When we first got this house, I had a closet setup so that I could close myself in it, and load film into a daylight tank. ?
It looks like your needs for processing film are pretty basic, so I¡¯d recommend a 2-reel Paterson daylight tank. ?That will let you do 2 rolls of 35mm or 1 roll of 120. ?I¡¯ve used mine since the late-80¡¯s, and originally bought it to process slide film in port while I was onboard a Frigate (I was shooting slides with 3D cameras, and would take the print film from my Nikon FM2 to the 1-hour place at the mall). ?The Ilford chemicals are a good place to start. ?How you process B&W film is a highly personal choice, and for me it varies, depending on what film I¡¯m shooting.
I use the ¡°Massive Dev¡± app on my iOS device (still using my iPod Touch, rather than my iPhone) it handles adjusting times for temperature very nicely.
You might also look around, and see if you can find a cheaper solution for processing¡. Then again, after a quick look, depending on how you¡¯re having them do the scanning, and if you¡¯re getting prints or not, that might not be so crazy. ? I knew prices had gone up quite a bit since 2019, but hadn¡¯t really looked into how bad. :-(
Zane
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On Apr 5, 2023, at 7:00 PM, Jon <kd5sfa@...> wrote:
I really need to learn to develop B&W. I¡¯ve been shooting that with my Bronica ETRSi and about to run a test roll through my Rolleicord III. My Rolleicord IV had a roll in it when I got it last year and I have no idea what it is or its ASA rating. Being nothing has been exposed, I may attempt to go into a dark room and rewind it onto the source roll and hopefully the cover end has info on it.
It cost me $40 to have a roll of Ilford developed and scanned that I shot in the Bronica. Either way I have a scanner on the want list likely for next years budget.
Jon
On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 19:57 Zane Healy <
healyzh@...> wrote:
Hi Hugh,
In this case, I¡¯m not convinced that you need any sort of B&W plugin.? I scan a *LOT* of B&W Negatives, since up until Covid hit, I was shooting a lot of B&W film.? These days I¡¯m so busy with work, that I don¡¯t really have time for working with film. :-(
If I tweak the photo, after scanning, I just use the basic sliders in Lightroom.
Zane
Zane, I¡¯m just getting into this after a 3 yr break. I¡¯m just looking to get good images from old negs.
I¡¯m aiming for striking images rather than journalistic ones.? Probably lots of deep blacks and bright whites as that is what I remember the stage to often look like.
On Apr 3, 2023, at 1:27 PM, Zane Healy <
healyzh@...> wrote:
Okay, now you have my interest.? What are you trying to achieve?? I¡¯m not in the habit of running B&W Negatives through B&W plugins.? Having said that, I have experimented a little using Silver Efex 2 with negatives, this has been to have images that feel consistent with my digital photos for my ¡°Coastal Defense Forts¡± project.? I¡¯ve found the results to be surprisingly good.? Part of the reason for this testing is that I want to get a couple images in the future that will most likely be shot on either 8x10 or 11x14 film, and then drum scanned, as the goal is to print them crazy huge.
