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I’ve just developed by first roll of film. A roll of 120 – Ilford FP4 Plus, developed in Ilford chemicals
I bought yesterday evening here in Cork.Boy, getting the film on the spiral is fun :). Practiced before hand a few times which
helped as it went it without any problems, eventually.Sequencing in a timely manner the measuring and getting the right temp for the stop and fixer was fun,
in between agitating the drum.All in all, its gone well and have it hanging in a bathroom, without any streaks from the drying water.
Will leave it until tomorrow so the emulsion to harden.
Thanks for the help folks. I really enjoyed doing this.
Must get some containers so that I can keep the stop and fixer after I finish using it instead of throwing
it away (not the concentrated chems of course :) ).Mark
Congrats!
See, it’s not that hard!
Did you use a metal or plastic reel? I’ve only ever used plastic and I found that the easiest thing to do if it wasn’t dry was to give it a quick wash in really hot water, then tap it hard against my thigh, so that any excess drops would come off the reel and be absorbed my jeans and then leave it for a few minutes to allow the remaining water to evaporate off. Once it’s bone dry it’s a doddle to use. The other thing I do is to snip a 30? edge off the corners of the film before feeding it into the reel – it helps in preventing the film from snagging in the reel.
Plastic reel, got it in Camera World. Good idea about the hot water for getting it dry and the clipping of the
film as well.Thanks
MarkWhat camera did you shoot the 120 film on Mark? Must admit I never developed a roll of film myself – just printed from black and white negatives in the darkroom before I became allergic to the chemicals.. :( That resulted in me giving up photography for almost 7 years before I got my first digital camera.
Well done Mark. Next step is the printing, in the meantime if there ia something you would like a print of, send me the neg and i wll make a print of it.
Ross: I used a Pentacon 6TL with an 80mm Carl Zeiss MC lens on it. Essentially a big Eastern European brick,
for which the guy on ebay where I bought it promised that it had been checked for radiation :)Its the first roll I put through it, so it was not only fun to develop it but I could see if there were any light leaks
which gladly there were none.Eddie: Thanks for the offer, I might take you up on that :)
Congrats Mark, theres nothing like your first roll of film developed. Well done for getting your 120 on the spirals, its much more difficult that 35mm film, fair play. One tip for you is to get a nail clippers and just nip off the corner edges of the film before you load, it should load easier with rounded corners.
Congrats Mark – my first roll (after a 15 year absence) was a disaster. I’d practiced loading the roll with my eyes closed until I had it down but once I went into the cupboard it took me forever to load the roll. I eventually scratched up all of the negatives.
The cutting a 30 deg taper on the film idea is a good one Thorsten.
Don’t you just hate the feeling when it goes wrong with 120 film. I generally break into a cold sweat and just start praying. Worst case is generally an odd wrinkle.
I know its not recommended (don’t know why)but a year or two back i started to unwind the film fully and load it from the wrong end, folding the stickey tape over on the film end. This makes the film it a bit firmer when loading. Have had a lot less problems doing it this way.
Eddie wrote:
Don’t you just hate the feeling when it goes wrong with 120 film. I generally break into a cold sweat and just start praying.
That time I was afraid of the sweat dripping onto the film. I had to roll everything up, put it into the tank (off the reel) and go out and take a breather.
I’m a little better at it now luckily.
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