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I know there are quite a few of you that visit here that have some interest in large format photography. Some are practiced in it. Others are curious about it.

Today, I found a very nice set of videos by Tom Johnston of www.tjohnstonphoto.com . It will take some time to go through all of them, but if you just get started on the first video, you’ll get an overview of what a pretty nice large format darkroom setup can be. From there, just keep going. There is some excellent advice here. Mr. Johnson deserves praise for spending this much time putting these together.

For all you digital shooters, check it out. All photography is great fun and worth doing. The resolution and control of large format are incredible.

I’ve actually used Tom Johnston’s videos here before. Check out these videos on how to load large format film holders.

Here is a 4 part video in which Jason Brunner teaches how to develop black and white film.

It’s a little off-beat, but he does a good job.

Note that your choice of chemicals or procedures may vary, but this one does a good job of showing the overall process.

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Unblinking Eye published this article about mixing developers. The nice thing about this is the summary of the common chemicals used for developing. If you don’t see your developer there, and you want to see your developer’s traits, check out the package of developer for the active ingredient and then look it up in the article.

It is concise and worth keeping as a quick reference.

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