Having a full darkroom setup is really great if you get into printing (further down this hobby rabbithole), but you don't need anything crazy if you're just looking to develop film. If your uncle...
Having a full darkroom setup is really great if you get into printing (further down this hobby rabbithole), but you don't need anything crazy if you're just looking to develop film. If your uncle has a film development tank, all you need to get started developing black and white film is the right chemicals and a changing bag (or totally dark room for ~10 minutes as you load the film). Chemical cost is probably ballpark $30 for beginner quantities of the most forgiving developing agent.
Having a full darkroom setup is really great if you get into printing (further down this hobby rabbithole), but you don't need anything crazy if you're just looking to develop film. If your uncle has a film development tank, all you need to get started developing black and white film is the right chemicals and a changing bag (or totally dark room for ~10 minutes as you load the film). Chemical cost is probably ballpark $30 for beginner quantities of the most forgiving developing agent.