At 12:22 PM 8/27/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Are there drawbacks to this method versus using a traditional darkroom?

This *is* the traditional method of developing film.

A darkroom is necessary for conventional printing. If you happen to have 
one, it's a convenient place to handle film. If you don't, you can use a 
changing bag, or jury rig something else.

tv



>    -Rich
>
>
>tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> >
> > At 08:08 AM 8/26/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Tom your response tweaked my interest.Could you quickly explain
> > >the process,might be interested in trying this.
> >
> > *My Abridged Version*
> >
> > - Load your film into a daylight tank
> > - Pour in developer at the prescribed temperature.
> > - Agitate the tank every minute
> > - At the end of the prescribed time, dump out the developer.
> > - Dump in the stop bath.
> > - Agitate for 30 seconds, dump back into bottle if not exhausted.
> > - Rinse with water
> > - Dump in fixer.
> > - Agitate every 30 seconds for 3-5 minutes.
> > - Save or dump fixer
> > - Wash
> > - Hang to dry
> > - Sleeve.
> >
> > Usually takes about 45 minutes per tank.
> >
> > This is a short version...to write down all the minutiae would take a
> > couple of pages, but all the steps are here.
> >
> > tv
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