Hi, When I try to reel film onto my developing tank reels (Jobo and Patterson, both 35mm and 120), the film jams and, even tapping or knocking the reel, I...

I need to solve I doubt I have from a lot of time. I would like to know, for example, if I have found the right time of exposition to enlarge a 35mm negative...

November 7, 2005, from Lloyd Erlick,, I've been poking about making my darkroom functional again, and the topic of safelights has intruded upon my mind. Here...

Ok, it's been 2 months since I opened the door. It looks like a set for a horror film! These manic spiders produced miles of web in every cubic inch of...

I'm using HC-110 and carefully following instructions, yet my negatives keep coming out with too much contrast. I've tried carefully controlling...

Anyone know the shelf life for Metol.? I just got some mush from D76H the other day, and it got me wondering if a year from the Formulary might be too long....

Greetings all; Firstly I do admit I am sort of cross-posting from rec.photo.film+labs but I posted there a week ago and didn't see any response, hence my...

Just occurred to me: why can't people like me, who live near an ocean, just go there and, say, fill a 5-gallon container with seawater every so often to use...

Hi, becaise it no more possible to find lith film I need to try with a qute common film to obtain very high contrasted pictures. I have Efke KB 25 and Rollei...

Hello all again, I figured this was still apropriate to post to R.P.Darkroom as it is about processing film. I am already familiar with the calibration...

Hi- I have a question regarding some "fun" with developing K14process (KP40) in regular BW chemistry. I did an 8 hour development (hey, why not?) in 1/2 tsp...

Hi, I want to eliminate voltage fluctuations as a source of inconsistency in my printing. I'm using a plain vanilla Beseler 23C II with a 75W/120V tungsten...

help! i have a question for you (i hope you can help me...) : how many 35mm rolls can you fix with a 1 litre bottle of 1+4 diluted "ilford rapid fixer"...

In article , john wrote: I presume you are speaking of 35mm. Yes, it is cost effective if you use enough film. One...

Like to do photography on the cheap? I think J&C's $1.19 120 film is the lowest price that can be found. That's a one roll at a time price. Can anybody do...

I've read that some people say they deliberately under-expose their B&W negatives (without adjusting development time) and in doing so they gain one or two...

Out of curiousity is there any or enough difference between the Kodak and Fuji test test strips to buy one versus the other? I've heard that Fuji requires a...

Does it do anything? Last time I tried I use a fairly strong solution, maybe 1:4 and it seemed to do nothing. Will anything happen if I leave it a long time...

i have been trying out various developers for paper and ansco 130 seems to work well for me. the glycin turns my solution a light brown but doesn't seem to...

Hi--What does it mean for something to be diluted 1:50? In terms of ounces and mililiters? What do the "parts" mean. In other words, of you say one part...