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<p>Acetic acid is liquid at 100%, so no problem there.<br> I like the Ilford Rapid Fixer, but Kodak also has a liquid rapid (Ammonium based) fixer.<br> There are a few good choices for developer, but I will second someone else recommending Diafine, even though it doesn't come as a liquid. It isn't hard to mix and, once mixed, lasts pretty much forever. (Or until you use it up, such as through spills or incomplete draining of the tank.)<br> Not needing to get accurate timing or temperature more than makes up for the one time mixing.<br> (Especially if your darkroom temperature varies a lot.) </p>

<p>I used to buy 100 foot rolls from Freestyle in 7th and 8th grade. I did a lot of school yearbook and scout camp photography with them, and also family vacations. (But for some vacations, my dad bought me a roll of Kodacolor.) Most of that was with a Canon VI rangefinder, which I still have.</p>

<p>My first was an Imperial 127, which I don't have but, as others, got one on eBay. ($1 plus shipping.) Second was a Yashica TLR which my parents might still have (my parents took my baby pictures with it). The next year, my dad bought a Canon Pellix and I started using his Canon Rangefinder, which I used until I bought my own FM (not long after they came out).<br> I started developing my own film starting with the TLR when I was 9 years old. The next year, I inherited some darkroom equipment and cameras from my grandfather. I also got a Kodak folding 1A from my grandfather in 1968, put one roll through it, then another roll in 1976.<br /> I still have that one, and put a roll through it last year. (For my son's college graduation.)<br> <br />I still have the FM, and also the Canon rangefinder, and have used them in the last year. I have negatives from my 5th grade class, more from 7th and 8th grade, when I did school yearbook photography. </p> <p> </p>

<p>I have used a D70 for slides, but never thought about it for negatives.<br> For one, you have to do the correction for the mask. That is built into scanners designed for color negatives. As well as I know it, the gamma for C41 films is about half that for other films, and the sensitivities of the different layers are different.</p>