Don’t do this if you shoot film

thelightweightphotographer Equipment, Workflow Apr 21, 2015Apr 20, 2015 1 Minute

Rollei IR400 film rated at ISO 6 and developed in Rodinal 1:100. Hasselblad XPan + 30mm lens.

A couple of weeks back I had a clear out in my study. I have shelves full of books and decided to throw out many of the older ones. I also have stacks of old note books full of random jottings so I pulled out and ripped up all the used pages. It wasn’t until I came to develop some Infrared film from my trip to Malham that I realised I had ripped up all my developing notes – gulp.

This was not a good feeling but as they say, every cloud has a silver lining. In this case I found mine on the Massive Dev Chart website (http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php).

If you have never used this site it’s a great resource to find out development times for different film and developer combinations. But the real bonus for me was that they now have an App. Whilst I had to buy the paid version in order to record my development notes it’s a really great little app.

If you haven’t seen this before and you still use film, it’s well worth checking out.

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I am a Landscape Photographer based in the North West of England. Unlike most photographers I believe smaller and lighter is better when it comes to cameras and equipment. View all posts by thelightweightphotographer

Published Apr 21, 2015Apr 20, 2015

6 thoughts on “Don’t do this if you shoot film”

Ben Rowe Aperturef64 says:

Apr 22, 2015 at 11:06 am

I have a similar set of note books but it is with photoshop processes or as I call them recipes from not 11 years ago when I was first learning digital editing. I don’t think I would discard them either as there are some effects that I used to create that are quite nice but I can’t always remember the steps.

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1. thelightweightphotographer says:
  
  Apr 22, 2015 at 7:30 pm
  
  Strange isn’t it. I always intended to keep a notebook for Photoshop editing and never have. I might need to start one.
  
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  1. Ben Rowe Aperturef64 says:
    
    Apr 22, 2015 at 8:09 pm
    
    I do have a folder with negatives and prints with printing instructions as well somewhere, from when I used to print traditionally.
  2. thelightweightphotographer says:
    
    Apr 22, 2015 at 8:34 pm
    
    Is that a paper folder or a folder on your computer? I’m increasingly finding that I like my notes in digital format but then I forget where I have saved them.
  3. Ben Rowe Aperturef64 says:
    
    Apr 23, 2015 at 6:24 am
    
    It is a paper folder, I should really scan everything and digitize it. I would prob get a drive just for notes and scan the negs because I don’t think I am going to be doing any wet printing in the future,
  4. thelightweightphotographer says:
    
    Apr 23, 2015 at 7:37 am
    
    Thanks. Paper is good but too easy to lose. Do you use the evernote app? You could photograph your notes with your phone and then put them in the cloud. I feel a new app coming on.