{"id":904,"date":"2019-06-14T07:06:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T11:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/classic-camera-revival-episode-57-dont-drink-the-rodinal-part-one\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T09:05:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:05:07","slug":"classic-camera-revival-episode-57-dont-drink-the-rodinal-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/14\/classic-camera-revival-episode-57-dont-drink-the-rodinal-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Camera Revival &#8211; Episode 57 &#8211; Don&#8217;t Drink the Rodinal (Part One)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ccr-logo-leaf.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1681\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ccr-logo-leaf-300x300.png\" alt=\"ccr-logo-leaf\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Classic Camera Revival - Episode 57 - Don't Drink the Rodinal (Part One)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/ntn92-b46c7a?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=104&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;pbad=1\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>How do Developers Work?<\/strong><br \/>\nBefore you can get into the actual developers, we should recap how developers and black &#038; white film photography works anyways. We&#8217;re going to put on our lab coats and try to explain this process as simple as possible. Black &#038; White film is made up of individual crystals, the crystals are known as silver halide (2Ag<sup>+<\/sup>Br<sup>&#8211;<\/sup>) is made up of a positive silver ion and a negative bromide ion. These crystals while theoretically would be perfect, in reality, there are small imperfections in each crystal. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bromide-1024x961.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"961\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6091\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The crystals are naturally light sensitive, however, when they are bombarded by photons (light) the bromide will boot out one of its electrons. These electrons stick in the imperfections this attracts the silver, darkening the crystals. This forms a latent image.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/exposed-to-light-1024x742.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6093\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next step is to turn the latent image into a permanent image, through means of reducing the silver halide into metallic silver. This is done through a reducing agent, which we commonly call a developer. The most common of these is metol (elon), however, there are several others including hydroquinone, phenidone, p-aminophenol, glycine, pyrogallol, and catechol. Additionally, there&#8217;s an additive to help give the developer an Alkaline pH balance, this is done through Borax or Sodium Hydroxide. Not to mention other additives to help prevent oxidization, or reduce base fog such as Potassium Bromide that acts as a restraining agent.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/developer-1024x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"170\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6092\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Because the developer works in an alkaline environment the fastest way to stop the actions of the developer is to turn the solution acidic, this is done through a chemical stop bath, but you can also just use water to dilute the developer so much in just has no energy left to keep working. However, at this point, there are still unexposed and unreduced silver halide ions on the film. We call this step fixing, because it permanently fixes the metallic silver, washes away the unexposed, yet still light-sensitive silver halide, to the film base. The usual chemical that takes care of this action is Sodium Thiosulfate (Na<sub>2<\/sub>S<sub>2<\/sub>O<sub>3<\/sub>). The Fixer will turn the silver halide into a water-soluble solution which you can then wash way using an archival wash, such as Kodak Hypoclear, Permawash, or the FPP Archival Wash. Followed by a water wash.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fixer-1024x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6090\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course, you could go on for hours on the science behind black &#038; white development but we just wanted to ensure you had a base knowledge to understand how some of the developers work and the chemistry that goes into them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kodak D-76\/Ilford ID-11\/Kodak D-23<\/strong><br \/>\nWe cannot get into D-76 or ID-11 without first talking about D-23. When it comes to developers it doesn&#8217;t get much simpler than D-23, the developer contains three ingredients, Metol, Sodium Sulfite (Anhydrous), and Water. It is a slow working Developer that has some compensating characteristics. But in this 1920s Kodak released D-76, which is the developer everyone starts with. D-76 improved on D-23. The addition of hydroquinone, which acted as a supercharger for the metol, and Borax to improve the alkalinity of the developer. As a developer, it does a solid job on most films, and can also be used to developer paper. If you&#8217;ve done home developing there&#8217;s a good chance you started with Kodak D-76 or Ilford ID-11, which is identical to D-76.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/46908973212\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Classic Camera Revival - Episode 54 - Don&#x27;t Drink the Rodinal\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7852\/46908973212_ea44299184_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Classic Camera Revival - Episode 54 - Don&#x27;t Drink the Rodinal\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bag of Kodak D-76, unlike Ilford ID-11, D-76 comes in a single pouch while ID-11 comes in two separate pouches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>To Make D-23<\/strong><br \/>\n750mL Distilled Water at 125F<br \/>\n7.5g Metol<br \/>\n100g Sodium Sulfite (Anhydrous)<br \/>\nWater to make up 1L<\/p>\n<p><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/27937008036\/\" title=\"Project:1812 - The Forts of Prairie Du Chien\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7538\/27937008036_2bced3be87_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Project:1812 - The Forts of Prairie Du Chien\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hasselblad 500c &#8211; Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm 1:2.8 &#8211; Ilford FP4+ @ ASA-100 &#8211; Kodak