I'm also thinking that this might be a good time to dig out the old film developing equipment again. I'm not equipped for color film, which requires a far amount of noxious chemistry and preciseness with temperature. Black and white can be done at the kitchen sink, and allows a certain amount of latitude (i.e., fudging.) Since the local camera shop can provide me with film and chemistry and they're just a quick walk from the office, this seems like as good as a time as any to get back into processing. I hope that I'm wrong about the extinction of film, that it doesn't become such a novelty item that it is priced beyond the range of mortals who just want to drop a roll into a decades-old camera with shaky optics and minimal choices ("wind" "shoot") and see what develops.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Hope in a box
I'm also thinking that this might be a good time to dig out the old film developing equipment again. I'm not equipped for color film, which requires a far amount of noxious chemistry and preciseness with temperature. Black and white can be done at the kitchen sink, and allows a certain amount of latitude (i.e., fudging.) Since the local camera shop can provide me with film and chemistry and they're just a quick walk from the office, this seems like as good as a time as any to get back into processing. I hope that I'm wrong about the extinction of film, that it doesn't become such a novelty item that it is priced beyond the range of mortals who just want to drop a roll into a decades-old camera with shaky optics and minimal choices ("wind" "shoot") and see what develops.
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Oh, nice! I have the 127 version of that camera. I'd need to either cut down 120 or respool 35mm onto the backing paper (I've done this for a Baby Brownie and Holiday Flash with pleasing results.)
I'm looking forward to getting back to darkroom work, too. I had a rare child-free day off a while back and took the opportunity to develop one of the many rolls that have been sitting in a canister in the back of the fridge. Turns out that the shelf life of Diafine, while lengthy, is somewhat less than two years.
I've never found the chemistry to last that long, sadly, so if I start processing, I'm going to need to have a reason to process a lot, or buy the powdered stuff and just make it as-needed. I've probable dumped more chemistry than I've used since having kids. *sigh*
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