At 23:07 Uhr +0100 30.10.2009, Thor Legvold wrote: >I can go to the lab and let them do it, but it sucks when they screw >it up and I lose images I can never take again. In one sentence, you develop b&w film yourself, or you stick with chromagene (sp?) b&w films like the Ilford XP400, developed in C41 process. Shipping conventional b&w film for a mediocre "average" development procedure is just not worth while. > So I could do it >myself, but would need something that is at least semi-automatable. >Standing around turning a tank upside down every minute for 10 minutes >(plus loading, fixing, rinsing, drying) isn't something I really have >time for. There's processors like the Jobo CPE and its brethren; and if you insist on the classic turn instead of rotating processing, there's Heiland's TAS processor <http://www.rhdesigns.co.uk/darkroom/html/tas_film_processor.html>. Beware, though - letting others turn your tank comes at a price tag. ;) There's also Rodinal recipes which involve turning the tank for a minute, then letting it sit for 30..60 mins. Wouldn't that be something for you? >My shooting tends to go in waves, it's been about 6 months since last >I had time, and then I shot about 10 rolls in a few short days. There's tanks that can take 10 films in one go. Saves you a gym contract. hauke { As an aside, and not directed to the OP: Can those who insist on discussing cars on a *camera list* please, at least, adjust the subject so that I can kill the thread? This is a list with a topic, after all, not your round-the-corner pub. Thanks for listening, guys. } -- "It's never straight up and down" (DEVO) --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list