What B&W film?

**Lowell Goudge** · 04-01-2011, 04:40 AM

Eddie is right. Low light in a church will be part of it. The issue really comes down to the following, having shot some film lately. Unless I process and scam myself in Toronto I am looking at about $12 per roll developed and scanned But to do this myself will take time. Do I want to get back into B&W developing? I still have a month to decide.

GeneV · 04-01-2011, 05:42 AM

If you are able to scan the film yourself, getting back into processing is not a big deal. You just need a changing bag and some counter space in a room with a sink. I was kind of dreading it because it was a big deal when I had a full darkroom and did wet printing, but it actulally takes less of my time than running to the minilab with a roll of color print film. The biggest effort for me is cleaning the room to avoid dust.

eddie1960 · 04-01-2011, 06:22 AM

Originally posted by GeneV

If you are able to scan the film yourself, getting back into processing is not a big deal. You just need a changing bag and some counter space in a room with a sink. I was kind of dreading it because it was a big deal when I had a full darkroom and did wet printing, but it actulally takes less of my time than running to the minilab with a roll of color print film. The biggest effort for me is cleaning the room to avoid dust.

+1, dust is my current enemy, i've taken to running an air purifier with the door shut on high for a day before
my issue is now my scanner is a problem and anything good for MF and 35 costs a bomb

Lowell if you shoot some c41 the shoppers at king and yonge does a good job on the develop scan at $2.99 per roll (i've not talked to them about push processing which is a whole other issue) - low res can but good for proofing and acceptable for web

Where is the $12 per roll, in general that seems reasonable for b/w compared to a lot of labs in town.

**Lowell Goudge** · 04-01-2011, 02:51 PM

Originally posted by GeneV

If you are able to scan the film yourself, getting back into processing is not a big deal. You just need a changing bag and some counter space in a room with a sink. I was kind of dreading it because it was a big deal when I had a full darkroom and did wet printing, but it actulally takes less of my time than running to the minilab with a roll of color print film. The biggest effort for me is cleaning the room to avoid dust.

the problem is my scanner, a minolta DIMAGE II, which is a USB 1.1 scanner. I cannot put enough O's in SLOOOOOOW to descrinbe it. I scanned all 20K plus slides and negs I shot on film already. I think $5-$& to pay for scanning is not a big deal, but overall it is a time investment I don't reallly have at the present

**Lowell Goudge** · 04-01-2011, 02:52 PM

Originally posted by eddie1960

+1, dust is my current enemy, i've taken to running an air purifier with the door shut on high for a day before
my issue is now my scanner is a problem and anything good for MF and 35 costs a bomb

Lowell if you shoot some c41 the shoppers at king and yonge does a good job on the develop scan at $2.99 per roll (i've not talked to them about push processing which is a whole other issue) - low res can but good for proofing and acceptable for web

Where is the $12 per roll, in general that seems reasonable for b/w compared to a lot of labs in town.

Downtown camera on Queen street just west of church. (i.e. down the road from Henry's)

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04-01-2011, 04:40 AM	#46
Lowell Goudge Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,891 Original Poster	Eddie is right. Low light in a church will be part of it. The issue really comes down to the following, having shot some film lately. Unless I process and scam myself in Toronto I am looking at about $12 per roll developed and scanned But to do this myself will take time. Do I want to get back into B&W developing? I still have a month to decide.

04-01-2011, 05:42 AM	#47
GeneV Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Albuquerque NM Photos: Albums Posts: 9,830	If you are able to scan the film yourself, getting back into processing is not a big deal. You just need a changing bag and some counter space in a room with a sink. I was kind of dreading it because it was a big deal when I had a full darkroom and did wet printing, but it actulally takes less of my time than running to the minilab with a roll of color print film. The biggest effort for me is cleaning the room to avoid dust.

04-01-2011, 06:22 AM	#48
eddie1960 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,667	Originally posted by GeneV If you are able to scan the film yourself, getting back into processing is not a big deal. You just need a changing bag and some counter space in a room with a sink. I was kind of dreading it because it was a big deal when I had a full darkroom and did wet printing, but it actulally takes less of my time than running to the minilab with a roll of color print film. The biggest effort for me is cleaning the room to avoid dust. +1, dust is my current enemy, i've taken to running an air purifier with the door shut on high for a day before my issue is now my scanner is a problem and anything good for MF and 35 costs a bomb Lowell if you shoot some c41 the shoppers at king and yonge does a good job on the develop scan at $2.99 per roll (i've not talked to them about push processing which is a whole other issue) - low res can but good for proofing and acceptable for web Where is the $12 per roll, in general that seems reasonable for b/w compared to a lot of labs in town.

04-01-2011, 02:51 PM	#49
Lowell Goudge Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,891 Original Poster	Originally posted by GeneV If you are able to scan the film yourself, getting back into processing is not a big deal. You just need a changing bag and some counter space in a room with a sink. I was kind of dreading it because it was a big deal when I had a full darkroom and did wet printing, but it actulally takes less of my time than running to the minilab with a roll of color print film. The biggest effort for me is cleaning the room to avoid dust. the problem is my scanner, a minolta DIMAGE II, which is a USB 1.1 scanner. I cannot put enough O's in SLOOOOOOW to descrinbe it. I scanned all 20K plus slides and negs I shot on film already. I think $5-$& to pay for scanning is not a big deal, but overall it is a time investment I don't reallly have at the present

04-01-2011, 02:52 PM	#50
Lowell Goudge Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,891 Original Poster	Originally posted by eddie1960 +1, dust is my current enemy, i've taken to running an air purifier with the door shut on high for a day before my issue is now my scanner is a problem and anything good for MF and 35 costs a bomb Lowell if you shoot some c41 the shoppers at king and yonge does a good job on the develop scan at $2.99 per roll (i've not talked to them about push processing which is a whole other issue) - low res can but good for proofing and acceptable for web Where is the $12 per roll, in general that seems reasonable for b/w compared to a lot of labs in town. Downtown camera on Queen street just west of church. (i.e. down the road from Henry's)