Pretty frikkin cheap actually. My standard developer is Rodinal. Even at $18 for a 500ml bottle, I'm running somewhere around $0.40 per roll of 120 and $0.25 per roll of 35mm for chemical costs (Fix & stop are reusable and cost me maybe $0.20/roll if not less). At that cost, paying sales tax on the film costs me more than developing it.
The only serious cost for B&W film is buying the film itself. That's about $4-5/roll (E6 and C41 are different. E6 costs me around $15/roll developed while C41 is around $10/roll for 120. And I get 15 shots per roll). I don't consider my 645 kit a money-pit at all. 35mm can be (way too much available stuff to promote GAS) and digital can as well (HDD space in particular is a real cost if shooting RAW. The files might be much smaller, but you'll shoot a LOT more. 100 shots on a vacation is a lot for 120, and about an afternoon for digital). -Adam Bob Sullivan wrote: > Fun, but $$$$$ Regards, Bob S. > > On 9/6/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>> On Sep 6, 2007, at 1:10 PM, Adam Maas wrote: >>> >>>> ... I get more quality for a given amount of effort from 645 than I >>>> would >>>> from even a K10D, even if the max available quality (K10D RAW vs. 4490 >>>> scans of my 645 negs) is essentially the same. ... >>> Hmm. I find quite the opposite: >>> >>> - Fit camera to tripod. >>> - Meter. Focus. Expose scene. >>> >>> Once home with K10D: >>> >>> - Put card in reader. >>> - Tell Lightroom to import files >>> - Pick good ones. >>> - Adjust as required. >>> - Print 13x19. >>> Done >>> >>> Once home with P645: >>> >>> - Load film into processing tank. >>> - Process. >>> - Remove film and hang to dry. >>> - Cut film into strips. >>> - Pick good ones on light table. >>> - Scan each good one. >>> - Tell Lightroom to import files >>> - Adjust as required. >>> - Print 13x19 >>> Done >>> >>> Seems to me there are a few more time consuming, tedious steps to do >>> with the P645 than there are with the K10D. Presuming that I've >>> focused and composed with equal competence, I've put more effort into >>> the P645 for the same quality. >>> >>> Godfrey >>> >> The difference being I find developing & scanning to be >> non-tedious(although somewhat time consuming, developing in particular >> I enjoy, it's almost meditation for me), and working in Photoshop to be >> tedious. And as I shoot a fair bit of E6 or C41 in the camera, >> developing isn't always an issue. >> >> -Adam >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
