A couple of pointers... If you buy a changing bag, you do not need to lock yourself into a bathroom; the bag is completely dark and had arm holes, as well as a zipper. Second, if you shoot in a half-frame camera, those 36 exposures will turn into 72. True, they will be smaller (and the people at the commercial development lab may not like it), but it is a way to get way more pictures.
@@sana-if7rb You can't load any film in red light (the one exception is a very specific type of B&W film called orthochromatic). Red darkroom lights are only for making black and white prints.
I hope one day I’ll be able to do this myself. It feels so much more organic than editing digital photos in post. Like I’m directly involved with the process, or put another way: I AM the editing program.
Haha exactly!! Once you do a few different rolls you'll be able to do it without needing to closely follow the instructions. But to your point, creating art is all about the experience! BE the editing program!!!
@S Tra you're an angry little girl. You entered the comments here angry and you've remained angry throughout. This is a video about processing film and you're bright red 😂
probably want to use an Organic Vapor Respirator from 3M at home depot. Cheaper than film these days. Use mine for oil based projects, paints, table finishing,
I thought film cameras were so stupid, _'You have a perfectly good phone camera, why would you spend money on that,'_ but then I saw a misty, neon pink sunrise that my phone camera interpreted as orange, yellow, blue, and much more clear and harsh than what I saw. Part of it is just that my camera is cheap and tiny, but I noticed that new movies aren't picking up things like mist, and the color pink either.
Had the same argument with my brother today, "why do you use a 35mm when you have a perfect phone camera" bestie it's so much more fun to shoot on 35mm + I have a photo studio in my hometown that does develop the film
I dabbled in the darkroom back in the 80s. I quickly discovered that the most creative part was making prints, not developing film. At the time I could get film developed locally within 24 hours for a few bucks a roll, and probably with a much lesser chance of screwing up the development.
Buy some Hewes brand Steel Reels and a Steel tank. Patterson Plastic Reels are ok but the problem is if you are doing multiple rolls of film you have to dry the Patterson reels completely which is very tough to do. If you don’t dry them completely between developing sessions then the film can bind up on the plastic reels, which is a 🤬 nightmare. Plus if you use Steel Reels then you have bragging rights. It’s kind of like driving a stick shift 😆
I get the developing process with the Patterson canister and chemicals but how does one turn a developed photo on a roll of film to an actual 8x10 or 11x14, etc, in order to display it proudly on the wall?
You would either have to have access to a photo lab to do prints off the film/know someone who can make prints for you, or scan the film and print them digitally (I did the latter my senior year in college because I had access only to a black-and-white photo lab for making prints, not a color lab). Color printing is extremely tedious and the chemicals are noxious, not to mention it is hard to find a lab depending on where you live and if you have community photo labs around you, so the easiest way to do it is to scan your film and print your images digitally (or send the scans into someone to print them for you, if you don't have access to a photo printer). I hope all of that made sense.
hey I have a question, if I want to turn photos taken by iphone into a film strip, where can I get that done? Sorry if it's irrelevant to this video and thank you in advance!
You should practice all of the steps in the light before trying to do it in the dark. The only steps you need to take in the dark are prying open the container, cutting the film and sliding it onto the spools, then closing up the Paterson tank.
Georgia Shields reusable up to 24 rolls or 6 months, whichever comes first. That’s what the kit itself recommends, However I’ve heard of people claim they were able to get 40-50 rolls out of one kit
Will Hinson oh awesome! picked up a Pentax K-1000 from a thrift store for $20 in February. didn’t know anything about film but thought it was a good deal lol. just trying to figure out if developing at home is cheaper than bringing the film to a lab for casual photography
Developing , your film, at home it's fast & not cheap, it's expensive you, have to buy, a developing tank,Reels, chemicals , & storage too put them in. I recomend a closet or a restroom, that has no windows, other then that your good to go
To remove the film from spool don't unwind it, just twist the spool sides right side clockwise and left opposite and the spool unclips into two halves. Quicker, easier and less likely to scratch or crimp the film. Great video though, thanks
Remember its really only worth it if you shoot alot on film. Buying all thos stuff and a scanner would cost me over £400. And i can get film digitized and developed for around £9 per roll, or even less with a bulk discount. So id need to develop about 45 rolls just to break even, and that's also time lost doing the developing. So really more like 60+ to make it worth it. Most people these days shoot digital day to day then film on rare occasions for fun, those people wont be developing 60 rolls in their lifetime probably
I just bought a digital and film camera and I was losing hope for the film since it's kinda time-consuming but after watching this video helps me to change my mind, it made me realize how satisfying to develop a film 💖
Thanks! I just found some undeveloped disposable cameras so this is gonna be a great project. I did photo lab in high school so let’s see if I still got it!
