Questions about getting started with photography and developing photos

It is recommended that you first buy a set of "New York Photography Tutorial".

Definitely helpful

Learn black and white, of course. If the economy is rich, it is a good black and white roll to use Fuji or even Ilfa Agfa, and if you are financially constrained, you can buy AD, I used to use AD when I used to learn black and white, and the effect is good

Camera universal. The magnifier is necessary, the printing paper is necessary, the developer jar is necessary, the potion can be self-dispensing, you can buy a set of medicines, and I personally advocate buying books and self-dispensing, which is helpful for consolidating the basic skills.

Some beaker temperature metering cylinders and the like

Also, a room that is opaque and has running water......

Finally, take a good look at the New York photography tutorial for a month!!

Potions and the like are very cheap, magnifiers can be used for a long time, hundreds of yuan, dozens of development jars, mainly negatives and photo paper are very expensive Very expensive Very expensive to go to the photographic equipment store to ask, often people eliminate expired photo paper can be used to save a lot of money.

The darkroom plays with the mentality, and impatience can't play with the darkroom.

Magnifier and magnifying lens, rinsing tank, several processing discs of different sizes, measuring cups, medicines, pharmaceutical utensils, stirring rods, thermometers, washing tanks, etc.

Black and white film is required. Color film can be used directly to print black and white**, but the effect is not ideal and the cost is high.

No need to change the camera 135 black and white film can be used directly.

Black and white film is required, and color rolls cannot be processed in black and white.

There is no need to change machines, they are all compatible.

In the past, black and white was basically hand-printed and enlarged. After entering the era of photographing, color photos were printed with printing equipment.

To achieve digital** output, it is necessary to make expensive secondary investments, such as the purchase of professional printers and expensive printing paper. Now, with digital printing equipment, it is easy to output digital** to traditional photo paper in high quality.

Digital printing is the method of color expansion, the digital image on the color photo paper, the output of color, which is a high-speed, low-cost, high-quality digital production method. The principles are complex, involve a lot of expertise, and the technologies used by different manufacturers are also different. At present, there are two main brands of digital printing equipment: Fujifilm and Kodak.

Like the traditional ** printing, these two brands probably account for more than 80% of the Chinese market.

The digital printing system is generally composed of three parts: a high-precision scanning system (used to input traditional negatives), a digital system (the digital image is restored to an image and on the photographic paper) and a processing system (the photographic paper is developed, fixed and dried). Because the scanning and processing system technology has been very mature, the technical performance of the equipment of various brands in these two systems is not much different, and its key equipment - the technical content of the digital system is very high, and the technology used by various manufacturers is different, which directly affects the quality of digital printing.

The most important investment in the digital printing shop is in the printing equipment. Due to the increasing requirements of consumers for image quality, a good quality machine can provide high-quality printing products, and at the same time, because the probability of failure of a good quality machine is relatively low, it is bound to increase the speed of printing, so as not to delay the consumer's film time.

At present, the printing equipment on the market can be divided into two categories, one is imported equipment, which is about 200,000-500,000 yuan, represented by Fuji, Kodak and other brands; The other type is domestic equipment, which is about 80,000-100,000 yuan.

There are all, in comparison, the effect of printing is better, Century Kaiyuan online development**, Fuji, Kodak and Lekai original photo paper, 14 years of experience, professional.

Generally, digital cameras are processed in a professional machine processing shop. In the process of flushing, due to the different degrees of business in the store, photo paper, rinsing liquid, etc., the quality of flushing out is also affected. If you need long-term preservation and commemorative significance, it is best to choose a professional image washing shop such as Kodak and Canon.

Must-have one; The camera must be functional, with batteries and film; Two; Be careful not to take photos when taking pictures**; Three; After taking the photo, give the film to a professional for washing**; Four; Complete tasks;

Digital ** is printed photo development 1, film development, the film is immersed in the prepared developer, in the case of isolation from light, a chemical reaction occurs, so as to show the image. 2. Film fixing, if the developed film can continue to be sensitive, the original image will disappear, put it in the prepared fixer, and terminate its photosensitive performance through chemical reaction, so as not to continue to be sensitive after seeing light again. 3. Enlarge the development, through the film processing machine, the image on the film is magnified and printed on the image paper, and the image is displayed on the image paper through chemical reaction.

4. Like paper fixing, it was the same as step 2. After the fixing of the image paper is dried, the whole process of washing the image is completed.