D-23 (Stock) 6:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/24189431867\/\" title=\"The Robertson Farm\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4551\/24189431867_fb1e4b0c48_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" alt=\"The Robertson Farm\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacemaker Crown Graphic &#8211; Fuji Fujinon-W 1:5.6\/125 &#8211; Ilford FP4+ &#8211; Kodak D-23 (Stock) 6:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/johnmeadows\/11655444276\/\" title=\"After the Storm\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7321\/11655444276_f09b955aab_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" alt=\"After the Storm\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canon 7 &#8211; Voigtlander 21mm 1:4 &#8211; Fomapan 100 @ ASA-100 &#8211; Kodak D-23 (1+1) 15:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/johnmeadows\/11595810103\/\" title=\"On the Steps\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3794\/11595810103_9ee13f5a32_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" alt=\"On the Steps\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pentax Spotmatic SP &#8211; Super-Takumar 200mm 1:4 &#8211; Ilford HP5+ @ ASA-40 &#8211; Kodak D-23 (1+1) 15:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><strong>To Make D-76<\/strong><br \/>\n750mL Distilled Water at 125F<br \/>\n2g Metol<br \/>\n100g Sodium Sulfite (Anhydrous)<br \/>\n5g Hydroquinone<br \/>\n2g Granular Borax<br \/>\nWater to make up 1L<\/p>\n<p><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/johnmeadows\/5231270063\/\" title=\"Skaters\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5207\/5231270063_b774d7f3eb_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"755\" alt=\"Skaters\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mamiya m645J &#8211; Mamiya-Sekor C 1:2.8 f=55mm &#8211; Ilford Delta 400 &#8211; Kodak D-76 (1+1) 14:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/funwithcameras\/47944275783\/\" title=\"Maple Avenue Tiny Library Branch\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/47944275783_818acaf7fd_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Maple Avenue Tiny Library Branch\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolleiflex 3.5F &#8211; Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm 1:3.5 &#8211; Fuji Acros 100 @ ASA-100 &#8211; Ilford ID-11 (1+1) 10:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/41864601441\/\" title=\"A Little 1970s\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/904\/41864601441_63d935a041_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" alt=\"A Little 1970s\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikon F5 &#8211; AF Nikkor 35mm 1:2D &#8211; Kodak Tri-X 400 @ ASA-400 &#8211; Kodak D-76 (1+1) 9:45 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/photosblia\/8335606925\/in\/photolist-dGAawM\" title=\"Of Times Passed\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8216\/8335606925_6d817de5ac_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" alt=\"Of Times Passed\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kalimar A &#8211; Terionon 45mm \u0192\/3.5 Lens &#8211; Polypan F 50 &#8211; Kodak D-76 (1+1) 13:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kodak Xtol<\/strong><br \/>\nIntroduced in 1996, Kodak Xtol remains the final developer invented and released by Kodak for Black &#038; White Film. It also is the first developer that used something other than hydroquinone as the developing agents. Xtol ran with Phenidone and Ascorbic Acid and the developing agents, to reduce the toxicity and make it more user-friendly. It also gave Xtol the capability for producing sharp fine-grained images even in faster films and did wonders for push-processing. However, there are drawbacks, first is that it does not perform well at high-dilutions, best to stick to 1+1 anything higher can cause failure, in fact, the highest dilution we recommend is 1+2. Second, being that the developer will just die, suddenly, and also you do need to mix up at minimum a 5L packet. Now, they did produce a 1L packet, but these suffered from stability issues so they were pulled from shelves shortly after release. Now you can store your 5L mix into 1L bottles. But it is important that you should treat Xtol as a one-shot, even when using stock dilution. Trust us, you won&#8217;t regret it when you pull out a blank strip of film when you develop it in Xtol you don&#8217;t remember when you mixed it up.<\/p>\n<p><figure style=\"width: 816px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/28158925743\/\" title=\"Dauphine Gate\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8773\/28158925743_a23e630883_b.jpg\" width=\"816\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Dauphine Gate\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Intrepid &#8211; Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar-S 1:5.6\/210 &#8211; Kodak TMax 100 @ ASA-32 &#8211; Kodak Xtol (1+1) 8:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/funwithcameras\/45702679762\/\" title=\"French Coffee Truck\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1969\/45702679762_170fe77d13_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" alt=\"French Coffee Truck\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pentax KM &#8211; SMC Pentax 55mm 1:2 &#8211; Kodak Tri-X 400 @ ASA-400 &#8211; Kodak Xtol (1+1) 9:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/johnmeadows\/24292171335\/\" title=\"College Library in Ann Arbour\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1505\/24292171335_42dc0a03c1_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" alt=\"College Library in Ann Arbour\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voigtlander Bessa R &#8211; Voigtlander Super Heliar 15mm 1:4.5 &#8211; Kodak Tri-X 400 @ ASA-400 &#8211; Kodak Xtol (1+1) 9:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/30141575635\" title=\"TFSM - Fall &#x27;16\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5716\/30141575635_a6e78277ca_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" alt=\"TFSM - Fall &#x27;16\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikon FA &#8211; AI-S Nikkor 50mm 1:1.4 (Red 25a) &#8211; FPP Infrapan @ ASA-200 &#8211; Kodak Xtol (Stock) 8:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kodak TMax Developer<\/strong><br \/>\nLike the film of the same line, Kodak released their TMax Developer in 1986 and was the first developer released by Kodak since HC-110. A moderately active liquid developer which promoted high-quality images and excellent shadow detail. Designed to work perfectly with T-Grained film, but could produce excellent results with any continuous tone films. Designed to be a one-shot developer at either 1+4 or 1+9 dilutions, Kodak did release a variant, TMax Developer RS that came with a replenisher and they also had a TMax Slide developer that turned TMax films into black &#038; white slides. Although the Slide and RS developers are hard to find these days. TMax developer also because of its semi-active nature works well as a compensating developer and does a decent job when push processing.