haeberlein
Hello.
What does a beginner need to do the development of Fomapan 100 or 200 themselves? A developing tank, negative developer and fixer? Or have I forgotten anything? The last time I did the development myself was back in the ORWO days using NP20 and so on, so I’m not really up to date with developers and such at the moment. In the GDR days, there wasn’t much choice, after all.
Thanks in advance.
SCKStef
Hello,
I’d also add:
- Stop bath
- Wetting agent
- Thermometer
- Various bits of kit for: opening the can, cutting the film, hanging up the film ;-)
Best regards,
Stähane
haeberlein
A stop bath? I thought you just rinsed the film after the development and then fixed it. At least that’s how it used to be. As I work with roll film, I don’t need any special equipment to open the film canisters. Thanks anyway.
SCKStef
Hello there,
Yes, a stop bath – that way you can be sure the development process is complete, and it’s also gentle on your fixer... it doesn’t have to be anything expensive; diluted white spirit works just as well ;-)
Best wishes,
Stähane.
SamuliSchielke
> Opening the canister, cutting the film, hanging the film
Canister: fingers. Film: scissors. Hanging: clothes pegs (two at the top, three or four at the bottom to weigh it down). There’s specialist equipment for everything, but these will do the job just fine to start with.
Below is my travel kit. The bare essentials, so to speak.
Camera
Film
Developing tank
A measuring jug
Thermometer
Rubber gloves
Developer
Fixer
Wetting agent
Film sleeves
There’s no reason not to use an acid stop bath, but you can also stop the film with fresh water.
Speaking of which: Fomapan is a lovely and wonderfully cheap film, but it can sometimes be a bit steeper than you’d like. To get negatives that are easy to print, I’d recommend Fomadon LQN as a developer, at least to start with, as it’s very balancing.
Have fun,
Samuli
