Negative film has fallen out of favor due to the popularity of digital cameras. Black and white film that is shot from inside of a pinhole camera must be developed in order to provide a negative that can be printed onto photographic paper. You can make a photographic developing solution yourself from some common household products and sodium thiosulfate crystals purchased from a pool supply company. Once the negative film has been developed, it can be printed by a photo lab to provide a record of what was shot.
Instructions
1. Go into the bathroom. Tear off a piece of wax paper and put it at a corner of the bathroom's counter top. Fill the plastic gallon container almost to the top with tap water. Place the plastic gallon container in the bathroom sink.
2. Add 10 tsp. of washing soda to the plastic gallon container. Stir the water with the wooden ruler.
Add 4 tsp. of instant coffee crystals to the plastic gallon container. Stir the water with the wooden ruler.
Add 1 tsp. of vitamin C crystals to the plastic gallon container. Stir the water with the wooden ruler. Wait for any bubbles that appear on the surface of the water to dissipate. Wash off the ruler with tap water.
3. Place the plastic quart container on the bathroom counter top to the left of the sink. Put 24 oz. of sodium thiosulfate crystals into the plastic quart container. Add four cups of tap water into the plastic quart container using the measuring cup. Stir the water with the wooden ruler.
4. Close the bathroom door. Set the kitchen timer to 18 minutes. Turn on the kitchen timer. Turn off the light.
5. Hold the pinhole film canister in one hand and the bottle opener in the other. Flip off the canister lid with the bottle opener. Remove the film from the canister.
6. Dip the film into the plastic gallon container. Leave the film in the liquid for 30 seconds before lifting it out for three to four seconds and then returning it into the liquid. Lift the film out of the liquid for about 10 seconds every minute. Agitate the film back and forth when it is in the liquid.
7. Turn on the cold water tap when the kitchen timer goes off. Remove the film from the liquid and hold it under the water while you count off a minute.
8. Turn off the cold water tap. Dip the film into the plastic quart container that is to the left of the kitchen sink. Agitate the film while you count off five or six minutes.
9. Turn on the bathroom light. Turn on the cold water tap and hold the film under the water for at least six minutes. Put the film down on its side on the wax paper to dry.
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