I used to use Kodak TP-2415 for astrophotrography, and it's the most insanely fincky film I've ever used, with one exception: Fuji made FF slide film for the same purpose that were ISO 10,000. The stuff was so reactive to ANY heat that it came delivered on dry ice and you had to slam the slide into the back of the camera as absolutely fast as you could. The darkroom processing on those slides was best done by someone who dealt with nothing but Fuji -- and not just Velvia.

If you've only shot 400 - 800 35mm, MF and FF is a world you cannot imagine.

Excellent video!

Have had much experience with Kodak films. B/W film of which I had much time in the darkroom processing the film and then making prints. I also had the chance to work with an Award winning Press Photographer.

One question I had for him was, how does he process his film to get such clear, sharp negatives? My prints would sometimes look grainy or flat. His answer was just 5 words that made me feel like an idiot.

"I just follow the instructions" he said without being insulting.

He told me that Kodak spends millions of dollars to come up with the processing instructions so, "why should I do anything different?"

That's when it hit me. I'm processing film, not mixing drinks.

I've never processed color film but I've had years of processing Black and White film and prints. My father and I built a darkroom in the basement of our house.

Dad was a historian and published 5 books with photographs copied from old postcards he collected.

He would go back to the same spot where a postcard was photographed to make a Then & Now tour.

Needless to say I've spent much of my life in the darkroom. B/W photography isn't sensitive to red light so it's not completely dark as it is with color film.

Also spent many years doing offset printing from small presses to large newspaper presses. The process is much the same.

Your video, Vox Darkroom S1 E7:These photos ended child labor in the USA, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

When I first got into photography, all of my images were created in the darkroom. Though I still enjoy shooting, digital prints have not been as magical for me as what I created with my hands with chemistry and light. These guys are producing some *quality images.

I wrote a long piece over on @lucky760 's wall and it includes a section (the part that is written in small type) that applies to you. So when you have a chance please read it so you can understand fully what I mean when I say this: Thank You! Thank you for your contribution to the sift and especially the "darkroom" mode! Have a Happy New Year and a Merry 6th Anniversary for VideoSift!

I thought I'd chime in too. Great work on the sift lucky, I hardly recognize it from nigh six years ago when I found it, then months later I made an actual account to get slightly involved. But, mostly I joined so that I could support VideoSift as it was a unique site and something I visited daily; I basically stopped going to youtube and various other video sites because the sift, voted on, and decided what were the videos to be seen. This process is still working great and helps us sort out the mediocre on the Internet and allow people that visit to find the best of the best in videos.

You of course lucky have made great strides in the interface and inner workings of the sift since those early days. Now, whether I use the sift on my PC, my cell, or my iPad--it works seamlessly and well. If it happens to be your birthday, then happy birthday as well!!!

To VideoSift and its future success and to @lucky760 !

P.S.- I don't know if you're responsible for setting it up or helping, but the "Dark" mode (which of course changes the background to black and makes it in general easier to see in different conditions) is an option that was created that I use all the time and if you created it, I want you to know how much I appreciate it--and I appreciate it in a way that you may not even suspect! I suffer from debilitating migraines that at one time were only present a few time in a week (easy enough to handle). Along with this I also have Cluster headaches (at that time I had them maybe once a month), which are...essentially extremely bad headaches (if anyone reading is interested, when they start they fire of in the brain and give the same indications that a seizure would give--neuroscientists literally have no idea what causes them), the Clusters can play games with your nervous system causing odd symptoms, like uncontrolled tearing of the eyes usually accompanied by a runny nose or up to the extreme of losing all the feeling on the left side of your body (I've seen both and many other things in between)--the Cluster headache is strong enough that it's even difficult to think while it's fully active, sometimes time is the only cure--narcotics tend to be like a drop of water in a well, they do nothing (the best relief comes from high-flow oxygen at around 12-14 LPM O₂). I ended up getting the Swine Flu (or Influenza Type A) back in 2006. It unfortunately got to my nervous system and beyond the other damage that it did that i now have problems with, it changed the nature of the headaches. The migraines became daily, sometimes they are unrelenting--they never leave, for days. Worse of all the Clusters became much more prevalent hitting twice a week on average.