Yes! My boss used to 'wash' his coveralls in Varsol, hang them to dry, and wear them all week. No rinsing needed, but they tended to catch fire after awhile, lol.
Ugh I wish I had this video when I bought my first film camera in hs! I gave up on 35mm film when I couldn’t find anywhere to get it processed or how to set up a dark room at home. Thanks so much for all the info! Subscribed :)
That process of making prints take a lot more equipment and chemicals. You would need to convert a bathroom for the enlarger and paper trays. A lot of the work you do in photo shop is the same... Frame crop alter exposure then print vs process.
Drying your film with a towel under it will cause lint to cling to it or even worse embed into the film. Might want to get a couple film hanging clips.
I'm lucky enough to have a local print shop that also develops film with a guaranteed 48hr turnaround (72 hr during holiday season), and it's affordable. I'm sure I'd be able to do this, but it's stressful 🤣 I'd prefer to pay a small fee for the developed negatives.
No, the red light is for turning the negatives into positives, I believe. The part that has to be done in complete darkness is getting the film into the tank because that film will react to the red light still.
Hi, I have a stupid question. I saw on RUclips that you can scan your photo using a phone. I wonder why the film won't get overexposed when placed on a lightbox. Is this the first step before it can be scanned?
Man you are so great, I just showed this video to my 8yr old daughter who expressed interest in photography so I found your video to show her the process:) great job and thank you for keeping this art style/type/process alive! I took photography in middle school in 1999! It was so much fun and was so proud of my photos and projects, I even made a box camera and my family still have the enlarged prints from that project (they are the last photos of my grandfather's home and farm in Illinois)
I was gonna buy a digital camera soon, until today. I bought my 1st camera, a Nikon FG. At a tag sell, I had luck buying it because I bought it at the church I frequent. Bought it for 10 bucks, I felt so excited. So when I got home the 1st thing I did was learn how it works, so I went on RUclips and I learned how to use. After that, I needed to learn how to reveal the foto and found your video you made it look so easy, but I can imagine you took some time to learn it, but after all the hard work, the results are worth it. I'm gonna learn from this video. You said the most inspirational frase ive ever heard in my life. What you said at the conclusion. That made me feel much more excited about a fotographer. I will do what it takes to be better at it! I PROMISE I WILL DO THE BEST I CAN AT!! Thank you for the small class Teacher!
Thanks for the video. I bought a Lot (a box with a bunch of nearly useless crap in it) at an auction several years back that contained about 15 Kodak canisters of film. I got tired of looking at them and was ready to throw them out and thought, eh, I could just throw out the film and use the all yellow metal canisters for something. Then I thought, heck, I'll do a little research, maybe the film is worth something on ebay. After doing some research I realized that the film wasn't new, it was used and that these particular kinds of film (Plus-X PX 135) was discontinued in 1969. That was an eye opener. Heck, I could have previously unknown Woodstock photo's. Kaching. That's why I'm here researching how to develop my own. Can't really see entrusting previously unknown photos of the JFK assassination to some other film developer. Thanks.
Yo a fellow reel dawgie from FL! Yo I had to leave the peninsula, but you can't take the gator out the Florida man. Anyway I am just taking a break from holding my wife captive in my film cooler and forcing her to comment on all my film photography content so I can relax and watch others enjoy my favorite hobby. Don't worry I'll let her out once I get 10 billion subs. Should be any day now. Subbed! See you on the scroll man.
