rob_x2004 Posted July 8, 2008 Share #21 Posted July 8, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) No no wait ignore that. Developing is photo zen and completeness. Without it you will never earn a soul. Listen I will send you all my chemicals and my exposed rolls a few at a time. My return address....is.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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j. white Posted July 8, 2008 Share #22 Posted July 8, 2008 Dont worry it will pass. And then return again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted July 8, 2008 Share #23 Posted July 8, 2008 I'm only processing the film. Scanning and printing on a Canon, but I like the fact I can have traditional prints made from any worthy images. I'd like to get back into wet printing too but I gave it up partly due to the fact that I couldn't get the sort of quality I was hoping for given the limitations of a temporary/home setup. My approach is that framed prints on the wall are on silver paper. I scan all my negatives, as an alternative to contact sheets, and to help cataloging. When I have an image for the wall, I do a fairly high resolution scan and use photoshop elements to play and test what the final result should look like. I can burn and dodge, find the optimum contrast and generally get my vision into it. I do not do anyting in photoshop that I cannot do in the darkroom. I also make careful notes, which then become the basic recipe for the darkroom. I know what needs burning and dodging, I can see in advance the effect of edge burning etc. I know what the contrast should be because I tried more or less contrast electronically. Once I know all that, I can go into the darkroom with very pointed and planned testing, and very efficiently come out with a pretty good print with minimum wastage of time and materials. Also, if I can do it in photoshop, I can do the same thing in the darkroom. The approach helps hone image management skills that can be easily transferred to the wet process. And the reward is a rich silver gelatin print, and that is a wonderful thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted July 8, 2008 Share #24 Posted July 8, 2008 My favorite look is after the Stop Bath where the emulsion is still on the film, till I read someone at RFF said not to open the tank till after the Fixer. He said it's still developing. -Ron________________ They were wrong, Ron. looking at the film before its clear is most of the fun. As soon as the fix has touched all the developer, it's stops the development process and you can (I don't) finish it off in daylight. Fix time is twice clearing time so it's good to know how long clearing takes with tiring fixer. It's a point of great photographic satisfaction seeing that the densities are registered, matched only by seeing the histogram on an M8 (not !) Even more fun for grown ups is watching the development process under a green nearly-safelight. That takes real balls as there's a chance that the light will ruin the film, whilst providing feedback that will make the development perfect. Worst moment is when you realise that the clock has stopped whilst your in the middle of the development. Such fun. Rolo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron110n Posted July 8, 2008 Share #25 Posted July 8, 2008 Worst moment is when you realise that the clock has stopped whilst your in the middle of the development. Such fun. Rolo Dang Rolo, that happened to me and it's really a bummer. My Peterson Timer fell on the bathroom tile floor and the battery poped out.... Argh!@#$$%^!!! I have to panic looking where the battery roll, can't find it then I have to rush for my Gra Lab Timer and guesstimate the time left. Leica M3, Summicron 35mm Asph, Kodak 400TX, Xtol 1:4 8.75 min 20C (supposed to be time, but not) 1850's Levi Tower's Minning Barn. Whiskeytown, CA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan States Posted July 8, 2008 Share #26 Posted July 8, 2008 No no wait ignore that.Developing is photo zen and completeness. Without it you will never earn a soul. Listen I will send you all my chemicals and my exposed rolls a few at a time. My return address....is.... Dude, if you don't like film why hang out in the film forum? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted July 8, 2008 Share #27 Posted July 8, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Worst moment is when you realise that the clock has stopped whilst your in the middle of the development. I had the cog that drives the tank rotation in a Jobo work loose and drop off about 2 minutes into the development of some rolls of E6 film. I spent the next 30 mins or so rotating the tank by hand. Slides seemed to come out ok. Once the development had finished it was easy enough to put the cog back and tighten into place - there's a grub screw that holds it fixed to the motor spindle - and everything was fine after that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted July 8, 2008 Share #28 Posted July 8, 2008 Once the development had finished it was easy enough to put the cog back and tighten into place - there's a grub screw that holds it fixed to the motor spindle - and everything was fine after that. Presume that's for Andy Barton's benefit ? (the new owner of that ill fated tank). Rolo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted July 8, 2008 Share #29 Posted July 8, 2008 Dude, if you don't like film why hang out in the film forum? I said I dont like developing it. I dont enjoy scanning either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasw_ Posted July 9, 2008 Share #30 Posted July 9, 2008 As a hobbyist, I develop ~1 or 2 rolls per week on average. Accordingly it is no big job. But now that I know the variables in developing my film to get a desired result, there is a matter of creative control in the developing process that I wouldn't want to forgo. Same, too, for wet printing. I would imagine it would be likewise for most photoshop editing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael-IIIf Posted July 9, 2008 Share #31 Posted July 9, 2008 I just developed my first film in about 20 years! Now I'm wondering why I ever stopped. Unrolling the film of the tank spool and seeing those negatives is a great feeling. James, Congrats, it is a great feeling. I started again recently after a 20 year break and agree it is a buzz. It's when you put the negs in the scanner and discover you've collected dust, and London's hard water marks, that you start wondering if the credit card would stretch to an M8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted July 9, 2008 Share #32 Posted July 9, 2008 Presume that's for Andy Barton's benefit ? Oh bugger. He'll be asking for his 2p back now - he told me that's all it was worth now that 'real' photographers were using digital. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 9, 2008 Share #33 Posted July 9, 2008 I put it on freecycle, but no body wanted it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calshot Posted July 9, 2008 Share #34 Posted July 9, 2008 James Do you have any Darkroom hire near bye? Here in Southampton we have a Media Workshop and I am considering joining when I retire. I do know that they have a Focomat enlarger.At one time we had a firm here and in Oxford that hired out the complete works including colour print processing and enlargers. They had several little booths for you to work in.Film processing seems to get under your skin so you always feeel the need for a go Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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