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Video tutorials: loading 120 film on metal and plastic reels

Posted February 21, 2008 in Camera Hacking & DIY

Check out these how-to videos by Luke Healey on loading 120 film onto reels for at-home DIY film processing.
 
Loading metal reels:

 
Loading Paterson plastic reels:

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Adventures in year-old DIY C-41 chemistry

Posted April 25, 2007 in Camera Hacking & DIY + Extra Geeky + Technique

See what happens when alspix—the man who brought us the now-legendary matchbox pinhole camera—processes film in year-old, over-used C-41 colour negative chemistry from a DIY kit. The results are surprising!
Read about it at Alspix Stuff.
He used this Nova C-41 kit, which is available in the UK. For those in the US, check out the [...]

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DIY 4×5 sheet film processing tube

Posted August 22, 2006 in Camera Hacking & DIY

Check out Eben Ostby’s plans for a 4×5 large format sheet film developing tube. View a larger, more legible version of the plans and construction notes on the photo’s page on Flickr.

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Combi-Plan 4×5 daylight tank still sucks donkeys

Posted May 6, 2006 in Op-Ed

It turns out that when I reviewed the HP Combi-Plan T 4×5 daylight sheet film developing tank and called it a "dodgy, leaky piece of shit", I may have vastly under-stated my case.

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Review posted: HP Combi-Plan T 4×5 daylight film developing tank

Posted January 14, 2006 in Site News

I just wrote a review of the HP Combi-Plan T 4×5 daylight film developing tank that explains why I think it’s a steaming pile of crap for daylight processing.
Read the review

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