Oh, how I love the sounds of my Rolleiflex T! Music to my ears.

Here are the notes that I follow when developing my rolls of BW film.

1- Pre-soak

Fill with 68 F water.
Let film sit for a minute.
Pour into drain.

2 - Developer

Agitate film continuously for the first 30 seconds.
Then agitate for 10-15 seconds every 30 seconds.

*The developing times depend on your film and developer you're using.
I use The Massive dev. chart to get the correct developing times.

The film being used: Kodak TMX 100 iso
Developer: Kodak XTOL (stock)

3- Stop Bath

Quickly fill tank with 68 F water.
Empty it, fill again with water. Pour water out.
Pour your stop into tank and agitate continuously for 1 min.
I'm using Ilford Stop so I was able to reuse the stop.
(Pour stop back into container after using.)

4- Fixer

Fill tank with fixer.
(Similar steps as in developer.)
Agitate film continuously for the first 30 seconds.
Then agitate for 10-15 seconds every 30 seconds.
I did this for 7 minutes.
Pour fixer back into container once done.

5 - Fill and empty tank with water about 4 times.
Then take out film from tank and place film in water rinse for 10 minutes.

6 - Photo- Flo
Place reel/film into photo-flo for a minute.

And now you're done!!!




I hope this video was helpful and inspired you to go shoot and/or develop some film!

Next week I'll be making the contact sheet on RC paper. Stay posted!

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