Originally posted by séamuis nice offer, but im not sure id actually be up for the daunting task to be honest. I think one day I will get some developed. I have a few important rolls marked. my fiancée says she wants me to give her some of the rolls so she can see whats on them. kind of like some sort of surprise in the egg type of thing.
Hrm, I wonder how much negs-only development costs these days: at least that'd help stabilize the situation, but it's kind of an investment backed up there. Could be that some lab'd give you a quantity discount if there's really that much backed up and you're not in a hurry.
(Makes me wonder if there'd be a way for me to do better for you than lab prices if you wanted to hire some out: I run on a pretty cash-poor but time-OK basis: I do have a ton of tanks and reels, including a couple of big ones. (A friend of mine and I were going to split this lot off Ebay, but the most of the tanks needed repair, so I just hung onto them. The biggies I haven't bothered fixing cause I don't use such things for myself, generally, but they're there. ) Offhand, it seems I could do about nine rolls at a shot in a couple hours, not counting setup and temperature control, and tank-loading, of course, (I hope to be making these things easier on myself wherever we move to next) and I really don't know if there isn't a lab that could do better, but maybe.
I'd have to add up the costs and all, but if it's doable, it could be pretty worthwhile for me to have some steady piecework a while, could be some good barter involved, too.