7 March, 2025
Bergger PMK Pyro B&W developer Review
Pyrogallol (pyro): white crystals which oxidise quickly turning brown. Cautions for using the raw powder are extensive – I used to handle raw chemicals but now, for some reason,...
29 January, 2025
AGO Film Processor – Renewing old skills and Developing Film for the first time in 35 years
Like many of my generation (boomers) I got my start in photography in High School shooting for the yearbook, though my interest in photography started much earlier. My first tim...
1 October, 2024
Just like riding a bike
This article will sort of be all over the place however the main gist of it will be the fact that after 52 years I haven’t forgotten how to develop film. I realize that th...
Ibraar Hussain recently posted a review of a Chinon CE-4 and his experiences with it which I found very interesting. So interesting that a few days later a house-clearance, unte...
23 July, 2024
Agfa Copex Rapid – Development Tests
The EU seems to produce a rich array of unusual (“speciality”) films – from Adox, Rollei, Spur and others (many of which are rebranded Agfa-Gaevert films). Trying to get any of ...
19 July, 2024
Rodinal Tests – Temperature, Grain and Contrast
Rodinal is a high acutance (sharpness) developer. High acutance means grain as well as the image is more clearly defined. So if I develop at different temperatures either the gr...
17 July, 2024
How to Make Tea… PC-TEA that is
I have been developing my own film for a few years now and am slightly addicted to the process. There is just something magic about loading your film into the spools adding the ...
27 June, 2024
My First use of Caffenol
There is lots of advice on this on the web but here is some more, in case it is helpful to anyone. I recently started to use film again and, as it was inexpensive, invested in a...