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Well, Ben, you could start off using the same film, chemicals,

processing times and temperatures that you use as school. You could

also ask your photo teacher for suggestions.

 

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The reason I answer this way, is you do not specify black and white,

color, whether you are doing prints or transparencies or your plans

for the resulting images.

 

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This is a good forum with a lot of knowedgable people, but we need

some more information if we are to give you some help.

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Ben,

 

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I assume you are using black and white film. A great way to start out

is by using a film developer called Diafine. It is made by Acufine.

This developer is a 2 bath, which is very versatile. You develop your

film for 3 minutes in the first bath, and 3 minutes in the second

bath. No rinse in between. It does not matter what the temperature

is, between reasonable limits. You can also develop two different

rolls of film at the same time! Negatives come out great, and you

don't have to worry about precise time and temperature measurements.

I started using this developer when I was very young, and have

recently started using it again. It is a great developer, especially

if you are shooting outdoors and there is a wide range of light from

dark to bright.

 

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For stop bath, you can use an indicator stop bath, or just a water

rinse. These are available from Kodak, Clayton, Nacco, and others. It

will turn purple when it is exhausted.

 

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For fixer, I recommend a rapid fix. Liquid (easy to mix) versions are

available from Ilford, Clayton, Arista, Nacco, and others. Powder

fixers are also available from Kodak.

 

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You can also use a hypo clearing agent to speed the wash cycle. Try

Kodak Hypo Clearing Agent, Heico Perma Wash, Zonal Pro Archival

Rinse, or Orbit bath.

 

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Once washed, dip your negatives in Kodak Photo Flo.

 

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I hope this helps.

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