Analog film photography and cameras

@miro_o or anyone else. Realistically how little can I get away with from an equipment perspective for B&W home dev?

Change bag, thermometer, Paterson tank w/ reel, clothes pegs and chemicals? Is a squeegee really needed or can I use my fingers?

No squeege needed, wet fingers do the trick.

Get into it, so much fun.

Yea that's all you need basically. And gloves. Get some proper gloves!

I shake the watered film (while still in the reel!) and then use two fingers (without the gloves, haha).
Squeegees are only good when new and the rummer is still smooth, later they scratch your film.

Add a measuring jug and an air-tight, light-proof container (to store mixed developer). That’s about it.

Thank you everyone. Will pick some up on pay day and get on with it. Will probably cheat for now and buy some Cinestill Df96.

I used scales to weigh the chemicals / water.

What do you mean by "airtight container". Empty beer cans are fine.

A couple from a recent exhibition I was capturing.
All from new A1 I recently picked up, except the second to last which is from my old T70 (the shadow on the left is from cropping in to remove the mirror not getting out of the way of the shutter)

People drink out of beer cans in my house. That’d be a bad idea!

Crackers.

..just for the record - I was joking!
Please store chemicals responsibly in sealed containers!
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That being said I'm using Diafine developer since beginning of this year I think, and over here you can only get the big package, meaning you have to mix a whole gallon (~3.8 liters) in one go - which is quite easily done in the 5L jugs of distilled water you just schlepped home from the drugstore - but then you'll want to part it up for ease of use.. so I put 1L in a nice JOBO bottle (seriously recommended, they have the bestest lids), and the rest I funneled into old (glass) water bottles, put them in a dark bag, and put that in the cabinet under the sink.

@JB ..I can really recommend Diafine, especially if you are starting out with black and white developing as it's a lot more forgiving in terms of temperature, which makes the whole undertaing much less of a faff. Shelf life is also amazing; I'm still using the first part of the batch I made beginning of this year.
In the US I think you can also easily get the smaller size (that makes only a quart - ~1L) though it does not make much sense as you only get about 25% of working solution for about 50% of the price.

Thank you for the tip :-) I'll check it out.

Guy selling a Nikon S2 for $300 with a 50mm f/2 (would prefer the 1.4 but $300 is $300...) Terrible description. I asked him if it worked and he just said 'yes it works'... Unsure if worth the risk.

Edit: got a yashica lynx 14e with 45mm f/1.4 for $60 instead.

Sorry for the late reply, the picture was taken in Switzerland on the way from Fenetre d'Arpette to Champex-Lac.

Ha, cheers!

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Some strong work as ever in here!

Anyone used any of the new Ektachrome yet?

Anybody interested by a propack of Fujifilm Pro 800Z (120) ? Expired 2007 but store in the dark. 45€ shipping included.

Got the rolls from my trip to Iceland developed, aka how I learnt to only shoot HP5 and nothing else ever

Really beautiful. I like the stream on the hillside in particular.

Yeah, they're really nice @maxmurmann

Wonderful.

Would love to see / read more about this.

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These have made me want to go back there so much!