Whoa, $0.60 a roll--that beats the heck out of $16.95 (plus tax)! Unfortunately, I have never developed a roll of film. What equipment would I need? I do not have a "darkroom" per se. I have a basement. Would I be able to develop at night in my basement?
Regards, Glen On Sep 7, 2007, at 10:48 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > Glen, > > Mailers are a cheap option for getting E6 slide film processed. > They are not economical for B&W. For cheap processing of Fuji > Acros, do it yourself. I recommend Agfa or A&O Rodinal at 1:50 > dilution for 12 minutes at 20C, 30 seconds initial agitation with 2 > inversions per minute. Should run you about $0.60 or less per roll > (including stop & fix) if you 1-shot the dev and reuse stop & fix. > > -Adam > > > Glen Tortorella wrote: >> Hi Adam, >> >> Recently, I have gotten some rolls of non-C41 B&W, some Fuji Acros >> 100. I see you mention mailers here, indicating that they are >> cheaper. What (or who) do you recommend for developing these >> prints? I would like to be economical--but get good quality--and a >> mailer would be fine. The mailers I had been looking at, though >> (about a year or so ago), seemed rather expensive (and one had to >> send several rolls in order to save what seemed like only a small >> amount of money). Please let me know what you think. >> >> Regards, >> Glen >> >> On Sep 7, 2007, at 7:58 AM, Adam Maas wrote: >> >>> John Sessoms wrote: >>>> From: >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> I think Adam is correct. The popularity of the disposals is >>>>> waning. Most cellphones can take a better picture than a plastic >>>>> lens, fixed focus disposable. And consumers will eventually >>>>> figure that out. But films that are applicable to fine art >>>>> photography will continue to be available indefinitely, although >>>>> at higher prices. >>>>> Paul >>>> May be. All I know is what I see, and I'm getting nine disposable >>>> 35mm >>>> cameras for every one 35mm roll of film. About half the 35mm rolls >>>> I do >>>> get are chromogenic B&W film and I get the occasional disposable >>>> camera >>>> loaded with that film. >>> Remember that you aren't going to be seeing almost all B&W film >>> (Since >>> that's mostly self-developed) and much E6 (since mailers are so much >>> cheaper). C41 is for the most part a consumer product, and that's >>> what >>> you're seeing. When the disposables evaporate (and that's coming), >>> consumer film is dead. >>> >>>> I'd also say about half the disposable cameras are "No-Name" >>>> cameras in >>>> cardboard sleeves. When you open them they frequently turn out >>>> to be >>>> recycled disposables, held closed with electricians tape and >>>> loaded with >>>> whatever film the manufacturer bought at bulk rates. >>>> >>> Not shocking, the no-name's are a fair bit cheaper. >>> >>> -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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
