April 1st 2024 - Making Auto Developing Paper

In this April 1st video I show a joke technique of how to make paper that develops itself. A very simple and easy solution to having to use developing trays and long washes.
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  • @timwalker6790
    @timwalker67904 ай бұрын

    Dammit. Had me fooled till the end!!! 😅

  • @MrocznyTechnik

    @MrocznyTechnik

    4 ай бұрын

    Maybe next year reversal self developing paper to put into medium/large format camera? :D

  • @nilzthorbo5437
    @nilzthorbo54374 ай бұрын

    Amazing. I followed exactly your instructions. But what i did different: i prepared three developer baths with different dye inks from my inkjet printer (magenta, cyan and yellow) and repeated the process three times (once for every colour) in total darkness. Now i have a perfectly fine replacement for all of my instax film! It's amazing! Thank you!

  • @PictorialPlanet

    @PictorialPlanet

    4 ай бұрын

    Excellent tip!

  • @guillermoperezsantos

    @guillermoperezsantos

    4 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😘

  • @jwbarsby
    @jwbarsby4 ай бұрын

    That’s fascinating. How do you determine roughly when your developer is spent and ready for this? Does it depend on the number of prints that you’ve made with it? …Oh hang on just looked at the date. You totally got me.

  • @guillermoperezsantos

    @guillermoperezsantos

    4 ай бұрын

    😝............... april.............. the first.............

  • @jwbarsby

    @jwbarsby

    4 ай бұрын

    @@guillermoperezsantos I was even thinking ‘how is that going to work’ as I was watching, but John’s delivery was just so calm and serious I fell for it. There are so many weird reversal techniques etc, this seemed ‘plausible’, well for a minute at least. lol.

  • @petesime
    @petesime4 ай бұрын

    Happy 1 April everyone.

  • @randallstewart1224
    @randallstewart12244 ай бұрын

    Okay, you got me good. I've been doing my own processing for 66 years, and I've got a better than most familiarity with the chemistry involved. As I first watched this, I kept saying to myself that the chemistry of this simply couldn't work. Also, at this point in life, I like to think that I've seen or heard it all, but nothing like this. Then, I reset my watch to April 1 and started rewatching to leave a comment, and all was revealed. Better than the home processing kit for Kodachrome demonstrated on another channel a few years ago.

  • @PictorialPlanet

    @PictorialPlanet

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your comment, Randall. Hope it gave you a chuckle.

  • @mityakassian
    @mityakassian4 ай бұрын

    Thank you for a brilliant idea! I just prepared 100 Ilford portfolio sheets 16x20 such way. Hope it will work, I’m so tired of doing it in a classic way..

  • @PictorialPlanet

    @PictorialPlanet

    4 ай бұрын

    🫣

  • @MrocznyTechnik
    @MrocznyTechnik4 ай бұрын

    I started watching without reading the title. Analog photography is a kind of magic for me, and the video was so serious and explainatory. One thing that bothered me was bathing non-developed paper into a fixer :) But I watched till the end as a educational video :D

  • @PictorialPlanet

    @PictorialPlanet

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your comment and for seeing the funny side :)

  • @raybeaumont7670
    @raybeaumont76704 ай бұрын

    I must give this a try ....... probably in twelve months time. All the very best john - from The Rhondda.

  • @paulstillwell
    @paulstillwell4 ай бұрын

    You had me going for a bit there! Nice one!

  • @costinsavin4831
    @costinsavin48314 ай бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant. You really make my day. Thank you! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @grampadoug100
    @grampadoug1004 ай бұрын

    You are a Classic! Thanks for putting a smile on my face.

  • @cuxietube
    @cuxietube4 ай бұрын

    Fantastic! As soon as I noticed the new video from Pictorial Planet on Monday morning (USA) I started watching it. But, at around 1:30 my ears started perking up and by 2:00 I thought, wait a minute, when did John publish this? Sure enough, April 1st! Then I watched the rest of the video. Love it! Thanks for the effort of putting this together 🙂

  • @PictorialPlanet

    @PictorialPlanet

    4 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @hoggif
    @hoggif4 ай бұрын

    I'm happy to see how that is made at home. I surely have to give it a try, almost out of my commercial old stock.