Thank you tons! I have about 31 rolls of film, 110, 35mm and disposable cameras. I want to develop all of it in hopes to have photos we have never seen for my mom for her 70th Bday in Oct. It would take 700.00 to get all of it processed! I will give a update on how this works out. Buying all the products today so will me luck!!
BTW you aren't supposed to agitate every 30 seconds. You agitate for 10 seconds to start, then every 30 seconds you flip the entire tank gently 4 times.
Like I guess handling toxic chemicals in a Walter White suit, maybe destroying a film and scanning them with a specialized scanner is FAST & EASY? 😂 no for real great video, I learned a-lot, might give it a try!
I suppose fast and easy are relative terms... I picked it up pretty quickly, probably because I was very interested in the process. I really didn't botch a single roll until I accidentally let my chemicals expire. Give it a try! Thanks for the support!
I looked this up thinking “I’m going to start developing my own film” after watching I will just continue going to Biggs camera. Thank you to my local camera store for there hard work 👍🏿
I'm thinking of developing my own film negatives at home, but I need to know that I have everything I need to do it, amongst other things. First, I'm going to start from the bottom, buying the cheapest 35mm film from Amazon which is about £3-4 UK per roll & experiment with different specification film until I'm confident that I can do it.
Here's the bigest reason to develop your own pictures. 1. Those old cameras out do modern ones that are 5 times the price. 2. You take that camera out. In front of a girl... She's going straight back home with you. 3. You show a girl a room with red light and a bunch negatives laying around she'll... Well I wouldn't ruin the surprise.
Thanks for the great easy to follow guide. Two questions please....can you re-use the chemicals and if so how many times will they work?....can you load the film onto the spool under red light? thankyou.
By any chance could you show how to use the epson perfection V600 photo and is there something like this but for a cheaper price. I didn’t check how much it is yet but do you know any others that also do this?
so nice seeing all of this again -- used to do this as a kid in school back in the nineties. One tip for @01:27 here: you might want to round off the corners of the film strip when clipping off the lead; runs much better into the spiral this way. Now continuing to watch as, judging from you mentioning C-41, you seem to be doing color negatives here. Nnnice! P. S.: love your Epson Perfection V600 scanner towards the end -- have the same model as I was looking for something to also properly scan slides with. This thing works really well! (Another option would be using a two-way mirror and an old projector for the slides, or if you were to frame your negatives, which IMO gives often slightly better results if you have a good lens on the digitizing camera you use.)
I am currently learning to develop my films at home, so lucky I came across your channel. I have a question though, can I reuse the chemicals for another set of films? I just wanted to know before I order the stuffs 🙂 Thanks!
Thank you for the video! I didn’t know you could do this instead of using a full darkroom setup. I’m still new to this so I was wondering though.. can I use a darkroom red light while spooling the film roll so that I can see what I’m doing or does it have to be completely dark and have to do this blindly? lol
Thanks for sharing! A relative gave me 13 rolls of film from the 90s to early 2000s and the places around here want $10 a roll, so I was hoping to do it myself and I think I can now. Thanks again, I'll update you on how it goes. Cheers!
thank God I found this, I might not do developing but this video was super straightforward. Maybe I was agitated but this other guy I was watching just wouldn't stop like doing sponsorship deals with every product on screen
It takes practice. I took a photography class in school and we used old film rolls to learn how to roll it in the light, and then we practiced in the dark. It took a lot of feeling around and taking your time to make sure you film was properly loaded in the spool. The first time we developed real film was a little nerve wracking but everyone’s turned out okay.
This is dope. Though since I live with my family & don’t have hourly access like this to a bathtub/darkroom, I feel it might be better for me to just support a local film shop that develops photos.
Hey you. Yeah, Will, i'm talking directly to you. Give movie film a try. And while you're at it, give video tape a shot. You're clearly an artist interesting in aesthetics and going out in a limb to try new things. We all know the unique vibes of movie film, but do consider video tapes for the colors and the blending.
By the way, what've we got for options to make prints? I've been getting my film developed locally (same day if you drop off on friday) but wanna develop my own to save money....that said my favorite part of film photography is having the physical photo to hold and put places in my home and car, sometimes even give away. I like the prints i get there and don't want to buy a new computer-based photo printer (my computer runs XP; my windows 7 laptop broke and i won't use 8 or later). Do you have any suggestions, Will?
