I have no problem with the actual process of developing black and white. I did it for several years a while back.
The only issues are that my wife and I are extremely sensitive to chemicals. She worse than I. It seems to be getting worse for the both of us as time goes by though. The second issue is scanning. For $10 I can get the film developed, a contact sheet and all the negs scanned at a high resolution to CD. I was looking at that cheapy scanner, but I don't know that I'd be happy with the results. And since I'm not in a position to purchase a more expensive scanner, I thought that I'd do my part to keep the local pro lab open as long as I can. On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:23 AM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Adam Maas wrote: > >> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:54 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas" >>> Subject: Re: Contrast control with b&w >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Home B&W processing is so easy and cheap that I can't see a good >>>> reason to pay a lab for it unless time is an issue. I still shoot a >>>> fair bit of B&W film and do all my own B&W processing. At $1/roll or >>>> less (depending on developer). >>>> >>>> > > When I first started shooting in the 60's I was afraid I'd mess up the > developing process... once I learned > from a friend how to do it , I sure never looked back. > You'll discover the right developer and procedure for the kind of stuff you > normally shoot but you can switch when > difficult shooting experiences dictate (e.g. - pushing and pulling with > developer types and timing... ) nothing like > having that perfect neg to work with, but a lot can be done with the filters > and paper grades when the negs don't > fly nicely as they are. > ann > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- ~Nick David Wright http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
