Amateur Photographer

DIY darkroom essentials

1 Developing tank

If you're a beginner to film developing you will need a decent developing tank to process your films. Personally I don't think you can beat those made by Paterson. You can either buy a tank that will just do one 35mm film at a time, or get the next size up which will do either two 35mm films, or one medium format film. The latter is known as the Paterson Universal tank. See www. patersonphotographic.com/product/paterson-super-system-4-developing-tanks.

2 Measuring graduates

You will need something to mix your chemicals in and to measure them out. Paterson makes excellent graduates

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