Really inspirational video! Back in the ancient time I used to develop b&w film (Tri-X and D-76). But never color film. Perhaps now is the time to try after having watched your video. Greetings from Sweden
You may also want to try the “home approach” to developing film using beer, one spoon of powdered vitamin C and 3 spoons of baking powder mixed together at around 92 degrees
When I was developing Kodak color slides, I would use a fish tank heater to keep the chemicals at the correct temps while developing. It worked like it was made for this job, and it was.
You were probably doing those slide several decades ago. I, too, use a fish tank heater to warm color chemicals. However, at least 25 years ago, I went looking for a backup heater for my darkroom. At that tie, I discovered that I could not find a heater which had the maximum heating capacity to do the job. I never discovered why the then-current heaters had an excessively low top end. On the other hand, at that time, the rush to digital allowed me to buy a pro grade darkroom chemical bath heater for next to nothing. Never used, but It's still there if needed. If starting from scratch today, I'd just get one of those slow cooker units.
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A couple of pointers...
If you buy a changing bag, you do not need to lock yourself into a bathroom; the bag is completely dark and had arm holes, as well as a zipper.
Second, if you shoot in a half-frame camera, those 36 exposures will turn into 72. True, they will be smaller (and the people at the commercial development lab may not like it), but it is a way to get way more pictures.
This is awesome advice! Thank you for sharing!
@@WillHinson use a red light, its better than working in complete darkness.
@@sana-if7rb You can't load any film in red light (the one exception is a very specific type of B&W film called orthochromatic). Red darkroom lights are only for making black and white prints.
they charge 20 $ more to develop 72 shots. not worth it
@@salami99wtf $20 more? Developing film costs like $6 at a store, how would it cost $26 for a 72 half frame roll
I hope one day I’ll be able to do this myself. It feels so much more organic than editing digital photos in post. Like I’m directly involved with the process, or put another way: I AM the editing program.
Haha exactly!! Once you do a few different rolls you'll be able to do it without needing to closely follow the instructions. But to your point, creating art is all about the experience! BE the editing program!!!
@S Tra Way cheaper in the long run though.
@S Tra calm down love, I just meant it's cheaper to develop film yourself than use a lab.
@S Tra you're an angry little girl. You entered the comments here angry and you've remained angry throughout. This is a video about processing film and you're bright red 😂
@S Tra ugh you're so obnoxious and arrogant
Is it okay to use redlight in a room?
From what I learned in class, red lights don’t affect photo paper, but they do affect film.
Taron Egerton teaching me how to develop film is pretty cool!
probably want to use an Organic Vapor Respirator from 3M at home depot. Cheaper than film these days. Use mine for oil based projects, paints, table finishing,
Thank You Will, never knew how color processing worked. 😮
Thank you your the only one that helped me understand what I was doing wrong your videos are awesome keep it up and thanks again
I thought film cameras were so stupid, _'You have a perfectly good phone camera, why would you spend money on that,'_ but then I saw a misty, neon pink sunrise that my phone camera interpreted as orange, yellow, blue, and much more clear and harsh than what I saw. Part of it is just that my camera is cheap and tiny, but I noticed that new movies aren't picking up things like mist, and the color pink either.
Had the same argument with my brother today, "why do you use a 35mm when you have a perfect phone camera" bestie it's so much more fun to shoot on 35mm + I have a photo studio in my hometown that does develop the film
I guess I'm trying to figure out how to put film on photo paper.... is it a scan and print? Is that how they used to do it at Walgreens?
I dabbled in the darkroom back in the 80s. I quickly discovered that the most creative part was making prints, not developing film. At the time I could get film developed locally within 24 hours for a few bucks a roll, and probably with a much lesser chance of screwing up the development.
Buy some Hewes brand Steel Reels and a Steel tank. Patterson Plastic Reels are ok but the problem is if you are doing multiple rolls of film you have to dry the Patterson reels completely which is very tough to do. If you don’t dry them completely between developing sessions then the film can bind up on the plastic reels, which is a 🤬 nightmare.
