Metering Question

[P. J. Alling]

You don't need no stinking squeegee, get your fingers nice and wet and 
use them. Works fine and I've scratched less film that way, (zero 
rolls), than I have using a dirty squeegee.

Adam Maas wrote:
> Developing film is easy. You need a tank, a couple spools to load film on, a couple graduated cylinders for measuring chemicals, a thermometer, squeegee and some film hangers for drying. Chemical-wise, developer (I use Rodinal and TMax Developer), stop bath and fixer are all that's required. You also need a dark closet or small room for loading the film into the tank, once loaded everything else can be done in daylight
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> Prints are more involved. Same chemicals(but paper developer instead of film developer), but also needed are a darkroom, developing trays, enlarger, contrast-control filters, paper, timer of some sort, darklight and a couple other minor items. As my bathroom is too small for comfortably printing, I don't bother and just scan & print digitally.
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> -Adam
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> Glen Tortorella wrote:
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>> Thank you very much, Scott.  I have been wanting to try developing my  
>> own prints, but I have feared doing so.  I tend to be a  
>> perfectionist, and I fear disappointment.  I do not have the  
>> equipment, either.  What would I need?  It would be great to have  
>> someone show me the correct way of doing it...
>>
>> Regards,
>> Glen
>>
>> On Sep 7, 2007, at 11:06 AM, Scott Loveless wrote:
>>
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>>> Adam Maas wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Glen,
>>>>
>>>> Mailers are a cheap option for getting E6 slide film processed.  
>>>> They are not economical for B&W. For cheap processing of Fuji  
>>>> Acros, do it yourself. I recommend Agfa or A&O Rodinal at 1:50  
>>>> dilution for 12 minutes at 20C, 30 seconds initial agitation with  
>>>> 2 inversions per minute. Should run you about $0.60 or less per  
>>>> roll (including stop & fix) if you 1-shot the dev and reuse stop &  
>>>> fix.
>>>>
>>>> -Adam
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> I'll have to agree with Adam.  For the price of having 8 or 10  
>>> rolls of
>>> B&W developed you could buy the chemicals and hardware to do it
>>> yourself.  Rodinal is a good choice for slower film.  If you're  
>>> shooting
>>> at a higher ISO you might want to consider HC-110.  It's a good  
>>> general
>>> purpose developer.  It comes in a concentrate, much like Rodinal, and
>>> will last a very long time.
>>>
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>>> Scott Loveless
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