Riotboy
<p>Hi everyone,</p><p>I’ve only recently got into analogue photography and I develop my own film (35mm and medium format).</p><p>As I want to try out as many different things as possible, I’ll be shooting and developing some 110 film over the next few days.</p><p>As I can’t find a suitable developing spool online, I’m going to modify one of mine so that it holds 110 film (there are plenty of guides for that).</p><p>I’ll be developing in a Paterson tank.</p><p><br></p><p>Now the question is: how many millilitres of chemicals do I need to use? I don’t want to waste anything by using too much, but I also don’t want to use too little.</p><p><br></p><p>If any of you have experience with this, I’d be grateful if you could share it with me.</p><p><br></p><p>Regards,</p><p>Riotboy</p>
Wolf_XL
Pocket film is 16 mm wide, whereas 35 mm film is 35 mm wide – so half the amount of developer specified on your bottle for the development of 35 mm film should be enough for a roll of pocket film...
RalfMichael
Hi Riot Boy,
As Wolf already mentioned, 110 film is 16mm wide. That’s why it can, of course, be developed in canisters designed for 16mm film (e.g. the LOMO canisters); they’re just usually intended for much longer lengths of film, which means you’ll use more chemicals.Why not try to get hold of an older 35mm developing tank second-hand? Some of these have a setting for the spirals to accommodate 16mm/110 film, e.g. the Quelle/Revue developing tank – I used to have one of those (manufactured by JOBO) – where you could adjust the spirals for 120 roll film, 135mm 35mm film and 110 pocket film.
Regards, Ralf
mattes
Place your spiral in the tank and add enough water to cover it. Then pour the water into a measuring container. You should be able to work with this amount.
PS: Original 110 film is 17 mm wide.
Matt