Plus if you use Steel Reels then you have bragging rights. It’s kind of like driving a stick shift 😆
Can any printer/scanner do the job?
I have an Argus camera
Cool
great video Will!
Thank you !!!!!!!!!!
I get the developing process with the Patterson canister and chemicals but how does one turn a developed photo on a roll of film to an actual 8x10 or 11x14, etc, in order to display it proudly on the wall?
You would either have to have access to a photo lab to do prints off the film/know someone who can make prints for you, or scan the film and print them digitally (I did the latter my senior year in college because I had access only to a black-and-white photo lab for making prints, not a color lab). Color printing is extremely tedious and the chemicals are noxious, not to mention it is hard to find a lab depending on where you live and if you have community photo labs around you, so the easiest way to do it is to scan your film and print your images digitally (or send the scans into someone to print them for you, if you don't have access to a photo printer). I hope all of that made sense.
hey I have a question, if I want to turn photos taken by iphone into a film strip, where can I get that done? Sorry if it's irrelevant to this video and thank you in advance!
How do u do stuff in pitch black darkness? Do u have googles or smth?
You should practice all of the steps in the light before trying to do it in the dark. The only steps you need to take in the dark are prying open the container, cutting the film and sliding it onto the spools, then closing up the Paterson tank.
how long do the chemicals last??
Georgia Shields reusable up to 24 rolls or 6 months, whichever comes first. That’s what the kit itself recommends, However I’ve heard of people claim they were able to get 40-50 rolls out of one kit
Will Hinson oh awesome! picked up a Pentax K-1000 from a thrift store for $20 in February. didn’t know anything about film but thought it was a good deal lol. just trying to figure out if developing at home is cheaper than bringing the film to a lab for casual photography
but loved the video! great quality and content
thanks! and it all depends on how much film you shoot.
Developing , your film, at home it's fast & not cheap, it's expensive you, have to buy, a developing tank,Reels, chemicals , & storage too put them in. I recomend a closet or a restroom, that has no windows, other then that your good to go
I ruined 3 bomb rolls of film and this made me feel super better. I’m confident and ready to start back again :)
To remove the film from spool don't unwind it, just twist the spool sides right side clockwise and left opposite and the spool unclips into two halves. Quicker, easier and less likely to scratch or crimp the film. Great video though, thanks
Remember its really only worth it if you shoot alot on film. Buying all thos stuff and a scanner would cost me over £400. And i can get film digitized and developed for around £9 per roll, or even less with a bulk discount. So id need to develop about 45 rolls just to break even, and that's also time lost doing the developing. So really more like 60+ to make it worth it. Most people these days shoot digital day to day then film on rare occasions for fun, those people wont be developing 60 rolls in their lifetime probably
I just bought a digital and film camera and I was losing hope for the film since it's kinda time-consuming but after watching this video helps me to change my mind, it made me realize how satisfying to develop a film 💖
Thanks! I just found some undeveloped disposable cameras so this is gonna be a great project. I did photo lab in high school so let’s see if I still got it!
“And not around ...old people..”
Us old people use to eat breakfast with Fixer on our hands 👴🏼
That’s some hell yeah spirit right there
Yes! My boss used to 'wash' his coveralls in Varsol, hang them to dry, and wear them all week. No rinsing needed, but they tended to catch fire after awhile, lol.
I wheezed when he said “and old people”
@@itsyaghoul 😆🙌
Listen Gramps I ain’t tryna send you to god early ahead of schedule
I still love the magic of seeing my negatives when i pull them out!!!
Amazing feeling
Ugh I wish I had this video when I bought my first film camera in hs! I gave up on 35mm film when I couldn’t find anywhere to get it processed or how to set up a dark room at home. Thanks so much for all the info! Subscribed :)
I wish you included how to transfer the negatives to photo type paper
That process of making prints take a lot more equipment and chemicals. You would need to convert a bathroom for the enlarger and paper trays. A lot of the work you do in photo shop is the same... Frame crop alter exposure then print vs process.
