No, this isn't clickbait - a new developer has made this a reality...from Flic Film - the Elementary Kit makes it possible to use the same development time for all black and white films.
wow, what a great invention, but maybe not a beginners dev. setup, the Ilford simplicity kits seem a great idea, one sachet per tank, and easy solution developer, stop, fix and wet.
this is probably a great advanced kit, for enthusiast to pro level, who shoot bulk film, and lots of different types, if you stick to one film stock, maybe the single dev. is a better choice?, just an opinion; PS a tip, looking at negs is great, but I don't really know if its a "goody" until I scan on an EPSON V800 at 48bit colour and 600DPI, if it can have great tones after that, then its a great print in the making.
The Ilford simplicity kit sounds like the same number of steps (4) to mix, and sachet vs packet. I've never used it so cannot say from experience if it's easier or harder, but the Flic Film kit would be nice for beginners as well. And you don't have to look up the times for the film since it's all the same.
Worth a look! haha it's a mindset change for sure. For me, even though technically C41 is simpler with the same time for all color film, it seems more complicated than BW, which is odd lol but yeah worth checking out :)
Seems like a great product to get new people to develop their film. Is it only universal as long as you are processing film shot at box speed or can you push/pull process various films simultaneously as well?
that's a great question! I need to ask Flic Film since I'm not sure, but perhaps if you add or take away time you might get the same results - don't quote me on that though because I don't know for sure :)
Got it. Thank you so much for following up. This isn't the product for me and my workflow but I'm always happy to watch the analog world of products grow (not shrink) for newcomers.
Sorry for my lack of watching the video. Did you try all sorts of speeds? 50 - 3200 iso? And what was the results? (I call this a ADHD day, just want answers don’t want to wait! So I apologies!)
Thanks Molly, great article. I develop my B&W and colour film using Flic Film kits but I didn’t know about this new one. I’m in love with B&W and green developer.
haha that sounds super boring to me!!! you're talking to the person who can't stick with one thing to save their life and always needs to try new stuff and change it up. But for folks that do shoot just one film, this product is not targeted for them :)
wow, what a great invention, but maybe not a beginners dev. setup, the Ilford simplicity kits seem a great idea, one sachet per tank, and easy solution developer, stop, fix and wet.
this is probably a great advanced kit, for enthusiast to pro level, who shoot bulk film, and lots of different types, if you stick to one film stock, maybe the single dev. is a better choice?, just an opinion; PS a tip, looking at negs is great, but I don't really know if its a "goody" until I scan on an EPSON V800 at 48bit colour and 600DPI, if it can have great tones after that, then its a great print in the making.
The Ilford simplicity kit sounds like the same number of steps (4) to mix, and sachet vs packet. I've never used it so cannot say from experience if it's easier or harder, but the Flic Film kit would be nice for beginners as well. And you don't have to look up the times for the film since it's all the same.
Oh wow! 😍 I need to look into this for our analogue group.
I still can't quite get my head around C41 and not changing the processing times 😂
Worth a look! haha it's a mindset change for sure. For me, even though technically C41 is simpler with the same time for all color film, it seems more complicated than BW, which is odd lol but yeah worth checking out :)
Seems like a great product to get new people to develop their film. Is it only universal as long as you are processing film shot at box speed or can you push/pull process various films simultaneously as well?
that's a great question! I need to ask Flic Film since I'm not sure, but perhaps if you add or take away time you might get the same results - don't quote me on that though because I don't know for sure :)
Flic Film says the developer isn't made for push/pull or expired film!
Got it. Thank you so much for following up. This isn't the product for me and my workflow but I'm always happy to watch the analog world of products grow (not shrink) for newcomers.
It is great to see the industry adding! Also I followed up and the kit isn’t meant for pushing and pulling so that’s an answer!
Sorry for my lack of watching the video. Did you try all sorts of speeds? 50 - 3200 iso? And what was the results? (I call this a ADHD day, just want answers don’t want to wait! So I apologies!)
Thanks Molly, great article. I develop my B&W and colour film using Flic Film kits but I didn’t know about this new one. I’m in love with B&W and green developer.
ohhh I've seen this one - how do you like it?
Great, but why not using just one film instead 😮
haha that sounds super boring to me!!! you're talking to the person who can't stick with one thing to save their life and always needs to try new stuff and change it up. But for folks that do shoot just one film, this product is not targeted for them :)