Surely I can’t be the only one who is interested in processing my own black and white films and then producing my own prints from the negatives. Indeed, according Amateur Photographer I’m not and the response they had to a letter in the last issue of last year asking about this was such that they re-ran the article from 2003 by Chris Gatchum that was mentioned in the letter. Anyway – I have made a start by enrolling with North Warwickshire College for a course in basic photography and things seem to be going well. However, I have a few questions that I could do with being answered and hope that someone on here will oblige me with the answers. So then …
1. I bought a 1 litre box of ID11 developer yesterday and according to the instructions that is enough to develop 10 films. If I develop 2 films each time (there’s room for 2 X 35mm spools in my ‘d’ tank), does this limit on 10 films still stand?
2. Next, the used chemicals … having developed 2 films at once, do I have to keep that portion of solution separate or do I put it back in the with the fresh stuff? If I have to keep it separate, how do I work out timings for future use (if it can be reused that is)?
3. Finally (for now at least
), how can I safely dispose of the used chemicals please? I really don’t fancy flushing it down the toilet – and in any case the instructions say not do that anyway.
Any help on these questions or any other pointers would be very gratefully received as I have 2 films to process right now and would like to get them done ready for printing next Monday night at college.
Ron