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everything is now mixed. waiting on the tank. maybe tomorrow?! first roll developed?

i know gangs of my contacts already home develop, but to those who aren’t…if *i* can do this, anyone should be able to.

the smell of the fixer was the most familiar…oh yeah i’ve done this before! never on my own though…and i got waaaay to close tonight while mixing it (since water was cool, i had to beat a bit of the crystalled powder into dust)…got me coughing all evening.

following the instructions at chromogenic.net

i’m nervous about this, in particular, given no guidance on temperatures, and if should heat my mixture? or simply just take its temperature and make a best guess at the development times given on the site referenced? perhaps it’s discussed in the comments…


  • jon
    wow. since this post, i've developed dozens and dozens of rolls of black and white film. the only time i recall screwing up is during the loading process. and these are the primary offenses:

    letting light in when i shouldn't have
    loading when my hands weren't COMPLETELY DRY
    being fumblefingers while loading 120 film, and bending the roll
  • jon
    i've only done it a few times, and this time it'll be developing only (i can scan my negs in myself)...looking forward to fun!
  • Yay! That's so exciting! I miss working in a darkroom.
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