I was planning on making a developing/darkroom out of a small tent. My specific thought was to get an inexpensive 3 person tent and line it with a few additional layers of thick black fabric and add additional flaps of the entrance etc.

The goal would be to make a semi-portable dark environment which could be packed away, and that would be big enough to sit in and develop 5x4 film in trays. And perhaps even big enough to use a small enlarger for smaller formats - althought that's not essential.

The daylight developing tanks seem pretty expensive for sheet film and the reviews I've read seem to find problems with all of the designs. Such as not holding the film properly, so it touches the sides, or breaking. I don't have access to a dark room, and as a student, I don't have a lot of space.

Do you guys have any thoughts? I haven't seen anyone else trying this online, so if I do get around to it I'll probably make a post or youtube video showing what I end up with.