My favorite part about developing my own film is when I complete the whole process, open the canister, and seeing healthy looking negatives (especially 120 negs) and knowing i didn’t screw it up somehow

@SD_Alias

3 жыл бұрын

Thats my joy too… Thats why i am self developing since 35 years ;)

@johnkaplun9619

2 жыл бұрын

12p slids film must be unbelievable to pull out. I really wanna try that at some point

Hot-tip for drying portra in the bathroom and fixing the film curl: The film curls because it constricts as it drys out. This curl can be really bad if the air is very dry. So once the film is 90% dry (been hanging for 30 minutes to an hour), I run the shower HOT for about 5 minutes. The steam from the shower kinda re-hydrates the cellulose of the film causing it to uncurl without getting wet again. Its much easier to cut/scan like this.

@PolicePubliCallBox

4 жыл бұрын

I live in the desert. This is what I do.

@Elvices

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jerrboyy To avoid that is actually what the film holder is for. You have the tip to get the film straight and use the holder to avoid Newton rings.

@Elvices

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jerrboyy You need some space between the glass and your film with whatever you wanna use to accomplish that.

@wmt9

4 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you, that's an amazing tip.

did i just get a Willem Verbeeck plug??? LETS GOOOOO love you bro

@WillemVerb

4 жыл бұрын

ilu lets colab

@linusandhiscamera

4 жыл бұрын

Willem Verbeeck you really aint gotta tell me twice

@jankubat2694

4 жыл бұрын

@@WillemVerb Guys, I have an Idea, as a celebration when we can all walk outside again, can we have something like KZread film mega collab. An feature length special with Willem, Linus, Matt Day, Corey Wolfenbarger, Joe Greer, Jason Kummerfeldt (Grainydays), Casey Cavanaugh (GxAce), Kai Wong, George Muncey (NegativeFeedback), Christopher Sturm (The Photo Dept.), Kyle McDougall, KingJvpes, Real Sir Robin, Frederik Trovatten, Eduardo Pavez Goye, Jonathan Notley. Talking everything film related, exploring new techniques, talking your influences, pushing yourselves out of your comfort zone (like shooting Fuji Provia :D ) Shooting outside, in studio, natural light, artificial light, low light, portraits, fashion, street, architecture, budoir... Make it with donations, as a corona relief. Squarespace, Skillshare, can you help us make it happen?

@metalfingersfilm

4 жыл бұрын

@@jankubat2694 let me jooooooin :)

@HunterW.Photography

3 жыл бұрын

Now they’re vibing together in LA

Just finished recording and mentioned you in the video. Sat down to watch this while importing footage and I hear my name. Haha. Thanks, brother. ❤️

@WillemVerb

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you man! Love it

yep, he's really grown. THAT COUCH TALK IS SO NOT THE OLD WILLEM AND IM HAPPY

Keep in mind that for negative and slide scans with Epson V-series scanners the scanner focus point is a few mm above the glass surface. That's why the new negative holders have adjustable feet to have the negatives sitting just a bit above the glass surface. I always got the sharpest scan results this way.

@choongching

4 жыл бұрын

i encountered the similar issue like Willem's, my negatives were a bit bent/curved. And the fil holder does not do a good job at making it flat.Any suggestion to overcome this challenge without having to stick it on the glass surface? Thanks

@brentfisher902

2 жыл бұрын

@@choongching This is a content-free message, but when I was scanning 2-dimensional barcodes with a flatbed scanner (to test C programming) I went to Lowes and bought a 16 gauge iron/steel sheet metal twice as big as a 8-1/2" by 11" sheet of paper and sawed it in half by hand with a hacksaw, stuck them back to back with JB-weld 2 part 6 minute epoxy, then used matte vinyl cutter adhesive vinyl to make one side black and the other side white. It's pretty heavy and keeps a sopping wet inkjet printout flat when placed on top.

This video has blessed my quarantined feed

Wow, Willem, you've matured a lot. So much more confident and smoother.

Just a note the bottles featured are known as a "boston" glass bottle and are also available from most lab suppliers. Some even come with measurement markings on the side to eyeball volumes. Great vid!

appreciative of the relaxed content during these times! thank you willem!

You're video made my day a lot less boring! It's always exciting when you upload! Great video as always!

Willem you are the man, I honestly can't say just how much I have learned from watching all of your videos and how much my own film photography has improved. Thank you very much!

Got have some of your work in my A-Level art book for school, one of my favorite photographers. Big up for still posting during Covid-19

you've become a lot more comfortable in front of the camera man and it's so wonderful to see ! stay safe sir

Very timely, dude! I think a lot of us are looking at home development right now. I have a love/hate relationship with scanning. Part of me loves the control, the other part of me struggles with ever staying on top of actually scanning all of my negatives.

