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)
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