Great video really simple to follow, I've got great (imo) results using this method with Kentmere 400 but adjust the developer time to 16 mins

Great vid....but, of course, doing this in the dark adds a maddening degree of difficulty that can leave you tearing your hair out. It is a great exercise in being Zen like in the face of utter frustration. Stay calm and breathe is my advice!!!! ;-)

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thanks! <3

Thanks for showing some of the parts of the camera. I found this exact camera (Yashica E) in my basement yesterday, and was completely unfamiliar with how to operate it and the different mechanisms inside. I wasn't specifically looking for a tutorial on preparing the film for the camera, but this video also covered much of the operations, which helped me greatly.

Ah good oldie tank from Paterson.

Great stuff, that was really good, I have only ever done B+W before, but this fills me with enthusiasm to give C41 a go, Thank you Mike 🙂

Excellent video

Great simple and to the point video, thanks a lot!

@1:45 I like Dolgoch best in this livery.

Thanks! Was not looking forward to doing this in a dark bag, but now I think I can do it.

Thank you, I did two rolls yesterday for the first time. Found not removing the paper first made it very difficult. Both hopped out of the holder. Thank you for the help.

Thank you so much! I've been home-developing 35mm since 2019 and just bought my first medium format camera and wasn't sure how it would look/feel like taking the film off the spool and onto the developing one. I did get a little confused while in the dark bag as to which was the negative and which was the backing paper and ended up checking by bringing one of the corners out, to find that it was the negative LOL so it has a light leak now but hopefully that just makes it look cool :P

Ive done only 2 rolls so far and while it was 620 it was the same size but ive had difficulty with 120, 620, and 35mm film as it seems to come loose in the grooves when winding and damage part of the emulsion I haven't seen any damage to the grooves but maybe its the way im rolling it

Normally, would you do it in a changing bag?

Thanks for demonstrating the unload! There are several videos on KZbin demonstrating how to load film, and as simple as the unload is I was paranoid about doing it wrong and accidentally ruining my first roll, so this was very helpful.

My reel does not come apart so easily to adjust for the size of 120 film. It feels like the plastic is going to break

You sound so much like James Vietch! Great guide, thanks.

Thank you

trying to wrap my head around how big medium format is

Overall, a very practical demonstration, but contains a major error requiring a correction. Here, He does the fixer, the stabilizer, and finally a wash (not a very complete wash at that). The correct sequence is fixer, wash, and finally stabilizer. The stabilizer should infuse and dry in the film emulsion to do its job. Here, he is just washing out the stabilizer, nullifying its function. Additionally, if you mix the stabilizer with distilled water and add a couple of drops of Photoflo, you can skip that squeegee wiping and just hang the film to quickly dry. Added bonus, if you have hard water, you will not get "spots" drying on the film.

You deserve the like because of the sacrifice.

Load: 2:48 Unload: 5:05

he makes it easy! worked the first time! thank you

thanks for sharing your video.

Interesting.Thank you.

I have 85 rolls of 120 film to develop that I shot with my sl66.

The sound is a bit too low -may be speaker

The only reason I don’t develop my own film is because I am worried about ruining my sceptic system with the chemicals going down the drain. Thoughts?

Very helpful, great video

An agitation beast

i would like to see the photos of this video, if possible ? is it ? i dont know how to use all this you tube stuff so if you or someone can find a way of contacting me please do :) i am old school but a great tutorial, normally the ones i have seen people, stop before they show the developed negatives, they seem to avoid showing faliure. :)i have a lot of fails to come lol we learn by mistakes and teach through our pros and cons :)

The developing reel is incomplete !!!!!!!!. You will get in trouble. If you know so few, you had better use a correx ribbon.

Great video!

How can I do this in complete darkness

very easy in the daylight, but to do that in a dark room is another story ...

Not really keene on use anything to dry the surface physically

This sounds like I'm watching golf on television when I was young. The commentator also spoke this way. :-)

Comment on bottles: The plastic expansion bottles shown here have one advantage and a couple of problems. Their reason to exist is that with partly filled bottles, you can squeeze them down to eliminate trapped air, avoiding exposing your solution to excess oxygen. They are more expensive. However, if you reuse any solution, you are pouring waste byproducts back into the bottle. With all bottles, that waste will tend to attach to the bottom and walls of the bottle. The expansion bottles have a great deal more wall area, and their folds prevent any effective cleaning. Plain plastic bottle will also accumulate scum, but they are more easily cleaned. The gold standard is glass amber bottles, easily cleaned, but will not squeeze out air. Long ago, I switched to the expansion bottles as a no-brainer for air control. After a few months, I went to clean them and discovered it wasn't going to happen. Never used them again.

Thanks, but could you do one on a Spartus camera? (Foldout)

i did it in less than 30 second in one hand.dark room bag..waana bet..

This is great...thank you!

You are forgetting to hit the tank hard on the table after all inversions or else you get air bubbles on your negatives. Also, you need to know how much chemicals your tank requires for the film you are going to develop. My tank has the amount shown on the bottom for 120 and 135mm film. Your inversions are way too violent.

I'd suggest to sacrifice a roll anyway... This way you can practice in open light.

Can i use the same ammount of chemicals in the new Paterson Tank? Does the old type use 290ml per film too?

I notice that when you put the reels/spindle in, you do it with the ridged end of the spindle down. I've never used the screw on type, but with my clip on it's quite important that the end with the lip goes up, as that way it will stay light tight. Maybe it wouldn't make a huge difference, but at least for anyone using the clip in sort, definitely have the lip side facing up before you clip the top in place. Also yes, as other people have mentioned, more gentle agitation would be preferable. I used this video to learn how to develop and did get a few markings on my negs from agitating too violently. Aside from that, I did use this video to learn how to develop, and found it really easy to follow, so good job!

Thank you so much for this video. I just developed my second only roll of film I've done in my life today and it was an exercise in frustration that nearly reduced me to tears trying to load it in a dark bag and not having any experience whatsoever at doing it. though the film came out well after I developed it it's got lots of creases and some scratches where it got all caught up on itself and tangled...oh well..you live and learn...but knowing what I do now from this tutorial and giving myself more time I should get better at it now. :-)

I just spent an hour trying to load paper

Thanks pal!

Agitation during development way too vigorous. Simply invert twice, gently, while rotating the tank. Agitation during fixing can be continuous.