Cheapest E6

Hello -

Where is the absolutely cheapest place to have E6 processing performed? 4x5
and 8x10?

Cheers - Me

No One wrote:

Hello -

Where is the absolutely cheapest place to have E6 processing performed? 4x5
and 8x10?

In your house, after you have bought some chemicals in bulk. Other than that,
considering the costs of shipping, your next best choice would be a lab close
to home. On a more general or geographic level, I would think the E-6
processing in India might be the lowest cost.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com

No One wrote:

Hello -

Where is the absolutely cheapest place to have E6 processing performed? 4x5
and 8x10?

In your house, after you have bought some chemicals in bulk. Other than that,
considering the costs of shipping, your next best choice would be a lab close
to home. On a more general or geographic level, I would think the E-6
processing in India might be the lowest cost.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com

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No One wrote:

Hello -

Where is the absolutely cheapest place to have E6 processing performed?
4x5
and 8x10?

In your house, after you have bought some chemicals in bulk. Other than
that,
considering the costs of shipping, your next best choice would be a lab
close
to home. On a more general or geographic level, I would think the E-6
processing in India might be the lowest cost.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com


Yes, likely you are right. I figued there would be a US lab somehwere that
would run sheets for about $1.

Okay...Gamma in Chicago:

4X5 - $2.30
8X10 - $3.55

There's a couple of numbers to get the ball rolling.

Not sure if you mean to mail your film off to someone or what. My personal
impression is that I want a good professional lab that runs a healthy volume of
E6 all day...that way you know that the line is stable and that all of those
good chemical by-products are lurking in the soup. Doing E6 yourself seems
sort of like building your own furniture...you'll have to spend a lot up front
for tools and materials and when you're done you'll have something that you
could have gotten cheaper and quicker by just going out and buying it...you may
have some kind of sense of self-righteous accomplishment but do you want
personal fufillment or your film developed properly?
Find the nearest professional lab and pay the man whatever is reasonable.

best

argon

Okay...Gamma in Chicago:

4X5 - $2.30
8X10 - $3.55

There's a couple of numbers to get the ball rolling.

Not sure if you mean to mail your film off to someone or what. My personal
impression is that I want a good professional lab that runs a healthy volume of
E6 all day...that way you know that the line is stable and that all of those
good chemical by-products are lurking in the soup. Doing E6 yourself seems
sort of like building your own furniture...you'll have to spend a lot up front
for tools and materials and when you're done you'll have something that you
could have gotten cheaper and quicker by just going out and buying it...you may
have some kind of sense of self-righteous accomplishment but do you want
personal fufillment or your film developed properly?
Find the nearest professional lab and pay the man whatever is reasonable.

best

argon

(Argon3) writes:
Doing E6 yourself seems
sort of like building your own furniture...you'll have to spend a lot up front
for tools and materials and when you're done you'll have something that you
could have gotten cheaper and quicker by just going out and buying it...

I have to disagree with the "quicker" part. My darkroom doesn't have any
regular business hours, so I can process my film "on demand" when I return
from a photo shoot if I like. A local lab can take a day or more to
obtain results, and sending stuff to another city is likely to take around
a week. Sure, if you mean it takes less of your own time when you say
quicker then I suppose that is true. But if I was concerned about how
much of my own time was being used with my photography, I wouldn't be using
a camera with a tripod attached...

--
Mark Cudworth

(Argon3) writes:
Doing E6 yourself seems
sort of like building your own furniture...you'll have to spend a lot up front
for tools and materials and when you're done you'll have something that you
could have gotten cheaper and quicker by just going out and buying it...

I have to disagree with the "quicker" part. My darkroom doesn't have any
regular business hours, so I can process my film "on demand" when I return
from a photo shoot if I like. A local lab can take a day or more to
obtain results, and sending stuff to another city is likely to take around
a week. Sure, if you mean it takes less of your own time when you say
quicker then I suppose that is true. But if I was concerned about how
much of my own time was being used with my photography, I wouldn't be using
a camera with a tripod attached...

--
Mark Cudworth

I have to disagree with the "quicker" part. My darkroom doesn't have any
regular business hours, so I can process my film "on demand" when I return
from a photo shoot if I like. A local lab can take a day or more to
obtain results, and sending stuff to another city is likely to take around
a week. Sure, if you mean it takes less of your own time when you say
quicker then I suppose that is true. But if I was concerned about how
much of my own time was being used with my photography, I wouldn't be using
a camera with a tripod attached... BRBR

How well one's time is spent is a relative concept. If you're doing this for a
living, then your time is better spent making arrangements for shoots, dealing
with clients and following up on other little details like billing (because it
don't amount to much without the $$$). Some of us are still in the position
where they have most of their time to themselves and all power to those who can
use that time for their own enlightenment and gratification. Some of us have
other things to deal with (families, jobs, school...) and there is no dishonor
in sending your stuff off to a good lab with which you have a good working
relationship...it can be either get a night's sleep and be concious and
reasonable in the morning or stay up in the darkroom and feel sleep deprived
the next day.
Most labs that I've dealt with in Chicago turn the film over within a few hours
(unless a "hot rush" in which case about an hour). I've done E6 and IMHO it's
a pain in the ass to do and the chemistry goes bad too quickly to make it cost
effective.
I've come to think that this is why digital has gone over so well: the chance
for nearly instant gratification using one's home printer.

Not trying to be cynical, just practical. If you want the experience and have
the time, then party on...but I'll go with the lab and use the time saved
productively.

best

argon

I have to disagree with the "quicker" part. My darkroom doesn't have any
regular business hours, so I can process my film "on demand" when I return
from a photo shoot if I like. A local lab can take a day or more to
obtain results, and sending stuff to another city is likely to take around
a week. Sure, if you mean it takes less of your own time when you say
quicker then I suppose that is true. But if I was concerned about how
much of my own time was being used with my photography, I wouldn't be using
a camera with a tripod attached... BRBR

How well one's time is spent is a relative concept. If you're doing this for a
living, then your time is better spent making arrangements for shoots, dealing
with clients and following up on other little details like billing (because it
don't amount to much without the $$$). Some of us are still in the position
where they have most of their time to themselves and all power to those who can
use that time for their own enlightenment and gratification. Some of us have
other things to deal with (families, jobs, school...) and there is no dishonor
in sending your stuff off to a good lab with which you have a good working
relationship...it can be either get a night's sleep and be concious and
reasonable in the morning or stay up in the darkroom and feel sleep deprived
the next day.
Most labs that I've dealt with in Chicago turn the film over within a few hours
(unless a "hot rush" in which case about an hour). I've done E6 and IMHO it's
a pain in the ass to do and the chemistry goes bad too quickly to make it cost
effective.
I've come to think that this is why digital has gone over so well: the chance
for nearly instant gratification using one's home printer.

Not trying to be cynical, just practical. If you want the experience and have
the time, then party on...but I'll go with the lab and use the time saved
productively.

best

argon