@@danc2014 or like,you can scan the negatives and make a digital print
Drying your film with a towel under it will cause lint to cling to it or even worse embed into the film. Might want to get a couple film hanging clips.
I still wonder how people load all their films in COMPLETE DARKNESS. I could never
Finally! A central Floridian photographer who isn't 100 years old taking photos like likes 1982 lol 🤣
I'm lucky enough to have a local print shop that also develops film with a guaranteed 48hr turnaround (72 hr during holiday season), and it's affordable. I'm sure I'd be able to do this, but it's stressful 🤣 I'd prefer to pay a small fee for the developed negatives.
It was stressful for me and millions of others for decades. Imagine that…
And you never know what happens to your photos, once you leave the shop.
It's my first time here. Thank you for this video, it is clear and on point. Can't wait to try this at home.
I’ve heard you can use a red light when developing film, does that work with this method?
No, the red light is for turning the negatives into positives, I believe. The part that has to be done in complete darkness is getting the film into the tank because that film will react to the red light still.
Hi, I have a stupid question. I saw on RUclips that you can scan your photo using a phone. I wonder why the film won't get overexposed when placed on a lightbox. Is this the first step before it can be scanned?
Yes you have to do this process first :)
3:46 please add its in farenheit.... we dont wanna boil the film....
Man you are so great, I just showed this video to my 8yr old daughter who expressed interest in photography so I found your video to show her the process:) great job and thank you for keeping this art style/type/process alive! I took photography in middle school in 1999! It was so much fun and was so proud of my photos and projects, I even made a box camera and my family still have the enlarged prints from that project (they are the last photos of my grandfather's home and farm in Illinois)
I was gonna buy a digital camera soon, until today. I bought my 1st camera, a Nikon FG. At a tag sell, I had luck buying it because I bought it at the church I frequent. Bought it for 10 bucks, I felt so excited. So when I got home the 1st thing I did was learn how it works, so I went on RUclips and I learned how to use. After that, I needed to learn how to reveal the foto and found your video you made it look so easy, but I can imagine you took some time to learn it, but after all the hard work, the results are worth it. I'm gonna learn from this video. You said the most inspirational frase ive ever heard in my life. What you said at the conclusion. That made me feel much more excited about a fotographer. I will do what it takes to be better at it! I PROMISE I WILL DO THE BEST I CAN AT!! Thank you for the small class Teacher!
Thanks for the video. I bought a Lot (a box with a bunch of nearly useless crap in it) at an auction several years back that contained about 15 Kodak canisters of film. I got tired of looking at them and was ready to throw them out and thought, eh, I could just throw out the film and use the all yellow metal canisters for something. Then I thought, heck, I'll do a little research, maybe the film is worth something on ebay. After doing some research I realized that the film wasn't new, it was used and that these particular kinds of film (Plus-X PX 135) was discontinued in 1969. That was an eye opener. Heck, I could have previously unknown Woodstock photo's. Kaching. That's why I'm here researching how to develop my own. Can't really see entrusting previously unknown photos of the JFK assassination to some other film developer. Thanks.
Is it legal to flush that down the drain?
DA FAQ
honestly, i dont have much money.
Yo a fellow reel dawgie from FL! Yo I had to leave the peninsula, but you can't take the gator out the Florida man. Anyway I am just taking a break from holding my wife captive in my film cooler and forcing her to comment on all my film photography content so I can relax and watch others enjoy my favorite hobby. Don't worry I'll let her out once I get 10 billion subs. Should be any day now. Subbed! See you on the scroll man.
Thank you tons! I have about 31 rolls of film, 110, 35mm and disposable cameras. I want to develop all of it in hopes to have photos we have never seen for my mom for her 70th Bday in Oct. It would take 700.00 to get all of it processed! I will give a update on how this works out. Buying all the products today so will me luck!!
need an update!
How did it go?!
update?
UPDATE
WE NEED AN UPDATE
BTW you aren't supposed to agitate every 30 seconds. You agitate for 10 seconds to start, then every 30 seconds you flip the entire tank gently 4 times.
Did you just dump the chemicals down the shower drain??? Omg..
You put poop in the same pipes.
