How to Develop Film

Preparing roll for developing

• When you finish your roll, look at your dial.
• Turn the dial counterclockwise until you hear a click. 
• Pull the dial up, doing that will open the back of the camera. 
• Take the roll out of the camera. 
• Extract the film with the extractor so you have a small tongue. 

 Preparing chemicals for developing

• When you insert the film in the tank you need to prepare the chemicals
• Prepare water at 20 degrees, MUST BE 20 DEGREES!!!!
• Prepare the chemicals with the water using Ilfosol 3 (developer), 1 part of Ilfosol 3, with 9 parts of water at 20 degrees, for 500 of water, 55 of developer.
• Prepare the fixer 1 part of fixer to 4 parts of water, for 440 of water, 110 of fixer
• If you develop Ilford HP5 at 400 ISO, 6 1/2 minutes of developer
• If you develop KODAK TMAX at 400 ISO, 6 minutes of developer
• When you insert developer into tank you need 10 to 20 seconds at beginning of agitation, then one turn every 30 seconds, till the end of your developing time.
• Remove the developer and insert the stop, water, for 30 seconds to 1 minute continuous agitation
• Then insert the fixer AT 20 DEGREES, for 3 minutes, after you put in the fixer continuous agitation for 30 minutes then stop for 15 seconds, agitate for 15 seconds, stop for 15 seconds etc. until the 3 minutes is up.
• After 3 minutes pour out the fixer
• Put it under running water for 20 minutes continuously.
• Extract film, hang to dry