Summer Wind wrote:
> "Ho****sato" <ho****sato@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> I'm looking for a good address to have Black&White 35mm film developed
>> in London. I tried Jessops but they took 2 weeks and the negatives had
>> lots of calcium deposits on them. Any suggestions?
>>
>
> Developing your own black and white film is a lot easier than you might
> think. There are a lot of "how to" sites on the Web. Here are a
couple.
>
>
http://photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa051401e.htm?terms=develop+black%20and%20white%20film
>
> http://www.ehow.com/how_1353_develop-black-white.html
>
> You will either find the process rewarding or a hassle. I find it
> enjoyable. Are you going to scan or print your negatives?
>
> Chromogenic B&W films an alternative to traditional silver emulsions.
They
> are processed in C-41 chemistry, so you can drop them off at the nearest
> minilab and get negatives and prints. Use the prints as proofs and
print or
> scan the negatives. Here's an article.
>
> http://photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa090202d.htm
>
> SW
I haven't done B&W in many years, but I ran many rolls of Panatomic-X
through Agfa Rodinal (both, I'm sure, NLA) after loading into a tank in
a changing bag. Temperature regulation was the hardest part. My
daughter, who is an artist, loves B&W and uses the chromogenic film you
mentioned; she takes it to a minilab and gets great results. She has
several 8x10s and 8x12s framed and hanging in her house. Having an
artist's eye certainly doesn't hurt, I must say. The downside in my case
is that whenever I want to do film I have to go and get my old Canon EOS
Elan from her. (This post really kept the spellcheck busy.)
Allen
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