Thank you for your kind words Marco.
I pretty much do a stand development these days. My chemistry has changed over the years for simplicity reasons. I currently use Photographer’s Formulary’s Pyrocat HD in liquid form.
I mix 1:100, as an example for two rolls of 120, I mix 10 ml developer + 990 ml filtered water. That would be 5 ml “A” and 5 ml “B” chemistry. I stopped buying distilled water and use the water from my Berkey filter system.
I pre-rinse my film for five minutes to remove the anti-halation layer. Then pour in the developer at 20 C degrees, and agitate for 30 seconds. Then for the next three minutes, I agitate 10 seconds for each minute. Then it sits for an hour.
Then I empty the developer (I never reuse developer), and rinse with water for 30 seconds as my stop bath. Then fix for four minutes (I reuse fixer until cloudy). Then a final wash for five minutes and hang to dry.
I do this all from memory, but use a timer for the agitation. I have used various tank/reel systems over the years and prefer Paterson for its little spindle for agitation use.
Everyone does their own thing with chemistry. I disliked darkroom duties the most in film photography, but I prefer developing my own black and white film and have chiseled it down to something I can tolerate. I buy all my chemistry from
Photographer’s Formulary and have used some dangerous stuff over the years. I always wear gloves and gave up using the chemicals that smoked when mixed. Today I have settled on the premixed Pyrocat HD liquid formula and have had no issues with it.
Hope this helps!
Kind regards,
Darr