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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:56 pm    Post subject: Developing 120 film in US Reply with quote
Just wondering who you have develop your 120 E-6 and C-41 film here in the US for good results.


PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dwayne's Photo


PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
+1 on Dwayne's... although there are some minilabs that will do this, with a bit more convenience. I know that many use Walmart's send-out (to Fuji) service.


PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Buy first a C41 1l kit and do it your self, super simple and great fun and if you got practice already you can do E-6 too in your kitchen basin.


PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Walmart on my 120 film, $1.88 per roll process only. Takes 7 business days


PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks guys. I think I will give Dwayne's a try. I might go in to my local Walmart and send in a roll of provia to see what I get.

Attila I used to have all kinds of stuff for black and white but never developed color. I gave all my stuff away when I went digital. I regret it now. My cousin uses a nice jobo outfit but I hate to bother him although we shoot film together once a week.


PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://forum.mflenses.com/c41-diy-t36469.html
Need same stuff like for B&W nothing else, one developer tank + some clips to hang film. C41 just same easy than B&W.


PostPosted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
mmelvis wrote:
Walmart on my 120 film, $1.88 per roll process only. Takes 7 business days


Sorry I didn't see this until just now.

Thats a real good price. A guy told me that they did a real good job on fuji film but they messed up his kodak. I don't know if its true or he was B.S.ing me. Whats your experience?

Has anyone tried North Coast Photographic Services? $5.50 a roll.

I'm thinking I may send a roll to Dwayne's and a roll by Walmart and see what I get.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila wrote:
http://forum.mflenses.com/c41-diy-t36469.html
Need same stuff like for B&W nothing else, one developer tank + some clips to hang film. C41 just same easy than B&W.


When I get time I might get back into it Attila. I have to much on my plate right now.


PostPosted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Schnauzer wrote:
mmelvis wrote:
Walmart on my 120 film, $1.88 per roll process only. Takes 7 business days


Sorry I didn't see this until just now.

Thats a real good price. A guy told me that they did a real good job on fuji film but they messed up his kodak. I don't know if its true or he was B.S.ing me. Whats your experience?







Just got back a test roll of color today, Kodak 120 roll film 160vc C-41
Shot in a 1930's Besa I had purchased from Attila. Still working on getting the hang of this camera. The price for this roll was 88 cents. They did a great job considering I did not have the camera back closed all the way until the 2nd picture.


PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2011 1:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Schnauzer wrote:
Thanks guys. I think I will give Dwayne's a try. I might go in to my local Walmart and send in a roll of provia to see what I get.

Attila I used to have all kinds of stuff for black and white but never developed color. I gave all my stuff away when I went digital. I regret it now. My cousin uses a nice jobo outfit but I hate to bother him although we shoot film together once a week.


So far, I've just used local labs to develop my color 120 and 220. But I too am gonna give WalMart a try, mostly because the price is so much better. And I don't really mind the wait. According to quite a few comments I've read about this, it is Fuji labs who does the actual development of the C-41 and E-6 rolls, and given this I'm not concerned. I've always had very good results when using Fuji film processing.

Geez, if you're going out and shooting with your cousin once a week, if I were you, I'd ask. Tell him you'll buy the next batch of chemicals or something. If you and he are on good terms, I doubt if he'll mind.


PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2011 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mmelvis

I will give Walmart a try next week. I'll send in a roll of velvia, reala and a roll of ektar and see what I get.


Michael

You are right. I will ask my cousin when we shoot next week. On a shoot a few weeks ago he lost a few rolls when his new digital thermometer was off a few degrees. He went back to his old one and got great results. I check out a nice thermometer for him and some chemicals once in a while.

I'll send some out through Walmart and a roll with him.


PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2011 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I dunno if I would trust a digital thermometer for developing chemicals. I have three here at home -- not for darkroom, just to measure ambient air temperatures. All three give different readings and about the closest they get to each other is +/- 2 degrees. I have no idea which one is the most accurate.

But a good old glass thermometer, preferably filled with mercury, although they're getting hard to find, is always accurate. I have an old Kodak glass thermometer filled with a blue fluid, and it is spot-on accurate. I wouldn't trade it for a digital in a minute.


PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2011 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I bought an old glass thermometer and verified with my body temperature which is quiet constant Wink if I am fine. I suggest to verify any thermometer with your body temperature, that is accurate enough for any photography requirement. My old glass thermometer cheat 1,5C degree.


PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2011 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila wrote:
I bought an old glass thermometer and verified with my body temperature which is quiet constant Wink if I am fine. I suggest to verify any thermometer with your body temperature, that is accurate enough for any photography requirement. My old glass thermometer cheat 1,5C degree.


Good idea, and a great way to check for accuracy. One of my digitals has an external probe, so I can even check its accuracy.
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