What do you pay for developing?

"Michael" wrote in message
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On 2009-05-02 22:09:47 -0400, "Ric Trexell" said:


"Toni Nikkanen" wrote in message
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I'd like to point it out that nowadays, if someone is displeased with
the quality, service, speed or pricing of colour negative development,
it's not that much of a trouble to do it yourself, especially if
you've ever done B&W negative developing before. It's not too much
more trouble with today's 3-bath kits. And you don't need a darkroom,
all you need is a kitchen sink, a tank and a black "strait jacket" type
film changing bag.
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Yes, and if you are going to only scan the negatives, you can get by
without
and enlarger and all the other stuff that goes with printing. Good
point,
it is something to consider if more places drop developing. Ric.

And slides also. It looks as though Dwayne's will be in it for the
duration as long as Kodachrome is produced, and E6 is no more difficult to
home process than C41, just a couple of extra steps. You get slides for
projection (if you like) and scanning.
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Michael

E6 processing (for Ektachrome and others) may be the same number of steps as
C41, depending in which variaition of the process you use. K14 (for
Kodachrome) is not a home process, at least not for actual color slides. The
downside of C41 and E6 is temperature control and the storage life of the
chemicals. The developer must have minimal contact with air for longest life
and even then, the life is only a couple weeks.

Actually, printing color negs (RA4) is not that difficult either. Again the
biggest issue is temp control and shelf life. But if you use a mechanized
processor of some type, it's not much more difficult than B&W. I prefer
roller transport processors rather than the tube types.