A couple of weeks ago, I was merrily developing some film. Had big plans for doing a dozen rolls or something, and everything was going great. So great, I hardly even had to concentrate on it!
In goes the film. In goes the developer. Agitate, wait, agitate, wait. Down the drain with the developer (I use one-shot). Rinse the film. In goes the fixer. Agitate, wait, agitate, wait. Down the drain with the fixer...wait, what?
Yup, I dumped out my film fixer that had about 20 more rolls of fixing goodness left in it. To top that off, it was the last of my fixer!
Tonight I finally got around to mixing up a new batch. Previously I'd used Photographer's Formulary TF-4. Good stuff, but I need to save money. I researched around, and found the following recipe given by user Ryuji over at APUG.
| Amount | Chemical |
|---|---|
| 200 mL | Ammonium thiosulfate 60% solution |
| 15g | Sodium sulfite |
| 5g | Sodium metabisulfite |
| Water to make one liter |
Looks good, doesn't smell much, and when fresh had a clear time of 30 seconds. I just devved a roll and it looks great!
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