Then VideoSift changed their setup, allowing for a "darkroom" environment. The headaches and their intensity are related by light in a room; for example if I want to help myself out going to a dark room with some cool air helps the most. To tell you the truth a small change, like the one VideoSift made, and it may not have been completely all your doing, but either way I wanted you to know this IN DETAIL so that when I thank you it means just that much more! So now you know just how much a small change to the environment and viewing area has had a profound change on me and my web-surfing experience. I can view VideoSift much easier now, as the previous pure white scheme literally hurt to look at. If you've ever wondered if the smaller features are worth it, this is a testimonial that explains why it is. So, once again @lucky760 thanks for everything you have done here at VideoSift and continue to do!

//I know that was a bit long and involved, but I hope it makes you realize how appreciated you are here!

While watching I couldn't help but think about how the recording and editing of this was probably all digital.

I grew up early enough that we still had a darkroom in my school. Between the orgies, we developed film using chemicals and light. There's something very gratifying about watching a picture develop in a chem bath. Much, I imagine, like the feeling of making a sturdy pair of frames.

I think there's something you should know about traditional photographs... people have been manipulating them either in camera or in the darkroom for as long as photography has been around. Jimbo's big bag'o'trivia article on the subject is rather conservative, but cites a portrait of Abraham Lincoln from the 1860s which was manipulated - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_manipulation

Your concerns have been valid as long as there have been images to manipulate, distort, and finangle... and one more tool doesn't really change much.

Edit: Although it is an extremely cool tool It looks like you could have quite a lot of fun with it.
>> ^A10anis:

The old statement; "The camera never lies," has forever been changed to; "never trust any image taken by a camera." When this technology becomes widely available, I predict an upsurge in "real" UFO, Ghost, and paranormal activity, allegedly captured on camera. Sad really, what can we say is real anymore, what can we say is true, and how will we know the difference?

For film buffs, to achieve the look of Omaha beach, Steven Spielberg used Robert Capas 11 surviving shots of the D-day landing. His other shots were unfortunately destroyed by a nervous lab technician.

"His most famous work occurred on June 6, 1944 (D-Day) when he swam ashore with the first assault wave on Omaha Beach. He was armed with two Contax II cameras mounted with 50 mm lenses and several rolls of spare film. Capa took 108 pictures in the first couple of hours of the invasion. However, a staff member at Life made a mistake in the darkroom; he set the dryer too high and melted the negatives. Only eleven frames in total were recovered."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa#World_War_II

I liked this movie, but disliked that it took certain historical liberties with the events of World War 2. Making it seem like only American was involved, when this was a world war, the D-day landings encompassed British, American, New Zealand, Canadian, Free France, Poland and numerous other commonwealth states later after the initial assault phase Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, the Netherlands, and Norway joined. The main thrust was spread over Omaha, Utah, Sword, Juno and Gold beaches under the general codename of Operation Overlord.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Allied_Invasion_Force.jpg

Still a wonderful portray of the horrors of combat.

I’m a photobug. Back in the dark ages, I spent a lot of time in the darkroom working on photos for my high school yearbook. In art school, the instructors told me I was just a “photojournalist” – sniff.

In 1990, I worked for a service bureau. My employer had just bought a copy of Photoshop and I used it to manipulate a photo for a cassette tape package design.

Now armed with a Sony Cybershot 7.2 mega pixel camera, I’m back to snapping photos and once in while playing with video.

http://picfolio.blogspot.com/

http://pijournal.blogspot.com/

http://piclab.blogspot.com/

http://videojournal.blogspot.com/

....hey, good call on the Twin-lens reflex....I've had a Yashica, and a Hasselblad.....incredible difference with the larger format film....

...now you gotta decide where to set your darkroom up....
In reply to your comment:
"Here's my list:

Yonex tennis racket
Epiphone acoustic guitar
Yashica Mat 124 G Medium format camera
light meter
some clothes
a subscription to Aperture magazine
and a new fan for my computer

"

....Analog-digital like both-I've worked as a freelance photographer for a large Metro-newspaper, worked mostly in B&W, and color slide film...I dropped it prior to the digital camera in every phone thingy...Infared film was a great diversion for a while, still got allllll my old negeatives....
Nothin' beats a B&W darkroom, scavenged supplies, with drying prints, hanging all over the house....

Sage Advice for Virgin Shutterbugs:
Save yer dough, and buy a real camera-lotsa' good one's, drop a line if you want a consumer report....nowadays, digital affords you the luxury, of near-unlimited media, so you can practice shutter and f-stop, lighting and composition, with instant feedback from your device.....no more developing costs....compared to the emulsion-only days of not too long ago, more affordable now than ever!