Quarantine Boredom vs Willem Verbeeck was a short battle, good win Willem

Love seeing your method! This is so close to my workflow for home developing and scanning(also on the v600. I think it's fine for social media use and small prints).

this was crazy therapeutic to watch. thanks for this!

The color shifts and casts could’ve happened during development, please try scanning some old negatives that you know for fact are flawless, cause I would love to hear your thoughts about the scanner/ software combo incase you found something different Not dissing your developing skills, could be the chemicals 😜

One more thing to add, because of you ive got into film photography, developed at home and scanned my own work.. you are such a motivation man ☺️☺️

You’ve become so comfortable in front of your camera- I love the evolution

You read my mind again! Just got myself the same scanner and just purchased NLP too. Perfect timing! Thanks for this video.

This is the video I was hoping for! I love your content, and I use your photography for inspiration :D

That's what kitchens are for: Cooking meals, baking bread, developing film. Alleen de gezelligheid kent spijt momenteel - but will for sure come back some day. Thanks for the enjoyable video :-)

Great vid, Willem. Really enjoyed seeing and learning from your process. More, please!

Waiting on my newly ordered developing kit. Now’s as good time as any! Very informative video :)

your pics are sooo cute! Man, I think I just watched your whole channel... thanks for making me OBSESSED

I develop 2 rolls of 120 on each reel, they're designed to take 220 rolls so you load the first roll as far as it can go, then put the second roll on the same reel, that way you can develop 4 rolls in that tank

@samsstreets8684

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing tip

@schmeatclips

4 жыл бұрын

Holy crap you just saved me so so so much time. Thank you!!!!!

Hey, thank you so much for this video. I have loved photography for as long as I can remember and I finally have decided to get into analog photography so this was a huge help and informative--thanks again!

LinusAndHisCamera x Willem is a thing we need after this whole Covid-19 outbreak

@linusandhiscamera

4 жыл бұрын

this is crazy

@radbouddebruin5095

4 жыл бұрын

agree!

@jankubat2694

4 жыл бұрын

@@linusandhiscamera Guys, I have an Idea, as a celebration when we can all walk outside again, can we have something like KZread film mega collab. An feature length special with Willem, Linus, Matt Day, Corey Wolfenbarger, Joe Greer, Jason Kummerfeldt (Grainydays), Casey Cavanaugh (GxAce), Kai Wong, George Muncey (NegativeFeedback), Christopher Sturm (The Photo Dept.), Kyle McDougall, KingJvpes, Real Sir Robin, Frederik Trovatten, Eduardo Pavez Goye, Jonathan Notley. Talking everything film related, exploring new techniques, talking your influences, pushing yourselves out of your comfort zone (like shooting Fuji Provia :D ) Shooting outside, in studio, natural light, artificial light, low light, portraits, fashion, street, architecture, budoir... Make it with donations, as a corona relief. Squarespace, Skillshare, can you help us make it happen?

@metalfingersfilm

4 жыл бұрын

@@jankubat2694 let me join! :D

i heard about the film lab app but there was no video about it on youtube that could really help i’m glad you were able to talk about it in this video!

It's like you read my mind with the videos I need. Just shot my first roll and am looking into getting a flatbed scanner and dev kit!

It is SO satisfying to see the negatives turn into a full-colored photo...

I really want to get into developing and scanning ! Awesome video

Love the result ! Especially the portrait orinetation one with the tree !

Willem is the GOAT, this man says dropping heat while quarantined!!! Inspired me to continue to create content and make more videos while the planet is going crazy!! Keep up the insane work man!

@MrSwagNCheese

4 жыл бұрын

🐐🐐🐐

@FramesPerSecond

4 жыл бұрын

Eduardo Pavez and George Muncey are still my faves.

THANK YOU FOR THIS TUTORIAL WILLIEM!

@largepoggers3907

4 жыл бұрын

*willem

Omg yes, thank you to day everything I have ordered for developing and scanning is arriving to day. So I am happy to see your video and than try it out by my self 🔥🔥🔥

Cool tip for developing 120 film that I personally use to develop 2 rolls in 1 paterson reel. After you roll one of your 120 rolls leave the tape at the end and take your next roll and use the tape to hold it in place and just keep rolling the film normally. Its like developing one roll of 220 film. In a tank like Willems instead of developing 2 rolls you could get 4

this is what I've been waiting for

3 seconds through the 5 second ad and I already like the new vid🤙🏼

Willem you definitely a wizard! I'm just finding out how to scan at home and u make this😂 great job dude!

