I particularly liked the use of lego bricks!!! Very practical, indeed! I was looking for film holders for a long time and THIS IS IT!!! You made my day!
I saw your Minolta X-370 on the table. Except the name on it is the same as my first TLR, SEAGULL. Looked it up and it is a licensed copy of the X-370. Never knew.
Just got back from my drugstore, turns out black and white developing actually costs twice as much as c-41 because they send it to a different lab for some reason? Really glad UA-cam recommended me this video, this could change everything!
wow ok now thats something, but i've noticed here that b&w is also slightly more expensive, but not twice but the good thing with b&w is that you can fairly easily develop it at home :) glad you came along and good luck with developing :D
you're welcome :) it really isn't that difficult, you just have to fiddle around a little bit, most important is that the negative is flat and some centimeters away from your lightsource ;) but maybe i'll do another video where i can show it more detailed
Love this! Thanks for the inspo. I'm gonna try this same method and maybe experiment with high-quality single-origin coffee. Are you based in Munich? That bridge looks like Hackerbrücke
Thanks alot mate :) from what i've heard cheaper coffees tend to work better since they contain more acidity, but havent tried other coffees so far, but i think in the end it shoudnt matter to much, happy developing :D and yes you're right, it's the Hackerbrücke ;)
So, another video made because someone got up that day and said to himself, "I got to post something today, or I'm screwed." If you really want to mix your own developer, or for that matter, also stop bath and fixer, you can do it with the real chemical components required, pay much less cost per roll developed, and get your film properly developed instead of destroyed. Take a look at the massive base fog he got for his efforts here, (7:00) Why is caffenol so expensive? Because it is made out of household and food products, bought in a grocery store, where its retail prices are many times the cost of the chemicals they happen to contain for photochemical purposes. Most of the material which comes with instant coffee or vitamin C tablets is pure waste debris and often must be filters out before the solution can be used. There are caffenol type formulas out there which use additional ingredients which improve the image quality, but it's always going to be second rate. By the way, it is not the acidic character of an instant coffee which makes it a better developing agent, as any developer of this type only works in an alkaline solution, which is why you have to use a load of "washing soda" to make it work at all.
Excellent video! This is very helpful. One question - when scanning, did you use the phone only as the light source and then use another phone or something to take a picture of the backlit image? I’m not clear on this step. Thank you!
Hey Jon, first of all thanks a lot :) I used my phone as a backlight for the negative and used my main camera with a macro lens to take the pictures of the negative. If you don't have a seperate camera you might look für another lightsource to backlight your negative, like a laptop monitor layed flat or something similar and take the picture with your phone then
@@jonmnelson yes an iPad should work well, but since its such a big screen you just might consider blocking the light on the sides around the negative so you don't get flaring in your lens while taking the photos Have fun scaning :D
from what i've read washing soda is always refered to as sodium carbonate decahydrate, so i assume mine was the decahydrated one since it just says "washing soda" on its package
Caffenol is only for b&w film, but i've seen pictures of c41 film developed in caffenol (i might do another video trying it myself 🤔) With that said, you will definitely NOT get color photos!!! This will produce more "artistic" and monochrome sephia images, fine for some experimentation, but not suited for important pictures
i think it won't work right out of the box, but with some modification it should work (i'm no chemist, i've only heard about this method and didn't try it myself) from what i've heard it's possible to turn baking soda into washing soda by heating it in the oven, just pour some baking soda on a tray and let it sit in the oven for about 30-60 mins at around 200°C, this should turn the baking soda into washing soda
I'm not too familiar with the aps films, but you'll definatelly need a tank to develop at home to make sure it develops in complete darkness...as to the problem with the reel, my best guess would be get a tank with a 135 spool and see if you can somehow modify it for your needs, maybe cut a little bit of here and there to make it fit, best to try with an already exposed negative roll i wish you good luck with that and hope you can get to developing your own film at home ✌
no´, i just "stop" by rinsing the film a couple of times, so far i've never had any problems and i've not used salt before to fix, but i assume it takes way longer to be compületely fixed than with regular fixer
this depends on your developing tank on the bottom of the tank there should be the measurements needed for each film type my tank says for 120 film 590ml, if yours is also under 600ml these proportions should work fine
i haven't developed color film myself yet, but as far as i know there is no real "diy" solution like caffenol with black&white but you might take a look at cinestills "cs41 color simplified kit", this seems to be pretty straight forward
As far as i know not right out of the box The problem is that normal scanners have a light that shines direktly on the scanning surface, but negatives need to be backlit but with some creativity and little bit of crafting that might be possible if you manage to redirect the light since i don't own a normal scanner i haven't tried any of this myself
No, this method works only with regular black&white negative film Ecn-2 is a completely different process, but there are special development kits designed for ecn-2
That Lego holder is a W
Hi, I LOVE your LEOG-holder :)! What a fantastic idea!
