Hi Sid; I posed this same question to the list last year and was told not to bother by all who responded. I shoot 40 to 50 rolls a year. My situation may be different because I use a local photo store for my processing and since they do E6 on the premisis my turnaround time is hours, not days at it used to be.
I do develop my own B&W negatives because the chemical cost is much less and it is much easier. Christian On Friday 26 April 2002 04:27, Sid Barras wrote: > Hi All, > I've been intermittently taking color photographs, mainly when I've got > orchids in bloom, and it probably averages around 30 rolls a year. My > question to those who may have personal experience and an opinion they'd > like to share: > > Should I do this at home? I haven't researched even whether it's > possible to do so.. I regard this letter as my "pre-research".... > > The financial considerations are not insignificant, but if the start up > cost for equipment, chemicals and processor, is less than say a couple > of hundred bucks, I might be tempted to start doing my own. > > I've bought several bulk rolls of slide film: a couple of my favorite, > Velvia; but also got a roll of Fuji MS100/1000 really cheap, as well as > a couple of bulk rolls of Afga chrome cheap too. > > I paid handsomely for a bulk roll of Provia, and I've still got lots of > 36 exposure rolls of Kodachrome 64 and 200 I bought from a large Kroger > store that was discontinuing its sales of slide film (I got in date > film, probably 75 or so rolls for 50 cents each!! The manager's > daughter is married to my son...) > > So, buying film is not going to be an issue in my lifetime, though space > in my wife's freezer is.... > > So, can I ? Should I? If you were me, would you? I do have a > black and white darkroom, by the way, with absolutely no plans to ever > start producing color prints in there. That's what my Mac G4, my Nikon > LS 2000 scanner, and my epson 1280 printer are for. > > I welcome and appreciate any comments > > Sid B - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
