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Anonymous
So, I was wondering what is a simple way of getting into developing film myself, it's regular 35mm film.
>> Anonymous
As long as you have the space and a reasonably light-tight room (most windowless bathrooms work good for this) developing B&W film at home is very easy.

BUT you have to deal with chemicals that have to be disposed of in a certain way, yadda yadda yadda.

Developing color film at home is retarded.
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
check craigslist. darkroom setups are usually the one really good deal i see there.

then all you need is some developer, rinse (tapwater works just fine) and fixer. those can be picked up from your local camera store (or online) for maybe, ten bucks total. probably less.

total cost: somewhere between 30 and 50 bucks
>> des
>>157581
>chemicals that have to be disposed of in a certain way

yeah down the sink AMIRITE
>> Anonymous
Developing B&W is pretty easy, you can do it in a good thick black trash bag if need be. The chemicals are pretty harmless now-a-days, they are just vitamin C, so just dilute them in water before pouring them down the drain. Colour development has a number of more chemicals, and is kind of a pain in the ass anyway, so yeah, just go to wal-mart for that, it's 1.78 after tax just to have negatives developed.
>> Anonymous
Well I'm mostly interested in B&W anyway so this is good news for me! Thanks guys
>> Anonymous
oh, may as well tell you what my camera is I guess.
Centon (Minolta) DX-300 using a Minolta MD ZOOM 35-70mm lens.
Is this ok considering I don't have much cash and am just starting?
>> des
>>157613
using it is better than not using it.
>> Anonymous
Buy bulk firm. Load it into spools in a changing bad.
If acetic acid (stopbath) bothers you try to remove the print a moment early and used running water for your stopbath.