Extremely good video. Your style of presentation is so easygoing and relaxing! I like it very much!
thanks a lot for your kind words 🫶
I particularly liked the use of lego bricks!!! Very practical, indeed! I was looking for film holders for a long time and THIS IS IT!!! You made my day!
Great to hear and glad this video helped you :)
Wow. Best development video in the world right here
Wow now thats something, thanks alot 🙏
That scanning setup was genius!
I saw your Minolta X-370 on the table. Except the name on it is the same as my first TLR, SEAGULL. Looked it up and it is a licensed copy of the X-370. Never knew.
Just got back from my drugstore, turns out black and white developing actually costs twice as much as c-41 because they send it to a different lab for some reason? Really glad UA-cam recommended me this video, this could change everything!
wow ok now thats something, but i've noticed here that b&w is also slightly more expensive, but not twice
but the good thing with b&w is that you can fairly easily develop it at home :)
glad you came along and good luck with developing :D
the idea of LEGO is great!
Thanks for making this to the point, clear and descriptive! Excellent video!
This is great!!
Hello there :) I was fallowing your recipie and the developing process went super well !! Thank you
nice to hear, and congrats for succesfully developing your film :D
Very nice work, Danke schön!!
Danke schön! Good vid
What a well-made video!
Great video! Love the lego!
I'm going to try this!
Thanks a lot for such a good video. Could you please make a tutorial on how to build this scanner/negative holder from the Lego blocks step-by-step?
you're welcome :)
it really isn't that difficult, you just have to fiddle around a little bit, most important is that the negative is flat and some centimeters away from your lightsource ;)
but maybe i'll do another video where i can show it more detailed
A good test, the contrast it about right if you can read a newspaper covered with your developed bw film.
you mean photographing a newspaper or read through the negatives?
@@adamsanalogadventures Read through the negatives.
Спасибо друг! Было очень интересно, особенно с лего) Привет из России!
Love this! Thanks for the inspo. I'm gonna try this same method and maybe experiment with high-quality single-origin coffee. Are you based in Munich? That bridge looks like Hackerbrücke
Thanks alot mate :)
from what i've heard cheaper coffees tend to work better since they contain more acidity, but havent tried other coffees so far, but i think in the end it shoudnt matter to much, happy developing :D
and yes you're right, it's the Hackerbrücke ;)
So, another video made because someone got up that day and said to himself, "I got to post something today, or I'm screwed." If you really want to mix your own developer, or for that matter, also stop bath and fixer, you can do it with the real chemical components required, pay much less cost per roll developed, and get your film properly developed instead of destroyed. Take a look at the massive base fog he got for his efforts here, (7:00) Why is caffenol so expensive? Because it is made out of household and food products, bought in a grocery store, where its retail prices are many times the cost of the chemicals they happen to contain for photochemical purposes. Most of the material which comes with instant coffee or vitamin C tablets is pure waste debris and often must be filters out before the solution can be used. There are caffenol type formulas out there which use additional ingredients which improve the image quality, but it's always going to be second rate. By the way, it is not the acidic character of an instant coffee which makes it a better developing agent, as any developer of this type only works in an alkaline solution, which is why you have to use a load of "washing soda" to make it work at all.
