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Develop b/w film at home 2

In order to load your film on the reel, you will need to cut off the narrow part of the
film

round the corners with scissors to make sure the film loads safely on the reel

It's time to break out the changing bag - for the next few minutes, you'll need the sensitivity of your fingertips only - yepp, basically you're blind, everything is happening in the bag. Place your roll of film and the developing canister, including the lid, the film reel and the stem into the changing bag.
***film, canister and your hands are in the changing bag***

position the film in the first groove of the reel... I prefer to use the Jobo plastic reels

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Posted by mhartel on December 25, 2005 5:20 AM |

Comments (7)

kayne:

do you unravel medium format film and remove the actual film from the paper? do you need a reel for that size too? what do you do for medium format?

thanks.

Posted by kayne | February 17, 2006 5:33 PM

Posted on February 17, 2006 17:33

Markus Hartel:

yes, I remove the paper in the changing bag and spool the
film on the reeel. The Jobo reels are adjustable for 135 and
120/220 film... with 120 film, two rolls can be spooled
back-to-back on one reel

Posted by Markus Hartel | February 17, 2006 10:17 PM

Posted on February 17, 2006 22:17

jia pu:

Cool stuff. I just started to learn this. Do you know if there a kit (including all the containers and tools) that I can buy?

Thanks.

Posted by jia pu | December 5, 2007 3:09 PM

Posted on December 5, 2007 15:09

Markus Hartel:

B&H sells a Beseler "Printmaker Darkroom Kit"

Posted by Markus Hartel | December 5, 2007 3:31 PM

Posted on December 5, 2007 15:31

jia:

"round the corners with scissors to make sure the film loads safely on the reel"

Why is the rounding necessary?

Posted by jia | December 11, 2007 1:43 AM

Posted on December 11, 2007 01:43

Markus Hartel:

without the rounding the film tends to get stuck in the reel

Posted by Markus Hartel | December 11, 2007 5:10 PM

Posted on December 11, 2007 17:10

Amry Williams:

Thanks for the important info on the Black and White Developing info

Posted by Amry Williams | January 9, 2008 11:16 AM

Posted on January 9, 2008 11:16

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