<\/p>\n<p><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/46908977692\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Classic Camera Revival - Episode 54 - Don&#x27;t Drink the Rodinal\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7805\/46908977692_feb7396c04_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Classic Camera Revival - Episode 54 - Don&#x27;t Drink the Rodinal\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">While not the most economical developer, TMax Developer is a solid choice for many films.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/funwithcameras\/6231999919\/\" title=\"Belfountian Village Church.\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/6060\/6231999919_b9a2627393_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" alt=\"Belfountian Village Church.\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikon F2 Photomic &#8211; AI-S Nikkor 35mm 1:2 &#8211; Legacy Pro 400 &#8211; Kodak TMax Developer (1+4) 6:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/funwithcameras\/5179367176\/\" title=\"Behind Hart House\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1319\/5179367176_605738d083_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" alt=\"Behind Hart House\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikon FM2n &#8211; AI Nikkor 28mm 1:2.8 &#8211; Legacy Pro 400 &#8211; Kodak TMax Developer (1+4) 6:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/39891738571\/\" title=\"CCR:FRB - Review 05 - Ilford FP4+ - Roll 04 (TMax Developer)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4758\/39891738571_cf007974da_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" alt=\"CCR:FRB - Review 05 - Ilford FP4+ - Roll 04 (TMax Developer)\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikon FE &#8211; AI-S Nikkor 105mm 1:2.5 &#8211; Ilford FP4+ @ ASA-200 &#8211; Kodak TMax Developer (1+4) 9:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/43629302614\/\" title=\"CCR:FRB - Review 25 - Kodak TMax 100 - Roll 02 (TMax Developer)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1872\/43629302614_1fc8014745_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" alt=\"CCR:FRB - Review 25 - Kodak TMax 100 - Roll 02 (TMax Developer)\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikon F5 &#8211; AF DC-Nikkor 105mm 1:2D &#8211; Kodak TMax 100 @ ASA-200 &#8211; Kodak TMax Developer (1+4) 7:30 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>If you want to hear more chemical talk, you can tune into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/share\/dir-u93r5-64e3434\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Negative Positives Podcast Ep. 239<\/a> where John, James, Bill, and Alex join Mike and Andre to discuss more about developers, stop, fix, and washing. Don&#8217;t see the developer that you use, well tune into Part Two where the team tackles HC-110, Rodinal, and Pyrocat-HD!<\/p>\n<p>Looking for a good spot to get your gear and material fix check out <a href=\"http:\/\/burlingtoncamera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burlington Camera (Burlington, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtowncamera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Downtown Camera (Toronto, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmplus.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Film Plus (Toronto, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bellarte.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Belle Arte Camera (Hamilton, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/guelph.fotosource.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pond&#8217;s FotoSource (Guleph, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/fotoart.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foto Art Camera (Owen Sound, ON)<\/a>. Out West there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecamerastore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Camera Store (Calgary, AB)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beauphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beau Photo Supply (Vancouver, BC)<\/a>. Additionally you can order online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.argentix.ca\/index01.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Argentix<\/a> (Quebec), <a href=\"https:\/\/buyfilm.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buyfilm.ca<\/a> (Ontario), the <a href=\"http:\/\/filmphotographyproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Film Photography Project<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freestylephoto.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freestyle Photographic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also you can connect with us through email: <a href=\"mailto:classiccamerarevivial@gmail.com\">classiccamerarevivial[at]gmail[dot]com<\/a> or by Facebook, we&#8217;re at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/classiccamerarevival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Classic Camera Revival<\/a> or even <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ccamerarevival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter @ccamerarevival<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do Developers Work? Before you can get into the actual developers, we should recap how developers and black &#038; white film photography works anyways. We&#8217;re going to put on our lab coats and try to explain this process as simple as possible. Black &#038; White film is made up of individual crystals, the crystals are known as silver halide (2Ag+Br&#8211;) is made up of a positive silver ion and a negative bromide ion. These crystals while theoretically would be perfect, in reality, there are small imperfections in each crystal. The crystals are naturally light sensitive, however, when they are bombarded by photons (light) the<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/14\/classic-camera-revival-episode-57-dont-drink-the-rodinal-part-one\/\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[35,34,36],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3715,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions\/3715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}