So I gave developing my own film a go. All and all for my first time it turned out ok. My two main issues were:
First off, I got into a hurry, and when I did my first wash with water I forgot to drain the water back out before I put in my developer. I could not figure out how I poured out twice as much developer as I poured in. Then it hit me and I said to myself "Oh crap..." But I felt I might as well see what I come up with. (The 12 shot film mag had jammed on me while we were flying. So I had to pull the dark side out and unjam it. So this film was suspect anyways.)
Secondly, I thought my developing tank for the 4x5 sheet film was a 1L tank. Turns out it's a 1.5L tank so I did not mix up enough developer or blix to fully coat the film. So the middle at the top of the tank got developer (see above) but no blix. But I still got usable negatives out of it. So I'm not off to a bad start.
I don't have access to hot running water at work so I found a little griddle and a stainless steel serving dish. I used the griddle to heat the water and went from there. I have about 10 rolls of 120 film to develop in the next few days. That should go much better.
Two CH-46's take off from Lake Assal in Djibouti, Africa. We are a little less then 500 feet below sea level here:
Some of the terain here is um... Colorful:
Terfing: