Oooh you’re inspiring me to develop my own film. People always try to discourage me when I say I want to learn how to develop my own film. Great video and your photos came out so well!🌸✨

Thanks for showing your whole process, that's really valuable!

Mom!!! Sam making awesome videos again!!!

I freaking love all of your portraits. They're always good.

13:44 Thanks for the shout-out! So glad to have you there!!

The black women under shadow was amazing

Hi Sam, I'm just getting set up to develop my first roll of color film. I bought a "Sous Vide" water temperature controller to bring my water bath to 102 degrees F. It clips to the edge of a plastic container. I found that a 7 inch deep container is the perfect height of any container because it holds the bottom of the Sous Vide off the bottom of the container about 1/2 inch (which is ideal). All of the chemical bottles, including the distilled rinse water bottle, are placed in the water bath before the water heater (Sous Vide) is turned on to heat the bath water and the chemicals at the same time. After a couple hours, all of the chemicals and rinse water are at exactly 102 degrees F. From there on it is just a matter of following the instructions. BTW, I normally buy chemicals in powder form but for CineStill I buy the liquid kit because it comes with the "must use" stabilizer.

Thanks for this video, always wanted to try developing colour film! Looks a lot easier than I thought 😊 Your positive attitude and the great sample pictures was also pleasure to see. You definitely got a new subscriber!

Hi, I wanted to comment about your pictures using Ektar 100 and the reason why this film is hard to judge in studio. Ektar 100 is mainly to be use with natural light and when you use it in studio the film needs to be rated at a different ISO depending on your light temperature. For Example, under 3400k studio lamps the Iso is 34, and under 3200 thungstent lamp the iso should be rated at 24, the warmer the light, the lower the ISO. There is a video here on KZfaq made by David Hancock that explains the technical information in regards Ektar 100 and that's where I got my information from. I hope this helps.

Thanks for the tip on the Blix and the pressure build up. I was prepared for it because of your video and was able to avoid catastrophe!

I use the Kimteck Kiwiwipes to wipe the negative of excess water and it has never given me problem. I encountered some black marks on the negative when I used the inversion method to develop my BnW. After I changed to stirring method, it was ok but to make sure not to have light shining directly into the tank as the lid is opened when you re stirring it. Keep up the good work.

Only film photography can make a picture of a toilet look cool. I really don't understand why that shot looks so good.

It was nice to meet you at Beers and Cameras! Hope to see you there more!

Interesting video! (and lovely shots as always) I've done my own c41 for years, (until c41 film prices got too high) but I've never used a Jobo, just inversion. My process is done in my kitchen sink with Unicolor chemicals, which i'm sure are similar to the Cinestill. Big kitchen pot with water, place in my chemical bottles, heat it up till it's the proper temperature, (my sink gets really hot, also, I put the thermometer inside the developer bottle, not the water) and it's good to go. I think people that are telling you to use a fresh batch of chemicals every time are being extremely wasteful. I can easily get at least 18-20 35mm rolls from one batch of chemicals while adjusting the times, which i'm kinda lazy about as far as figuring out the "correct" adjustment. I just add about 15 minutes every 4 rolls and it's always seemed to work ok. By the end of the chemicals life, it takes longer, but still works. I think when you're just scanning and not darkroom printing, any color shift that might happen without precise time adjustments isn't as critical, but if I were darkroom printing, i'd probably replace the chemicals more often. The chemicals cost me about $30 (current price at Freestyle). That's the equivalent of only 3 rolls of developing only, no scans, from a lab (average pricing anyway). Definitely worth it IMO.

I took advanced B&W darkroom in college and it made my film developing so much better. I'm now getting into color developing and my question is: do you get better quality negatives if you do it yourself compared to sending the film out? My experience is when I send film out, you never know how old or how much the lab has used the chemicals. What's your experience?

I was doing GAF color slides in the 70s. It was so touchy but I still have a few left. I went digital in the 80s with a backpack video recorder and a big hand camera. It was a few years ago I went back to film. I just bought this (liquid) kit. Have a heater / mixer and am looking forward to new slides, 50+ years later. The pics look awesome,

Thanks for sharing, looking forward of trying out the Cinestill kit (got one already). Usually, I use the Tetenal C41, which gives me around 20-23 rolls of 35mm. I used to pour just warm water and checking the temperature every 10 minutes or so, but when I get sloppy, this gave me color shift (which at times looked pretty awesome! But you only want it when you want it…) so I got myself a slow cooker, which soothes my space and workflow at home. Going to try slide film next…😅

I did film developing for the first time yesterday and it was fun but stressful. I just used my bathroom sink hot water to get the chemicals to 38’c xx

Great video. Like that you are so positive and very intresting info. Laughed at the ADHD part. I am the same finding more and more stuff the more i look. Luckily my wife often stops me before I go to far. 😂

Great content and photos!

