretty good actually despite what you might think...ahh...those were the days !
Hey Ed. This relaxed version is so much more inspiring. I'm gonna start developing my own soon. You said you reused your D76 stock? Do you adjust timings for it or just reuse it like normal? Thank you!
thank you for this! Such a good video and great channel overall. I have been binge watching for a few hours now. One question, where do you buy all the material? The developer, fixer and other chemicals?
Very nice :) Just started film photography and developing really seemed challenging to me. But you just took away my fear of totally messing things up. Great job!
Good tutorial. Between this one and a couple of others I seen, I feel confident enough. BTW, I'm a little sceptical about using my phone for the timer, knowing my luck I'll get one phone call after another.
thanks Eduardo, you really encourage to try back film but its pretty tough in india to get b/w films and developing materials. however I will start my research
Hi Eduardo ! Nice Channel I love your videos. One question : what scanner do you use for your films ? If you have any idea of an ideal scan quality let me know :)
¡Seco Ed! Buenísimo video y realmente muy sencillo de seguir, gracias por compartir tu conocimiento (y morí con la parte de “because I can”). Tengo solo dos dudas 1. ¿El método que describiste en el video es solo para película en blanco y negro o también sirve para color? Y 2. ¿qué escáner usas para tus negativos?
***** feliz resuelvo las dudas: 1.- es solo para blanco y negro. color se revela con químicos C-41, que son más caros. 2.- uso un Epson 4490, que sirve para diapo, 35mm y 120!
If you don't have consistent procedures, you don't get consistent results. You are not learning, you are throwing darts in the dark. Sometimes you will get lucky. But you won't know why.
Gracias por este video, lo he probado con un kentmere 400 pero tratandolo como ISO 200 tirado con una sencilla Agfa Isoly 100 y no ha salido nada mal. Lastima que no tenga un buen escaner. Tu video simplifica todo para que el proceso no llegue a aburrir y a partir de ahora revelare muchos carretes con este metodo. Saludos desde España!!!
*I know that when coating a screen for screen printing, that too has to be in a darkroom, however a yellow light bulb is used. Isn't there an equivalent light bulb for photography dark rooms? (red or black if I remember correctly?) ..so you're able to see in front of you at least? Thank you Eduardo for the awesome content!*
Do you use liquid soap or other known chemical in final rinse to keep spots from forming? Do you recommend a squeegee or fingers to remove excess water? Good vid
For a 15 minute development the chaotic start time wouldn't matter BUT the temperature is very important. You're never going to get cosistent results like this. But, hey, it was fun :(
