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Developing photos in your familiar is a satisfying and rewarding hobby that can be done with a minimum of specialist Accoutrement and a impartial cash outlay for supplies.
Instructions
1. Locate up your amplitude.8. Make sure all normal light is extinguished, then set another piece of photo paper into the enlarger easel and expose for the amount of time indicated on your test strip. Develop as above.
2. Prepare the developer, objective bath and fixer according to the manufacturer's instructions. Ebony and gray photography system is generally a interval temperature mode, so a temperature of approximately 68 degrees F is usual. Pour the chemicals into the trays and essay with the chemical thermometer until the prerrogative temperature, according to the manufacturer's instructions, is reached. Locate up the soak bath near or in the sink and fabricate undeniable it has a utility of flowing saturate
3. Fix the abrogating into the detrimental carrier, emulsion side down. There are many at odds designs, nevertheless most Testament snap sincere and compass pegs for aligning the sprocket holes on the movie. Speedy the annulling carrier, placing it into the enlarger. Embrace the contrast filter of your Election into the enlarger. The lower the amount of the filter, the softer it Testament create the contrast.
4. Test the projection area and set the focus on the enlarger. This can be done by various means, but doing it by eye is the fastest. Open the f-stop on the enlarger to the widest, most open setting and turn the light on to project the image onto the easel. While observing the image, turn the focus knob on the enlarger until the desired focus is reached. Turn off your enlarger light.
5. Turn off all white lights and make sure there are no light leaks in your room. The only light on now should be your safe light. It is now safe to open your photographic paper. Remove the sheet of paper from the lightproof bag and place on the easel in the enlarger. Close the paper container and place in a lightproof area.
6. Make a test strip. This will help you determine your optimal exposure time. Set the aperture on the enlarger to the smallest setting and set the exposure timer to 30 seconds. Cover all but the last inch of paper with the sheet of cardboard and start the exposure. Every 5 seconds, slide the cardboard so another inch is exposed until the 30 seconds is up. This is your test strip.
7. Develop your test. Place into the developer and agitate gently for the manufacturer's recommended time or until the desired contrast is reached. Rinse in the water bath. Place into the stop bath for 30 seconds, then rinse in the water bath. Place the strip into the fixer for 2 minutes, then into the water bath for 10 minutes. Your test strip is now developed and may be exposed to normal light. Examine the various exposures and determine which one suits the artistic needs of your photo, then set the enlarger timer to the desired amount of time.
Arranging your darkroom is a trouble of personal preference, nevertheless placing your trays succeeding to the source of running soak is a ace notion. Arrange the trays on the Apartment lodgings surface and fame them. Install your defended cloudless and be firm that any lucent leaks in the time are sealed with a lightproof substance, such as masking tape. Investigation your enlarger to adjust trustworthy the bulb works and compose trustworthy all surfaces are dust free ride. You have now created a photographic print.
