I'm getting back into the darkroom after a bit of an absence. Breaking out all the chemicals, I wasn't sure what to expect from year-old developers.

First up was Lauder Chemicals Formula 76, basically D-76 with a not-so-original name. Devved a roll of film, fixed, washed, take the roll out of the tank...completely blank! Even the frame numbers, gone. Stupid developer had completely died, and I'd fixed away everything. Oh well, out with the 76. Read more

I asked around about my negative issue (see the previous post), and got some good pointers at APUG. I tried them out and here's what happened. Oh, and each image here also includes a little bit of fully-exposed film tongue to check density with. Read more

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p>So I finally developed my first negatives since high school, some 18 years ago. I have three different developers: pyrocat-HD, rodinal (or at least Photographer's Formulary paraminophenol), and some D-76 (well, close...Lauder Chemical formula 76). Wanting to run before I could crawl, I'd decided to do some stand development with the pyrocat and the rodinal. Read more