Kommt Professionell miss you bro grüße Genes
danke dir :D
miss you too bruh :(
Hi there. Really enjoyed your video. When developing your film did you say 16 or 60 minutes? 😊
thanks, it was 16 minutes :)
Excellent video! This is very helpful. One question - when scanning, did you use the phone only as the light source and then use another phone or something to take a picture of the backlit image? I’m not clear on this step. Thank you!
Hey Jon, first of all thanks a lot :)
I used my phone as a backlight for the negative and used my main camera with a macro lens to take the pictures of the negative.
If you don't have a seperate camera you might look für another lightsource to backlight your negative, like a laptop monitor layed flat or something similar and take the picture with your phone then
@@adamsanalogadventures Got it. I was thinking an iPad would work well for the backlight. Thanks again for the great video and clarification!
@@jonmnelson yes an iPad should work well, but since its such a big screen you just might consider blocking the light on the sides around the negative so you don't get flaring in your lens while taking the photos
Have fun scaning :D
Hi there! Quick question. Do you know if your brand of soda used is waterfree, mono, or decahydrate? Thanks !
from what i've read washing soda is always refered to as sodium carbonate decahydrate, so i assume mine was the decahydrated one since it just says "washing soda" on its package
Will it work for the C-41 color negative
Caffenol is only for b&w film, but i've seen pictures of c41 film developed in caffenol (i might do another video trying it myself 🤔)
With that said, you will definitely NOT get color photos!!!
This will produce more "artistic" and monochrome sephia images, fine for some experimentation, but not suited for important pictures
Can I also use baking soda instead of washing soda?
i think it won't work right out of the box, but with some modification it should work (i'm no chemist, i've only heard about this method and didn't try it myself)
from what i've heard it's possible to turn baking soda into washing soda by heating it in the oven, just pour some baking soda on a tray and let it sit in the oven for about 30-60 mins at around 200°C, this should turn the baking soda into washing soda
@@adamsanalogadventures yes, correct
Do you only wash the film once after fixing? Cringed a bit when I saw that. Good vid btw
haha no, i actually washed it a couple of times, just cut it out of the video to not stretch it too much, but you're right, could be missunderstood :O
Hello, I use 24mm Aps film, can I develop my film without a developing tank or reel? I don’t think a 24mm developing reel has ever been made. Thanks!
I'm not too familiar with the aps films, but you'll definatelly need a tank to develop at home to make sure it develops in complete darkness...as to the problem with the reel, my best guess would be get a tank with a 135 spool and see if you can somehow modify it for your needs, maybe cut a little bit of here and there to make it fit, best to try with an already exposed negative roll
i wish you good luck with that and hope you can get to developing your own film at home ✌
good job!
Tänx ;)
You don't add some vinegar to stop bath? And another question: did you ever tried use salt as fixer?
no´, i just "stop" by rinsing the film a couple of times, so far i've never had any problems
and i've not used salt before to fix, but i assume it takes way longer to be compületely fixed than with regular fixer
will this proportions work for 120 film?
this depends on your developing tank
on the bottom of the tank there should be the measurements needed for each film type
my tank says for 120 film 590ml, if yours is also under 600ml these proportions should work fine
Any tips for colour film development?
i haven't developed color film myself yet, but as far as i know there is no real "diy" solution like caffenol with black&white
but you might take a look at cinestills "cs41 color simplified kit", this seems to be pretty straight forward
Is it possible to use a normal scanner?
As far as i know not right out of the box
The problem is that normal scanners have a light that shines direktly on the scanning surface, but negatives need to be backlit
but with some creativity and little bit of crafting that might be possible if you manage to redirect the light
since i don't own a normal scanner i haven't tried any of this myself
does it work for film cinema (ecn-2) m
No, this method works only with regular black&white negative film
Ecn-2 is a completely different process, but there are special development kits designed for ecn-2
any alternative for fixer?
i didn't come across any alternatives yet unfortunately
but if you find something let me know, i would be interested in trying
@@gregorythefaithful7575 looks interesting, i might give it a try, thanks 👍
Nice hands.