Making Film Reveal its Image: the B&W Development Process (Photography Part 2)
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 Published On Nov 5, 2021

Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers!

Links n' stuff:
The previous video:
   • The Birth of Photography: Drawing Wit...  
That video on why old movies are HD and analog video isn't:
   • Film: the reason some of the past was...  
The video on phosphor dots (oh and you'll notice that the thumbnail I showed on-screen here was actually for the original video that this video was made in response to - so pedants, I know! It was on purpose because it says "These Are Not Pixels." OK now here's the dang link):
   • These Are Not Pixels: Revisited  
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00:00 Intro
01:42 What the emulsion is and how it works
04:53 Preparing the film for development
07:18 A note on developing tank styles and why I prefer plastic tanks
09:16 Loading the 120 film onto the reel
10:42 Developers! Developers! Developers!
12:24 Stand development
15:22 The development process
18:20 Fixer
20:39 Rinsing and Photo-flo
21:53 A Mishap
22:50 Image reveal
23:33 A viewing trick
24:12 Outro, credits, & bloopers

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