Like I guess handling toxic chemicals in a Walter White suit, maybe destroying a film and scanning them with a specialized scanner is FAST & EASY? 😂
no for real great video, I learned a-lot, might give it a try!
I suppose fast and easy are relative terms... I picked it up pretty quickly, probably because I was very interested in the process. I really didn't botch a single roll until I accidentally let my chemicals expire. Give it a try! Thanks for the support!
I looked this up thinking “I’m going to start developing my own film” after watching I will just continue going to Biggs camera. Thank you to my local camera store for there hard work 👍🏿
Great tips.I definitely needed to know these things as a creator. It's essential that we know how to use the tools we need to create! Great Video!
I'm thinking of developing my own film negatives at home, but I need to know that I have everything I need to do it, amongst other things.
First, I'm going to start from the bottom, buying the cheapest 35mm film from Amazon which is about £3-4 UK per roll & experiment with different specification film until I'm confident that I can do it.
Here's the bigest reason to develop your own pictures.
1. Those old cameras out do modern ones that are 5 times the price.
2. You take that camera out. In front of a girl... She's going straight back home with you.
3. You show a girl a room with red light and a bunch negatives laying around she'll... Well I wouldn't ruin the surprise.
Thanks for the great easy to follow guide. Two questions please....can you re-use the chemicals and if so how many times will they work?....can you load the film onto the spool under red light? thankyou.
By any chance could you show how to use the epson perfection V600 photo and is there something like this but for a cheaper price. I didn’t check how much it is yet but do you know any others that also do this?
so nice seeing all of this again -- used to do this as a kid in school back in the nineties. One tip for @01:27 here: you might want to round off the corners of the film strip when clipping off the lead; runs much better into the spiral this way. Now continuing to watch as, judging from you mentioning C-41, you seem to be doing color negatives here. Nnnice!
P. S.: love your Epson Perfection V600 scanner towards the end -- have the same model as I was looking for something to also properly scan slides with. This thing works really well! (Another option would be using a two-way mirror and an old projector for the slides, or if you were to frame your negatives, which IMO gives often slightly better results if you have a good lens on the digitizing camera you use.)
I am currently learning to develop my films at home, so lucky I came across your channel. I have a question though, can I reuse the chemicals for another set of films? I just wanted to know before I order the stuffs 🙂 Thanks!
Yes, what he’s linked will process 24 rolls
DEVELOPER. STOP. FIX. They are called these 3 for a very specific reason. Blix means nothing.
Thank you for the video! I didn’t know you could do this instead of using a full darkroom setup.
I’m still new to this so I was wondering though.. can I use a darkroom red light while spooling the film roll so that I can see what I’m doing or does it have to be completely dark and have to do this blindly? lol
“Look at me! I’m an expert camera guy!” Can’t even keep the camera focused during the shoot. 😑 #sus
Do this in an area with good ventilation.... *most home developers: locks myself in the bathroom*
I loved this so much ! Well explained. I will definitely develop my own film. Thanks
I use to do film photography when I was in school and I miss it so much. Thank you for this video because I want to get back into it
you're very welcome! best of luck ✨
Thank you! Love film and thought developing was much more equipment intensive. I too live in CF! Orlando area. You?
Thanks for sharing! A relative gave me 13 rolls of film from the 90s to early 2000s and the places around here want $10 a roll, so I was hoping to do it myself and I think I can now. Thanks again, I'll update you on how it goes. Cheers!
Good luck to you!!
howd it go
Always close your doors and window won't expose by bright sunlights, Develop color film in darkness area?
Hello
I have a 2 negative 35mm films
That I want to develop and scan it
Can I send it to you or do yo recommend me where??
So the canister is light safe and you can pour the chemicals in with the regular lights on? Or is that all done in the dark/red light too?
I've got a mamiya 7 given to me by my uncle. Not sure if I will use it. Does anyone need this?? It has a 50mm lens + viewfinder.
I still love film because you can save the negative film ,unlike in digital if your phone or USB computer will be have virus or corupt all will gone
WOAH a quick google says to develop at 68 F, in case anyone tried this method and was having some trouble
We did not cut off the beginning of the roll when I was in photography class.
