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Thursday, June 18, 2020

35mmc: Reversal Processing of B&W at Home


Well, if you haven't seen the need for a beautiful B&W chrome, a monchrome slide, then read no further.  For those who want to know the simple steps to process your favorite B&W film into slides, read on.  Larger formats, such as medium format, or imagine an 8x10 slide, can be viewed on a light table or sketching tablet with the naked eye.

First, credit to 35mmc for the article, Fomapan 200 Slides, which brought this technique to light.  With just a quick googling for the prime ingredients, and the following recipe is listed:  Roll Reversal Safe Alternative, by fellow Blogspotter, Mektar Polypan.

Just add two common household ingredients to your B&W processing to bleach, followed by exposing the film to light and a second development step.  Simple!  Your Blogger will be trying this formula to see what can be achieved.