Chemicals for Developing film?

• richy5497

  Member

  May 27, 2009 at 9:58 pm

  Hi all,

  I’ve bought a little EOS300n and want to take some BW film, but i’d like to process the film myself. I know what hardware i’ll need, but what chemicals should i use for Dev etc? And where should i get em from?

  Many thanks,
  Richy…
  Gizzo

  Participant

  May 27, 2009 at 10:08 pm

  if you scroll down, there are some threads answering your question….
  Gunns in Dublin is a good place to start, or even better some web-based shops such as silverprint.co.uk

  ;)
  jessthespringer

  Participant

  May 27, 2009 at 11:46 pm

  Richard, Jessops in Newry have some chemicals at the moment, all Ilford stuff, I think.
  If I’m in there tomorrow, I’ll check it out for ya.

  I’ve bought some stuff from Calumet in Belfast too, it’s better to buy the developer in a shop, I think,
  some places charge a bomb in shipping due to it being a controlled substance.

  Digital is dead, film is the way forward.
  thefizz

  Participant

  May 28, 2009 at 8:13 am

  Just pick whatever developer is readily available to you and go for it. The liquid ones are easiest to start with.
  richy5497

  Member

  May 28, 2009 at 4:29 pm

  Thanks a lot, I hate film by the way, but for some reason i can’t stop buying film camera’s??? I’d like a WW2 era 35mm camera and i’m regularly scouring ebay for one. I’d like to develop the film and scan the negatives and perhaps print that way. Anyway, yeah, i was in Jessops today and got a dev tank and spools etc. I’ll go in during the weekend and get the dev etc.
  aoluain

  Participant

  June 10, 2009 at 11:14 am

  I put an order in for some Ilford chemicals today for B+W self dev.

  My local lab was helpful and can source 500ml / 1L container lots for
  about €10 per container approximately. worth a try anyho.

  Ilfolsol 3 Devleoper
  Ilfostop stop
  Ilford Rapide fixer

  I just need to get a changing bag and tank!

  Alan
  aoluain

  Participant

  June 11, 2009 at 3:32 pm

  richy5497 wrote:

  Thanks a lot, I hate film by the way, but for some reason i can’t stop buying film camera’s??? I’d like a WW2 era 35mm camera and i’m regularly scouring ebay for one. I’d like to develop the film and scan the negatives and perhaps print that way. Anyway, yeah, i was in Jessops today and got a dev tank and spools etc. I’ll go in during the weekend and get the dev etc.

  Here are a few links to a site I happened across, great detail and info on cameras from the 1950’s on.

  there is a search on the right of the page with options between slr’s and rangefinder’s, a bit difficult to
  navigate.

  http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?AgfaIsolette.html~mainFrame

  Enjoy!