*I have 10 exposed rolls waiting to develop, but I've been waiting a month for my Paterson tank.* Can't wait to get back into developing myself.

The very first thing I did when here in Italy we realized we have to stay at home was buying the developing kit! Now I have no more excuses fro trying!

Thank you for this!!!! So stoked to try out negative lab pro

Your video is brilliant man, it feels good to watch stuff like this. And you finally mentioned how limited home scanning is. it gives you like less than 30% of the quality of the final product.

One more video from Willem making our stay at home more enjoyable

Ahh so lovely again! Stay safeeeee x

Waiting for this video forever!!!

This video is the only thing in the world right now that I appreciate the development of.

This is both informative and fun!

In the most respectful way possible, I watch your videos before bed because they're calm and soothing lol.

The Lightroom process is sick, def gonna try some of this out!

Willem - there are now aftermarket glass inserts for your negative trays, so you won't have to tape them down flat each time. Thanks for the vid! Hope you're well 😊📸🎞️

I think this has inspired to try developing at home!

I haven't developed my own film in quite some time too, but watching this makes me want to get back on it

Thanks so much Willem! Considering developing at home so this was super helpful!

@intradingwetrust

4 жыл бұрын

Fishcat Zombie Woah, we have the same name

@FishcatZombie

4 жыл бұрын

@@intradingwetrust Bro shutup! Your insanity is leaking

You inspire me to start my channel and making photos. I really love your style.

Amazing video 😍 will definitely follow your steps when i start developing 👍🏻

a man of many images, great video g

I am impressed!!!

it's funny that you mentioned line is because I'm just recently getting started with film and developing film home altogether. and that is one of the first videos I saw with regards to having a complete product. of course his being the scanning process

the photo looks absolutely beautiful

Hey, great to watch the new video! More things I want to try at home, too. I used to process Ektachrome (Kodak E6 chemistry) in my bathroom, and I was surprised how consistent the results were with just a water bath as you used here. And, Willem, OMG, your New York City bathroom shower stall is so freaking clean! Sorry to bring that up, but I grew up in Jersey and NY, and that's just unseen in any apartment there. :)

Thank you Willem. I've just started up shooting film and home developing again after a nearly 40 year break! I assumed that you were processing B&W film but it was colour? It seemed a lot easier than home developing colour back in the day. I've processed 2 rolls of 35mm Acros II and the negatives look good but I'm waiting on a scanner as the demand has gone through the roof (Plustek 8200i). Using a Canon A1 and I have 28mm f/2.8 for general use, a 35-70mm f/4 and a 135mm breech lock f/3.5. It has freshened up my approach.

Such a cool video, I feel inspired, ty

I use a sous vide heater to keep the bath at temperature and I like to agitate with the rod instead of moving the whole tank because it's easier to control

@PredictableEnigma

3 жыл бұрын

That's the final excuse I needed to get a sous vide. "We can use it for food AND photos, honey!"

@MysteryManBob

3 жыл бұрын

@@PredictableEnigma i actually initially bought it for neither. I used it to heat up hydrogen peroxide in a big tub for curing stained plastics on old computers

Great video! Just what i needed to watch right now. Inspired to develope my own colour film and not just my B&W.. Suggestion for scanner focus, use a peace of thin A4 picture frame glass on the scanner then tape your film to that as these scanners can have a correct focusal plane up to 2/3mm above the scanner bed, worth running tests to find your scanners perfect focus.

I just saw on Analog Insights a history of the company Ferrania and review of their new Black & White iso 80 film that is a recreation of an Italian film used by Italian film makers in the 1950's. The film then and now is named P30. Its lovely, I can't wait to get my hands on some which means I will have to buy the tank and chemicals that I have not used in 15 or more years. I was thinking of buying whatever low iso B & W film Kodak was producing, but this film is simply beautiful. You might want to deviate from Kodak's Portrait film and give this new film a try, because I think we all will really like its attributes.

@brentfisher902

2 жыл бұрын

If you're going for low ISO...there is some 8 ISO film that gives really good black level when doing the Caffenol reversal process, way deeper blacks than the 400 film I am used to...you do need to get a cheap junky camera and destroy the shutter mechanism is such a way that it ends up exposing the film constantly, then use popsicle sticks and hot melt glue to make a shutter...the exposure times can be in the many, possibly even tens of minutes under switched-outlet dungeon room lighting. Under broad daylight it's like 2 seconds. If you then decide to load 400 speed film in that camera, you end up with non-realtime night vision.

10:16 hey Willem, when you make your selection, I see you have auto exposure enabled. This makes the negative lighter, so darker in reverse. Was this your choice?

