16/04/2026
If you’ve ever tried developing Super 8 or 16mm at home, you know the first problem. Finding a tank. The Lomo tank went out of production long time ago. So now you’re searching eBay, checking forums, asking around. If you find one, the whole workflow is manual. Every roll is a guess. Getting consistent results from one development to the next is the part nobody talks about.
There needs to be something better.
Here is project Fränk. A semi-automatic, motorized film processor for Super 8, Double 8, and 16mm. You pour the chemistry. Frank handles agitation, timing, and temperature compensation. One standalone unit, under one litre of chemistry per fill.
We’re documenting the whole build as it happens in oir blog. First blog entry is up. Link in first comment.
If you shoot cine film or know someone who does, here’s how you can help. Share this post. Drop the link in a Super 8 group or a Reddit thread where someone asks about home development. The cine community is small and spread out. We can’t find everyone on our own. You can be of huge help.
Lets make home developing easier!
Frank is built on the same time-compensation technology that powers our AGO Film Processor.
