Digital BW, The Print

A few thoughts:
1. When the college is not open (and I don’t have a commercial c41
machine to run my film) I take it to a local custom lab (120 film
$4.00). No prints, no proofs..just processing
2. By the time you get decent (not high-end..decent) equipment to
maintain temps within ½ degree and the other stuff (this is a technical
term I use frequently), and the chemistry (unless you are going to run a
bunch of film at once, you will toss a lot of chemistry) you can have a
large quantity of film processed commercially.
3. If you do have a lot of film to run, a large tube or 6-8 roll tank
and a fresh mix of c41 chemistry could save $$. BTW, long ago (before
our continuous c41 machines),
we used (quite successfully) a plastic dishpan, fishtank heater and
floating plastic packing peanuts as a surface insulation blanket. The
bottle of chemistry were in the bath, the peanuts reduced surface heat
loss and the temp was maintained within specs.
 
 
 
Stan Shire
Associate Professor/Department Chair
Photographic Imaging
Community College of Philadelphia
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-----Original Message-----
From: Cleavis [mailto:lyonscox@...] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 6:59 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Developing Color Film?
 
I bought some cheap color print film and am inclined to develop it 
myself.  To keep it on topic ;-)  I'm going to scan in color and 
channel mix it out to B&W.  Since there is so much experience here in 
all fields I wanted to ask here.

Is there any particular thing I should READ prior to launching into 
this endeavor?
Is there a reason I can't use my regular metal tanks for color 
development?  Are the plastics a must?

I realize temp controls and agitation require a much more finite 
control for color processing...of course the ideal would be a Jobo 
1000/1500 but likely out of budget...second would be a Duolab or 
tempering tanks...last would be to wing it...this would take up the 
least $ and space! :-)

Comments or directions to relevant web sites is much appreciated.  If 
I'm going to have to spend $5-$9 per roll, I would just as well make 
a small investment in being able to do it myself if its reasonable.

Many thanks,
Cleavis



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