- Kodak D-76
- Diluted white Vinegar
- Kodak Rapid Fix with Hardener
- Kodak Hypo Clearing Agent
- Kodak Photo-Flo
Plans are what you make. Plans last until their first contact with Reality. Reality is what you execute. My Husband. Two simple words when put together mean, among so may other things, Lynn. My husband of 30+ years saw my shopping list, and looked at what I was checking out on e-Bay and went to work. Now I can’t complain because I never thought I’d own something as nice as my Beseler 45MX with some nice options, something that required an all day road trip (Yipee!) and some money changing hands at Wings Camera in Atlanta, Georgia. Then one week later another road trip (road trip. words to inspire great things) to Brunswick, Georgia to pick up some generic ‘Free’ photography equipment. We needed to get out of the RV.
We had a pleasant meeting with a widow dealing with some of her husband’s things and we graciously accepted and thanked her for her gift assuring her it would be put to good use.
- 3 sealed pouches of dry chemistry to make 1 gallon each of D-76 developer.
- 1 pouch of Kodak rapid fix hardening fixer powder to make 1 gallon of fixing agent.
- 1 box containing a container of Kodak rapid fix liquid concentrate which may or may not have a separate hardener bottle to or to not add.
- 1 pouch of Kodak Hypo Clearing Agent to make 1 gallon.
- Multiple bottles of Kodak Photo-Flo
There’s more, mostly the little bits and bobs you need to handle wet film and photographic paper, but my Yankee frugality meant a reconsideration of my desires, and I’ve been happy with the negatives developed by a commercial black and white photo lab in some unknown developer. And I have a long acquaintance with D-76.
So I placed an order with B&H for a “Paterson Super System 4 MultiReel 3 Developing Tank with 4 x 5″ Sheet Film Holder Kit,” a 1.2l Patterson graduate and a pouch of Kodak Dektol to make 1 gallon of paper developer. Next week I develop my first sheet film in 30 years. Ilford FP4+ in Kodak D-76, something I never would have considered doing 30 years ago.