Thanks for all the good suggestions everyone. I found my stainless steel,
two reel developer tank, two brown bottles for chemistry, some old clothes
pins for hanging negatives, and an old roll of film that I used to use to
practice loading the film on the reel. Now I need a good scanner :-).
Yikes, there's always something to buy. :-). cheers, Christine
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From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX
C41 process B&W films scan beautifully, Christine, and print very
nicely. Just have negatives made at the photofinisher, do the rest
yourself. I bet you can make a much better print of this portrait than
what they handed you with a scan and two minutes in Photoshop or
Lightroom!
Or buy traditional chemistry B&W film, process it yourself. A daylight
developing tank, dark bag to load it, a thermometer, a bottle of
developer, a bottle of fixer, a couple of measuring cups and running
water .. that's all you need to do the job. Matter of fact, I'm
processing the last ancient roll of Agfa Copex RAPID microfilm that
way in a few minutes.
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]>
wrote:
I bought Wendy's MX and had my first try out with some Kodak BW400CN film
which is processed in color negative chemistry--Process C-41. As you can
see, there's a greenish tint to the image here of Darrel. I had these
developed at my neighborhood Walgreens, and the prints were printed on
Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper. I think this was taken with the 50mm lens
2.0 that came with the camera. At some point I changed to the FA 50mm
f1.4,
but I can't remember when--it's back to writing shooting info down in a
little pocket notebook. Oh, fun :-). Just spent some time looking for a
lab. I found D'ore Photo Service, which is fairly close by.
http://www.caguila.com/caguila/darrelfilm/content/R1_4_large.html
I have to get back on the construction site for some shooting next
week--that is, if I can. There's a strike on and construction has stopped.
I thought I'd take the MX with me and shoot a roll along with digital.
Shooting film after digital has been discombobulating in a hysterically
funny way--though I have learned that I really should get the Katz Eye for
my digital cameras. I'm kind of chicken about installing it though.
Thanks, Wendy! Very happy to have the MX.
Big cheers, Christine
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