It was on my list for way too long.
Additionally, to my interest in digital photography, I shoot on film from time to time.
And as you should know, an analogue film can’t just be taken out of the camera to look at the images.
There is a chemical process for the development.
This process goes as followed:
1. Take all photos on your camera
2. Rewind the film
3. Take the film out
4. In the complete dark, you open your film container and wind it on the spool of your film canister
5. Place the spool in the can and close it
6. Turn the lights back on
7. Fill the canister with your film developer. Depending on your film, this takes a different amount of time
my Kodak ISO400 took 8 minutes with turning the can two times a minute
8. Remove the developer and constantly fill the can with fresh water for multiple minutes
9. Fill the canister with the fixer. Depending on your film, this takes a different amount of time
for my Kodak ISO400 it took 8 minutes with turning the can two times a minute
10. Remove the fixer from the canister and constantly fill the can with fresh water for multiple minutes
11. Mix water with some wetting agent and fill the can a last time
12. Take out the film, remove all the remaining water and let it dry
13. Cut the film into smaller stripes and scan it
I was very surprised how simple it is to develop black’n white film.
I will keep doing this for a very long time, because it’s absolutely amazing.
I used the following products:
Tools from Kaiser (Werbung)