You can squeegee 35mm with your fingers too. If your hands are clean and wet, you can just pass the 35mm through your fingers. You'll know immediately if you have any grit or dust on your hands. Pre-wetting the film may also help with the uneven development.

Great (long) video! Very informative. For your next challenge, TikToks/Shorts? 😋

Good on you. Never be afraid of failure! Where do you purchase your film? I'm trying to shoot more and have just purchased a Pentax medium format..can't wait.

Love the video. Subscribed

Always love the Sample pictures . Now seen ur vid i want to develop my own film ... I got like 12 rolls that i jave to develop so ili be easier to try for my self. Always love ur content 😁👍

I just found your videos. I was laughing when you were talking about the chemist rabbit hole you went down when researching. I did the same! In the end I think we overthink developing like it has to be perfect. But I don't think it matters too much. Btw, 120 film is just 120 film and not 120mm. Whoever named it should've called it 61mm lol.

I only like rinsing with distilled water (for the final rinse), never found a mark, and my club had a film drying cabinet that I just left on minimum, but dust isn’t a big issue in a bathroom or somewhere wet.

You have to say "hey Siri" for Siri to respond. It's not your English, you speak perfectly,

do you end up developing all films you take by yourself now?

Where can I get one of those Takumi home darkrooms?

kodak is smoother and good with portrait I guess

do you have a link to buy this film processing TH darkroom thing? I cant find it online

之前自己洗过黑白的，也有显影不均匀的情况，我还以为是相机曝光有问题呢。看了你提的第一个问题才明白了👍

I really do feel that we are learning this together lol, you are very relatable haha

Your research step is currently where I am at. haha! I am hoping to design an automated film developing station that can do c-41 and b&w film developing. Really though, the only part about the developing process I'm nervous about is getting the stupid film onto the spool. lol

Hi I am a new sub to your channel :). I will be trying my hand at doing the same thing very soon but I am going to order the Kit from Cinestill with there heater and all the chemicals and bottles. I also plan on using the chemicals about 20 times before disposing .. I have seen people doing even more then that so as long as you do not contaminate one with the other you should be able to do 20 rolls no problem with that kit. I am looking forward to seeing more of your wonderful images :).

Hey Sam another good one thanks for sharing. Looks like we have some friends in common….Rafael and Kat! Cheers

Developing is definitely not for everyone and some people like me are very lucky to have a lab that develops so cheap and well done that it doesn’t make sense to do it yourself. BUT I do recommend scanning yourself, specially if you have a digital camera already. Getting into DSLR scanning can be really cheap if know what to buy and will offer top notch results

下次可以试试tetenal的c41，当然如果能买到kodak的最好了

I break all the rules. I nuke my 500m (and Blix) of developer up to temperature. I pre-heat my metal film canister under running hot water. When ready, I poor the chem into the canister and go through the development time with the hot water flowing over the canister from time to time under the faucet. So far so good.

Hello. Thanks for your ideas. I don't know how to buy the tank you use for developing. It's very interesting. I live in Spain (Europe). I found this website (Is it from Korea?) I don't quite understand the final cost. Cannot be translated on Google. Greetings. Thank you Hola. Gracias por tus ideas. No sé cómo comprar el tanque que utilizas para el revelado. Es muy interesante. Vivo en España (Europa). He encontrado esta web (¿Es de Korea?) No entiendo bien el coste definitivo. No se puede traducir en Google. Saludos. Gracias

请问你的拓海家是淘宝买的吗？这么重，运费贵不贵？

I use a bucket and a souse vide water from Amazon. It costs about $60

Home developing is sooooo fun! My film scan turned pretty green when I develop at home, probably some temperature control issue😢. Btw what’s the bgm? I like it a lot

😂is there anyway I can purchase the kit? I need it so bad

Hi Sam! I dunno if I missed this but where did you buy the film processing equipment?

好家伙，竟然是拓海家

This is so over complicated I feel. I literally just make half the solution at a time to process 12 rolls due to the Chems not lasting as long. I just put hot water in a bucket till it’s the right temp and develop my shit and that’s it lol it’s not that hard to maintain the temp