How I Develop B&W 35mm Film.

An overview of the general steps and what you need to get started.

[randallstewart]

Be careful when using the MDC to pick a development time. The publisher collects data from a variety of sources, some not particularly reliable, does not check for accuracy, and just adds to the Chart. Most of it is fine, but there some significant errors, so for first time use of a particular film and developer, process a low value or test film strip to see how it comes out. Frankly, there is no reason not to use the development data provided by the film or developer maker, at least where they provide the information. Treat the MDC as "experimental". A lot of folks go straight to the MDC and treat it as holy writ because (1) almost no YT videos mention its problems, and (2) it has a download app which lets you synch its data and run a process timer on your smartphone (if that's a good enough reason to blow off your roll of film).