You don't really need the glacial acetic acid there are substitutes or
just water can be used as a "stop" bath, if you're developing your
film/prints at reasonable temperatures. You are right about color, it's
difficult. Making your own chemistry would be more so.
William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mishka"
Subject: Re: Carl Zeiss and the Future of Film
Besides, it's not just about if film is available, it's also about
if film
processing will be available.
bw processing is trivial, from chemical standpoint. you can buy stuff
methol,
hydroquinone and thiosulfate anywhere in any quantities, from places
unrelated
to film processing.
You are rather overstating things. Last time I tried to buy raw
chemistry, some of what was required came in 100 pound sacks.
Glacial acetic acid was only available to me in 5 gallon pails, and I
had to do a massive amount of paperwork to get "permission" to buy it,
including sign a waiver that I would not be taking the stuff into a
residential area, or anywhere that a chemical spill could cause
personal hazard.
I suspect since the terrorists started their little game of checkers,
it is much more than merely difficult to aquire the required
chemistry, even though for the most part, it is pretty innocuous stuff.
Notwithstanding, this might serve the black and white hobbiest (the
three that are left), but colour is a different ballgame, it's kinda
the dominant film type out there, and not very many people are overly
interested in doing home processing.
Cheers
William Robb
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