ABSTRACT

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

chapter Chapter 1|10 pages

Developer Categories

chapter Chapter 2|12 pages

Films

chapter Chapter 3|16 pages

Developer Ingredients

chapter Chapter 4|10 pages

Development Procedures

chapter Chapter 5|16 pages

Solvent Developers (Fine Grain)

chapter Chapter 6|20 pages

Non-Solvent Developers (High Definition)

chapter Chapter 7|16 pages

Super-Fine Grain Developers

chapter Chapter 8|12 pages

Tanning Developers

chapter Chapter 9|8 pages

Special Developers

chapter Chapter 10|8 pages

Increasing Film Speed

chapter Chapter 11|10 pages

Document Films

chapter Chapter 12|4 pages

After Development Processes 1

chapter Chapter 14|4 pages

After Development Processes 3: Advanced Fixer Topics

chapter Chapter 15|6 pages

After Development Processes 3: Image Permanence