Large Format: Getting Started
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If you're in a big city, you may be able to find somebody willing to share/rent their darkroom...... I used tubes like the BTZ ones that I made myself from home depot parts.. before that I used a Jobo tank at a lab owned by a friend, and once I tried something called a "yankee tank" but I didn't get the hang of it and ended up with wavy lines in my negatives....
for B/W film I used either Rodinal or Diafine.... The Rodinal was super-concentrated, very sharp, too grainy for 35mm but fine for large format... the Diafine was a compensating developer, so for B/W work, it smoothed highlights in blitzed light and I used it to "push" film about 1 stop....
I contact printed at home, and borrowed a darkroom to print, note that 4x5 enlargers are HUGE and need specialized lens carriers, neg holders etc...
Scanning on an epson flatbed with 4x5 transparency adapter can give you pretty nice files as long as you keep the film flat...