Take 'em to the drug store and wait a week. No wait they don't do that anymore
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
I fondly remember 1 hour photo drive up kiosks
Oh Snap! 15 Abandoned & Shuttered Fotomat Film Kiosks
I always wondered how they did that.
Tin Can
taking film, scrunching it into a ball and shoving it into a tank and filling the tank up with developer and shaking it like a can of paint
FR tanks and a pencil to agitate
see saw in a tray ( roll film )
( sorry i don't have the 19th century drawing )
taco method ( sheets )
I see saw 14X36" X-Ray in trays, using PQ
All done in under 10 minutes to hang for dry
Waffle method for 2-1/4 X 3-1/4 sheet film, up to 12, but I only do 6 at a time. Shaken, not stirred.
Then dry it right in the waffle.
This is my absolute favorite way to process any film....that fits!
1-90-2x3 sheet film waffle by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr
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Tin Can
When I was growing up I was told of a new story where someone developed film with (in) the water of our local river. The river is know for catching on fire and the film development was a new twist. I must have mis-heard the story because I imagined someone with some kind of light box wading out in the river to develop the film. Only later did I realize they must have taken the water back to the darkroom.
I remember reading somewhere single sheet 5x7 in a thermos - EMA tube method.
The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
http://www.searing.photography
Had to look up EMA, I assume you mean Steve Sherman
Have You Tried Steve Sherman's EMA Process With Kodak TMAX 100 or TMAX 400
Tin Can
tape the ends of a roll of 120 together so that it forms a big loop, with the base side out. Then, put the loop into a long, skinny tray of developer - and turn the loop over, and over and over and over - until the step is done...then move to next long, skinny tray and repeat... I actually have the specific trays that were made for this but have never actually tried it. First read about this procedure as written up by William Clift - as his method for getting perfectly even skies. Must try this sometime!
Myself? The usual stainless tanks for roll film. But for LF...I now put multiple small trays inside one huge tray - so that I can either flop the large tray around to agitate the entire group of individual films...and/or agitate specific trays based on individual films' needs - pretty nifty if you think about it...but a bit of a logistical pain. Keep in mind that this arrangement is only for the developer step - with preceding water bath and remaining (stop and fixer) steps accomplished by doing the usual group shuffle. All in all a great regimen for getting in touch with ones "spacial sensibilities" in the dark!
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