Thank you very much, Scott. I have been wanting to try developing my own prints, but I have feared doing so. I tend to be a perfectionist, and I fear disappointment. I do not have the equipment, either. What would I need? It would be great to have someone show me the correct way of doing it...
Regards, Glen On Sep 7, 2007, at 11:06 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > 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 >> >> >> > I'll have to agree with Adam. For the price of having 8 or 10 > rolls of > B&W developed you could buy the chemicals and hardware to do it > yourself. Rodinal is a good choice for slower film. If you're > shooting > at a higher ISO you might want to consider HC-110. It's a good > general > purpose developer. It comes in a concentrate, much like Rodinal, and > will last a very long time. > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > > -- > 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
