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[carlnicholson...]

I've just got into photography, having bought an old Olympus OM10.

Looking around, having the film developed, and put on a CD, and getting a 200 asa colour Kodak film in return comes to a grand total of about £6.

I have to ask, is home developing really worth the effort and expense? All that time spent mixing chemicals like some sort of modern day wizard could be well spent taking shots!

Just my
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Yes, because it is fun. And you can also play around with contrast and dodge and burn which enlarging it to selectively under / over expose sections of the image.

All the best

Keith
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[simon1221]

Its a bit of a silly suggestion really, but where would you purchase the chemicals and equipment to develop such photographs?

I work in a minilab and I didnt think it is possible to buy developer/stabilizer (and the other one) straight off the street?

Would you not also need some sort of waste removal license? The chemicals we use are taken away by an official body.

Surely you cant just tip it down the drain
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Fairly easy to buy the chemicals for b&w developing. Picked some up at Jessops yesterday. Think it was about £15 for some developer, stop and fix.

All the best

Keith
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[flat spot]

You can buy the chemicals for colour over the counter as well. Old chemicals go down the drain, but not the fresh water drain. Plenty of water with it dilutes them to nothing.

[LustyLew]

Well, I went to Blackpool this weekend with my 'borrowed' SLR. One fram in and the camera dies - big time.

So I have invested in a Nikon FE2 with a standard 50mm lens. Full manual control, which is nice to get back to basics.

Quick question, can you develop a b&w image from a colour negative?
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[mr.z]

The most pain in the arse thing i found was developing the canisters, a chemist nearby will get negatives for £1 per film, might be able to get them done like that nearby?
The enlargeing/chemicals e.t.c bit was the easy fun bit

Incedentally my girlfriends grandad had a fully equiped darkroom, enlarger chimicals and all.. put it in a tip 3weeks before i met him and got talking to him about photography
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[colin1]

i recently sent an old enlarger to the tip too
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[Kickstart]

Hi

I beleive you can get B&W prints from a colour negative using papers designed for it. Not a clue what those papers are though.

All the best

Keith
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[stinkwheel]

I've printed B&W off colour negatives a couple of times just using normal paper, came out ok as the tones are still all there.
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[LustyLew]

Sorry to drag this back up.

As you know I invested in one of these:
https://www.chitanet.or.jp/users/stern/images/camera/FE2.JPG

I have since got my first roll of B&W film back. Being my first 35mm film in many years I didn't expect it to be perfect. However, on scanning the negatives in, it appears to pick up some marks that do not appear on the processed images.

As such, I want to try developing my next film myself. I can;'t remember, is the process the same for film as it is for paper?

I've also attached one of my first (I thought rather feeble) attempts.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

You put the film in a developing tank in total darkness. Then use the developer, rinse, step and rinse.

All the best

Keith
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