  • @faraz2498
    @faraz24984 ай бұрын

    I was dreaming up making some 4x5" sheet for shooting LF when the penny dropped 😆

  • @francoismassin8649
    @francoismassin86494 ай бұрын

    Oh Wow John ! Thanks for that one, you made my day 🤣

  • @davidottman9501
    @davidottman95014 ай бұрын

    Well done, John, happy April!

  • @PictorialPlanet

    @PictorialPlanet

    4 ай бұрын

    Cheers!

  • @matthewsmith5883
    @matthewsmith58834 ай бұрын

    Great demonstration! It would be much more practical if this technique worked every day of the year, instead of just on the 1st of April. For some it may be worth waiting and doing all of their printing on one day.

  • @AsenWanen
    @AsenWanen4 ай бұрын

    I celebrate this video. Great job🎉

  • @rolfduchene
    @rolfduchene4 ай бұрын

    😁 great show mr. finch

  • @jwbarsby
    @jwbarsby4 ай бұрын

    After recovering from my gullibility I now want to know if you could use an enlarger with a Polaroid.

  • @hanshaumer2728
    @hanshaumer27284 ай бұрын

    A nice idea fore the 1. April

  • @PictorialPlanet

    @PictorialPlanet

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Hans!

  • @romyaz1713
    @romyaz17134 ай бұрын

    i am down with flu while watching this. i thought i was going crazy )) you got me

  • @MattysChannel1357
    @MattysChannel13574 ай бұрын

    Awesome, this is great :D Could you make a video of the developers with the best aftertaste next, or the most crunchy films :D?

  • @phillipP8848
    @phillipP88484 ай бұрын

    well done, second time today.

  • @johnstewart8134
    @johnstewart81344 ай бұрын

    Seems everyone went all out on april fools this year

  • @paularellano2962
    @paularellano29624 ай бұрын

    Always learning something new . Negative exposure has to be right on . My question is this technique archival ?

  • @garychatfield6709
    @garychatfield67094 ай бұрын

    That's a cracking April Fools joke John!

  • @psblad2667
    @psblad26674 ай бұрын

    Best one today!!!🤣

  • @johnbelcher7955
    @johnbelcher79554 ай бұрын

    Thank you!!! I work with disadvantaged people in a hostel and have done pin-hole photography with them, using paper as negatives, but in work, the use of chemicals is difficult/problematic, and calibrating the exposure time may take a few attempts. Many thanks

  • @carstennorwaynorge2195
    @carstennorwaynorge21954 ай бұрын

    April april john finch 😂

  • @Jacksymmar
    @Jacksymmar4 ай бұрын

    This is an old method, decades ago. Heard it when young

  • @abbetguo4332
    @abbetguo43324 ай бұрын

    差点就信了~~🤗

  • @guillermoperezsantos
    @guillermoperezsantos4 ай бұрын

  • @necro31581
    @necro315814 ай бұрын

    ❤😂

  • @AndrewHenderson
    @AndrewHenderson4 ай бұрын

    😁

  • @trevorparker3794
    @trevorparker37944 ай бұрын

    😭

  • @chriscard6544
    @chriscard65444 ай бұрын

    I fix with marshmallow

  • @GianniGiatilis
    @GianniGiatilis4 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @goritedi3410
    @goritedi34104 ай бұрын

    ha! ha!

  • @lhuhnphotography
    @lhuhnphotography4 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @scotttaylor8140
    @scotttaylor81404 ай бұрын

    😂 a wasted talent.

  • @MacShrike
    @MacShrike4 ай бұрын

  • @hanshaumer2728

    @hanshaumer2728

    4 ай бұрын

    A nice idea fore the 1. April

  • @dickvisser8363
    @dickvisser83634 ай бұрын

    Brilliant!😂

  • @PictorialPlanet

    @PictorialPlanet

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Dick!