How do you print them on paper? On the printer!? I don't remember that in school 500 years ago but there were no printers either!? 🥴
but how do you dispose of these chemical liquids? once done you have to pour them or can reuse them?
Great question
Personally I like the metal ones better because you can feel for the clip better in the dark. But it's all personal preference
thank God I found this, I might not do developing but this video was super straightforward. Maybe I was agitated but this other guy I was watching just wouldn't stop like doing sponsorship deals with every product on screen
Hey I was wondering how you can load the film if you’re in the complete dark?
It takes practice. I took a photography class in school and we used old film rolls to learn how to roll it in the light, and then we practiced in the dark. It took a lot of feeling around and taking your time to make sure you film was properly loaded in the spool. The first time we developed real film was a little nerve wracking but everyone’s turned out okay.
Curious to know, what is your favorite color film stock?
I used either Ektar 100 or Portra 400 depending on the lighting situation
By the way, is there a dvloping machine? Or I have to do it manually?
This is dope. Though since I live with my family & don’t have hourly access like this to a bathtub/darkroom, I feel it might be better for me to just support a local film shop that develops photos.
“ So yeah basically don’t let any living organism near these chemicals or they will die but here’s how you do it at home…”😂
Me after look at cool manual camera "cool,maybe i would own one too"
Me after look at this video
"Ok, no thanks..,too much steps"
Hey you. Yeah, Will, i'm talking directly to you. Give movie film a try. And while you're at it, give video tape a shot. You're clearly an artist interesting in aesthetics and going out in a limb to try new things. We all know the unique vibes of movie film, but do consider video tapes for the colors and the blending.
By the way, what've we got for options to make prints? I've been getting my film developed locally (same day if you drop off on friday) but wanna develop my own to save money....that said my favorite part of film photography is having the physical photo to hold and put places in my home and car, sometimes even give away. I like the prints i get there and don't want to buy a new computer-based photo printer (my computer runs XP; my windows 7 laptop broke and i won't use 8 or later). Do you have any suggestions, Will?
Are you saying complete darkness? What about safe lights?
Could I use a red light instead of loading the film in complete darkness?
fast forward to 2022. you only need a smartphone to develop a film...
Dude, you got a suscriber from chile 🇨🇱 nice info.
What if it’s already 102 degrees outside I live in California 😭
Hell yeaaa!! Attitude, I just subscribed 👌🏻
Really inspirational video!
Back in the ancient time I used to develop b&w film (Tri-X and D-76). But never color film. Perhaps now is the time to try after having watched your video.
Greetings from Sweden
You may also want to try the “home approach” to developing film using beer, one spoon of powdered vitamin C and 3 spoons of baking powder mixed together at around 92 degrees
How you meant to see what you doing if need to do it in complete black darkness
When I was developing Kodak color slides, I would use a fish tank heater to keep the chemicals at the correct temps while developing. It worked like it was made for this job, and it was.
You were probably doing those slide several decades ago. I, too, use a fish tank heater to warm color chemicals. However, at least 25 years ago, I went looking for a backup heater for my darkroom. At that tie, I discovered that I could not find a heater which had the maximum heating capacity to do the job. I never discovered why the then-current heaters had an excessively low top end. On the other hand, at that time, the rush to digital allowed me to buy a pro grade darkroom chemical bath heater for next to nothing. Never used, but It's still there if needed. If starting from scratch today, I'd just get one of those slow cooker units.
Instead of a dark room can i use a red light?
No ! Film requires total darkness to load onto the reels. Buy a $23 Black changing bag.
Great video man. But why do you have an Arturia Midi on your table?
I had no idea film couldn’t see any light I thought it was just sunlight
i hope i can do this soon! it's fun for a living, i think? KSKSKS
"Old people" develop film too, and are every bit as capable and safe around chemicals as children such as yourelf. 🙄
ok grandpa
I guess this is why people went digital
no way my man...digital and again digital "proccess"!!!
how do you know when the chemicals’ shelf life is almost up?
it seems so easy but i know its challenging , i hope i do this next week or so and see how it turns out
All those rolls of film like your accounts on tiktok