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The Film Developing Cookbook

by Bill Troop

A practical guide to film chemistry and darkroom process

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A practical guide to film chemistry and darkroom process

This revised second edition centers on black-and-white film development, linking film characteristics with the developers used to control image results. Its coverage moves from photographic chemistry and solution-making to the stages of processing: developer ingredients and formulas, stock-solution mixing and storage, stop baths, fixers, washing, and chemical safety. It also addresses increasing film speed and creating photographic solutions from scratch, giving the book a hands-on emphasis alongside its explanations of what chemicals do. The result is a reference organized around both the materials of film development and the choices involved in using them.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Analog photographers seeking a reference on black-and-white film development.
  • Photography students working in a darkroom.
  • Readers interested in photographic chemistry, developer formulas, and solution preparation.

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Black-and-white film developmentPhotographic chemistryDarkroom techniquesDeveloper formulas and solutionsChemical safety

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Book overview

The Film Developing Cookbook, 2nd edition is an up-to-date manual for photographic film development techniques. This book concentrates on films, their characteristics, and the developers each requires for maximum control of the resulting image.

For two decades The Film Developing Cookbook has helped photographers acquire a working knowledge of photographic chemistry--what photo chemicals do and why--for black and white film developing. Now reissued in a revised and fully updated edition, this must-have manual for photographic film development techniques covers films, their characteristics, and the developers each require for maximum control of the resulting image. Readers will learn how to mix and use photographic solutions from scratch, and even how to create new ones. Includes invaluable information about films, developer ingredients, formulas, speed increasing, mixing and storing stock solutions, stop baths, fixers, washing, and chemical safety.

A must-have for analog photography enthusiasts and any photography students using the darkroom. For in-depth discussion and questions on all things film or darkroom join the Darkroom Cookbook Forum, www.darkroomcookbook.com

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