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Develop Your First Roll at Home

A changing bag, a tank and three chemicals: black and white film, developed in your kitchen.

Taught by CRE8 Sites

Lessons
5
Length
40 min
Level
Beginner
Price
Free
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What you'll learn

  • Load 35mm film onto a reel by feel
  • Develop, stop, fix and wash a roll at a controlled temperature
  • Dry and sleeve negatives without dust or water marks

A free course in five lessons. It covers the equipment, loading the reel in the dark, and one complete development of Ilford HP5 Plus, step by step, with the times and temperatures we use in the darkroom.

Who it's for: Anyone with an exposed roll of black and white film and a sink.

What you'll need

  • A daylight developing tank with a reel, and a changing bag or a truly dark room
  • Developer (Ilford ID-11 or Kodak D-76), stop bath, rapid fixer, wetting agent
  • A thermometer, three measuring jugs, a timer, film clips, scissors
  • An exposed roll of Ilford HP5 Plus, and a spare roll to practise loading with

The lessons

2 sections · 5 lessons · 36 min

01Before the lights go out2 lessons · 14 min
  1. 1. What you need and what you don'tReading · 6 min
  2. 2. Loading the reelReading · 8 min
02One roll, start to finish3 lessons · 22 min
  1. 3. DevelopReading · 9 min
  2. 4. Stop, fix, washReading · 8 min
  3. 5. Dry, cut, sleeveReading · 5 min

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CRE8 Sites

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