I really did think that you needed a darkroom to develop your own film. I bought a Pentax on ebay a while back, which turned out to have a broken meter and lost its charm when I couldn't manage to take any worthwhile photos. I did put a few rolls through it, but I always took those to a local shop to develop.
How long has the process you described been around?
The black-and-white process is based on the same chemical concepts (silver halides, developer, fixer) that Daguerre used in 1839. Of course, it's a lot less messy these days - for a long time they had to coat either copper or glass with stuff and take the photo before it dried - and the chemicals are more refined, but it's basically the same process. The developer I use - Rodinal - was patented in the 19th century!
Colour is a whole different ballgame, though. The current negative process is called C41, and only dates to 1972.
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Do you still have to hang them up with clothespins like you see in the movies? :)
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Well, you can buy proper film-hanging clips, but yeah, I use clothes pegs . . .
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I think that's way cooler. :D
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