First of all, let's talk about film, it can also be called negative, it needs to be developed after shooting with a camera, and the negative film does not need to be afraid of light after development, but the negative color of the image of the negative film needs to be turned positive to see the normal color. The washed negatives can be developed with a traditional color magnifier**, or they can be converted into digital files with a film scanner.

The tolerance of the film is higher than that of the current digital SLR, and if it is too violent or too underwhelmed when shooting, it can be made up for when it is expanded in the later stage, of course, not too much, otherwise it will affect the color.

The sensitivity of the film is fixed, unlike that of a digital camera, so it is necessary to buy film with different sensitivity as needed. In addition, it is also divided into negative and reverse films, of course, most of them use negatives. The reversal film is a high-end product, and the normal color of the color is flushed out, and the negative is very beautiful.

As for film cameras, there are all kinds of types, simple type, rangefinder type.

, SLR, dual-lens, 120, manual, manual with electronic system, fully automatic. The Volenda X700 you mentioned is a manual rangefinder type, and the Nikon FM2 is a manual DSLR type, both with electronic metering systems. Of course, metering is relatively simple and can only be referenced.

Both of these models are collectible antiques, and I can only say that they are really luxurious when used for film photography. However, now the film is all money-burning, except for some high-end advertising photography, people use large-format film.

It is recommended to use film SLR to play film photography, and the sideshaft is still collected. Take a picture and pluck the film once, and you have to roll it back when you're done. The aperture and shutter are all manually dialed, and it is necessary to master what values in what situation, relying on the body metering and experience, if you don't want to waste a lot of film, buy a light meter, although there is a lot of trouble.

The focus of the manual SLR is also manual, and there is a small circle in the center of the frame, which is called split image focus, and the alignment of the images on both sides is good focus.

If you are not interested in the "troubles" of film photography, you can buy a fully automatic film SLR, such as Canon 1V, 1N, etc.

Finally, I wish you success.

on the first floor.

Kodak, Fujifilm, Ilford, Lekai, Lulai, Agfa, at least these are still producing a variety of photographic films, and Kodak only released ** film two years ago.

Rinsing is simple, rinsing tanks, sets of medicines, thermometers, various measuring cups, thermostatic devices (flushing machine, electric foot washbasin, cold water heating water, no direct room temperature is OK), basically that's all. These things don't cost much and don't take much time. The problem lies in two things.

After punching out, there are two places, one is scanning + printing and printing (pure scanning is okay without output), and the other is optical phase release.

Scanning, the cheapest 135 bottom sweep is more than 3000, the thorough sweep and large use of the thorough sweep is good, 120 bottom sweep 20000. The store sweeps 10 yuan a roll, and the quality is not easy to say.

Printing, inkjet machines are not recommended for general household use, and it is difficult to serve. Sublimation machine, Canon's more than a thousand, a 6-inch more than 2 dollars. Print a sheet of 5 cents, and the effect depends on the situation.

Optical phase, don't toss this, the equipment is very cheap, but the potion and photo paper are very expensive, and it takes several pieces of photo paper to make one.

Kodak no longer produces civilian film, so there is no point in making a darkroom by itself, there are things under the materials, a few hundred dollars, very cheap.

0 magnifier.

1 Plastic or metal developing jar.

2 More than one spool of suitable size.

3 Cap opener (for opening 35mm film cassette).

4 cans of scissors.

5 Developer.

6 Shadow Dropper (optional).

7 Fixer.

8 Two or three containers, for developer, stop film (if used), and fixer, and are also commonly used to measure the volume of the solution.

9 Two sealable reservoirs for the developer and fixer10 Stir bars or stirrers for preparing the solution.

11 Darkroom thermometer.

12 large plastic buckets.

13 Wetting agents.

14 Hypo cleaner or water wash accelerator.

15 heavy and light film clips.

16 Darkroom Timer.

17 medium-sized plastic funnels.

18 Negative archiving with envelopes or film bags.

19 Concealed pockets (if no ready-made darkroom is available).

If the photo is very easy. Buy a bag of D76 set of medicines, a developer tube, Lekai Dingying liquid can be dried, the temperature is 20 degrees 1:1, 5-7 minutes to get it, the specific time depends on your ** situation.

The second floor is correct.

There are cheap ones for the bottom sweep, like the Epson V330 is only about 1000.

Tools: developing jars, film trays, magnifiers, magnifying lenses, thermometers, measuring cups, storage containers, plates, clamping scales, safety lights, scissors, funnel Zen He do, timers, magnifying focusers, dust blowers, film clips, film bags, hidden bags, photo paper cutters.

Method: 1. The process of rolling and canning is all carried out in the hidden bag.

2. Preparation of liquid medicine, preparation of slag preparation of liquid medicine.

3. Punching and developing the film is the most critical step.

4. Wash with water to wash the remaining liquid on the film.

5. Dry, and after drying, you can dry it.

Digital** is printed.

Photo development. 1. Film development, immerse the film in the prepared developing liquid, and in the case of isolation from light, a chemical reaction occurs, so as to show the image.

2. Film fixing, if the developed film can continue to be sensitive, the original circular image will disappear, put it in the prepared fixer, and terminate its photosensitive performance through chemical reaction, so that it will not continue to be sensitive after seeing light again.

3. Enlarge the development, through the film processor, the image on the glue reed sheet is magnified and printed on the image paper, and the image is displayed on the image paper through chemical reaction.

4. Like a paper fixer, it turns out to be the second step of the same orange spine. After the fixing of the image paper is dried, the whole process of washing the image is completed.

Now there are digital ** prints, there are also prints, and the printed ones are easy to fade and change color, and the storage time is short.

In the case of printing, there is a special printing equipment to carry it, and the principle is the same as the previous film processing, but it is automatically completed by the equipment. However, there are hundreds of thousands or even millions of printing equipment, as long as the large specialized printing shops only have it, and the small printing stores often use printing to deceive customers.

I washed it from the Internet Century Kaiyuan**, and I used the best photo paper, which was quite low. From your own computer, pass it over, wash it and send it to your doorstep.

How to develop black and white negatives.

Shooting with black and white film is not very complicated, and having a foundation in black and white is also very helpful for color photography.

My advice: First, before buying black and white film, you should first find out whether you need traditional black and white film or "black and white" film with color technology. The judgment is very simple, if the packaging is co-printed with the words C41 (i.e., color negative processing process), it is a "black and white" film of color process (such as Kodak's T-400 BW, etc.); The others are traditional black and white films, such as the domestic "Lekai" and "Kodak's T-MAX".

Second, if you choose traditional black and white film for shooting, it's best to get into the habit of bottoming out yourself

1. The equipment used to develop black and white film is very simple and does not require a darkroom.

2. The main equipment includes: a hidden bag, a punching can, two containers that can be replaced by mineral water bottles for storing developer and fixer, plus a measuring cup, a stirring rod and a thermometer.

3. The developer can be D-76 conventional developer. You can go to the photographic equipment store to buy the prepared powder (estimated at 2-3 yuan), and after you come back, you can mix it according to the instructions (of course, you can also buy the prepared concentrate, but it is not cost-effective for those who do not use it frequently); The fixer can be made with a conventional acetic acid fixer (the same is to buy powder and come back to mix).

Fourth, Kodak Tmax can also be rinsed with D-76, of course, if you are very rich, you can use the Tmax special formula, and the result will not make you much excited.

5. After the above potions are ready, you can roll the film into the roll core of the film processing tank in the cassette bag, and then develop, stop, fix and float according to the steps, and then dry the film for printing or other purposes.

Sixth, if you need to practice--- first use waste film to practice the roll in the bright place, and then move the real style in the hidden bag after being proficient!

7. The --- that needs to be paid attention to is the development temperature and time!

8. If you are interested, you can try it now!

Punching tank] three: precautions:

The development process is a chemical reaction process, and the speed and result of the chemical reaction are related to the external conditions--- temperature, pressure, etc.

Generally, users do not have temperature control equipment, so they will make the film at the natural temperature, which requires attention to the development temperature and time.

For example, if a brand new potion is at 20 degrees (the temperature of the potion is not room temperature!). ) is 6-7 minutes, 4-5 minutes at 24 degrees, and 8-9 minutes at 18 degrees.

The specific operation also needs to be adjusted according to different formulas, the degree of newness of the liquid, the ** of the negative, the contrast of expectations, etc., which needs to refer to the formula instructions and experiments, after a period of practice, you will be easy to master.

In fact, almost 99% of photographers develop black and white film this way--- unless you're using it for reversal--- in which case you'll have to send it to a print shop with an E-6 process.