This is gonna be good 😌

I just shot a roll of fomapan 100 rated at 400 which I shot in my Kiev 6c with a 90mm 2.8 lens, developed in Rodinal 1 to 25 for 6.5 minutes. I only scan colour negative and colour reversal film because the ice technology on my Epson 600 only works with colour, so the black and white film will be printed in my darkroom using a 1950s Gnome Condenser Enlarger with a 100mm 5.6 Schneider Componon S lens. A great thing to do while we are under Corona virus restrictions.

I love your work brother, film photography is 😍❤️

Your videos are excellent and very informative I need to try my own developing and scanning. Thanks for the info. Alan in the UK

Thank you very much. Still love the old ways.👍

nothing will stop Willem of making photos

this is a blessing

Great video! Stay safe Willem I know NYC is getting hard by the coronavirus.

This felt like a very og throwback WV video 👌

When he said Linus, I thought of Linus Tech Tip

@lightrust4680

4 жыл бұрын

As I read your comment I heard Willem say “Linus” and also thought of Linus tech tips

@jankubat2694

4 жыл бұрын

As I saw Negative Lab Pro in the title I knew there will be mention of Linusandhiscamera :)

Hi, what a magnificent video. Keep up the excellent work! I look forward to your next video.

very usefull! thank you!

Would be awesome to see a comparison between actual lab scans, Negative Lab Pro and Silverfast 8

thanks for making my day less bored

Willem has had a personality lately. Its weird. But I love it he seems so happy

@LozzleFish

4 жыл бұрын

Everyone has a personality!

@FramesPerSecond

4 жыл бұрын

Lauren Menzies he’s been getting more expressive over the last year. I didn’t really watch him at first because he was rather monotoned and I found to hard to listen to him. But at some point last year he just started to be more expressive and comfortable and continues to improve.

@user-ut1wl4gc2l

4 жыл бұрын

That youtube money hitting lol , if so about time

My boyfriend came up with the idea of using a sous-vide for warming up the chemicals as you can use your app and set the temperature of the water to the half decimal! I already have it for cooking, it's not super cheap. definitely cheaper to have a thermometer haha but if developing is something you do often i think it might be super worth it (plus its great for cooking steaks at home)

You can do four rolls of 120 if you use the tape at the end of the roll to attach it to the next. If you are using one shot developer it halves the cost and time. Just remember which side of the film has the emulsion so you dont need to worry about handling it.

Silverfast 8 is also available for free on the Epson website -- just need your serial number and you tell silverfast your operating system on that link (it should work for windows, as well). I've been a big fan of silverfast, and Nick Carver did a fabulous video on how to use silverfast.

If you develop a lot a sous vide cooker is a good investment. You can set the exact temp you want and throw your bottles of developer and blix in the water bath. I used to have one when I developed and it made it so much easier.

Just finished a roll of Tri X in an Argus and started a roll of TMax in a Duaflex. Doin’ well.

Yep.... I am going to try this now

Saw your feature in Moment! Congrats!

i make a save as a tif from neg lab pro, and then make colorchanges on the positive. works fine for my workflow

I l o v e the rhythm of your videos. Thank you for creating the content that you do.

Careful with that film squeegee, I have the same one and its scratched my film a couple of times. Thanks for the quality vid as always!

@bradcentralen

4 жыл бұрын

Kylebaked I realized that same model was scratching my film, too. Now I just use my middle finger and my index finger and have no issues.

Quick tip my man, Best way to maintain temp is using a Sous Vide machine. You dial in the exact time, leave it in a plastic container for like 30 mins whilst you fuck around doing whatever then come back and the chemicals are exactly the right temp and so is the water, meaning you get no colour shifts! Also for scanning, you can get ANR glass that goes above the film and holds it flat in the holder and keeps it perfectly flat. Plus give "Silverfast" a go for scanning software, leagues above what Epson scan or almost any other program can get.

making a video about self-developing again when I get into it :) Nice!

i have just developed my first roll ever and i love the result, i finaly dont have to go to a city thats like an hour away to develop my film, plus i discovered that vuescan is a milion times better than epson scan for 35mm

Nice video Willem. I've been looking to get into developing on my own but it seems many kits are out of stock for shipping. I have a Plustek 8100 I use with Vuescan and NLP. Lovely piece of software. Every now and then you get a sky that's a bit too teal and I also struggle with white from time to time but overall compared to other software on the market I really think it's pretty fantastic!

I have good results with digitising negative film using my Nikon D850. I take pictures of the negatives (RAW) and convert them with Negative Lab pro in Lightroom.