Develop your film in your home?

Any of you developing your own film from your home?   I'm going to be getting back into film and wondering should I try to develop myself or send out?

Thoughts on developing your own film?  

Fun or overrated?  

Personally, I don't ware a whit about film. But every photographer that waxes poetic about it seems to focus on the developing and printing aspect, and how great is (was) to work in a darkroom.

If you're going to do it, do it 100%. I think you'll have no trouble finding equipment and an enlarger on Craig's List. Also, supplies: freestyle.com.

Did it for years with B&W. No desire to do it again...

B&W is an easy set up, but color?...Take my advice and send it out....and I do NOT miss darkroom and lab work one little bit.

OMG, unless you have a ton of space, I'd just send it out.  There are plenty of areas of photography you can get up close too.  Developing is not one I would be excited about.  

My brother develops film in his home and it's a mess.  You might want to leave that for someone else. 

Been there and done that.  No thank you.  It takes up a ton of space, it smells and did I mention it's a PITA?   Enjoy taking the photo and save the rest for someone else.  

Overrated. Don't put yourself through the trouble.

I'm so happy to leave the film developing days in the past. 

effron wrote: B&W is an easy set up, but color?...Take my advice and send it out....and I do NOT miss darkroom and lab work one little bit.

Yeah color is a total pain. The thing about developing is you really need to stack up rolls. Going through it for one roll is not worth it at all. I would rather stick needles in my eyes than develop again. You can easily take color to Wally-fart for developing. B&W though I do not know about, but I do not think they do it. If you want to do it for the experience then I suggest that you do it, but I imagine it will wear off fairly fast. 

Don't get the recent obsession with film. I will never, ever shoot film again.

Shadowfixer1 wrote: Don't get the recent obsession with film. I will never, ever shoot film again.

I listen to podcasts where poeple (apparently as old as I am) wax philosophically about the darkroom, and seeing the image emerge on the paper, and how great an experience it is.

Meh.

How that is any different from using a different tool to develop an image is just beyond me. Photography is about the experience of capturing a moment, and about the image. Not paper, not chemicals, not being stuck in a closet.

And the light. Always the light.

Thankfully no.  I've seen people develop film in their homes and it's a mess.

If you don't get it or don't enjoy it then don't do it; let those of us that have an interest in it enjoy it. Geez, what a bunch of rain clouds. I have the T shirt (Darkroom Rat).  I love being in the glow of a safe light... I could stay in there for hours (I don't but I could!).

I know how to develop B&W film but particularly like printing. The developing is timing and agitating and tap-tapping to release air bubbles. Printing is doing test strips to determine exposure time then getting an image focused, running the prints thru the chemistry, etc. I used to use a darkroom at a local university (which since remodeled the building).

You don't have to do just any one thing, you can do a combination of at home and sending out. I used to have B&W film developed and maybe a proof sheet, so I could look thru the negatives on my lightbox at home - did that since time can be limited using a shared darkroom. Some people just develop their B&W film and scan it.

Color film developing wasn't usually done in home darkrooms. I send that out. There are kits now but I don't know what those are like.

You'd need to look into what equipment you need and where you could set up to have enough ventilation and a sink nearby. Try www.filmphotographyproject.com .
Maybe if there's a camera club or community art center or university that has a darkroom see if you can take a look. I found that taking a week long workshop was a great way to learn it. Might be good to try it before you get into setting up a home darkroom. It's not necessarily hard it's a matter of learning what to do. I've seen videos that don't always demonstrate good techniques.

Nobody says "don't enjoy it"...I had wet hands for twenty five years and I won't go back. I kept all my filmers, still have my two enlargers, all the accessories, tanks, trays, analyzers, etc, etc (gag ).....I thought at one time digital might be a fad, not today. I'll NEVER process film again....(no gloomy Gus, HAPPY with digital)