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Mississippi Photo Supply Sources?
I have, mostly, moved to Brandon, MS; just east of Jackson.
I found the Jackson Photographic Society. What else is in the Jackson area that I should be aware of to meet my photo needs? Is there any place that will process B&W film or slides local? -Jim |
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Mississippi Photo Supply Sources?
"jimkramer" wrote'
I have, mostly, moved to Brandon, MS; just east of Jackson. Is there any place that will process B&W film ... If all you need are negatives, there is little easier than developing B&W film. And you can do it better yourself than 99% of the labs you can send it to. A tank & reel, a thermometer, and a bottle each of Microdol-X, fix, and photoflo. Load the reel in the closet, process at the kitchen sink, hang from the shower curtain rail to dry. -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters http://www.darkroomautomation.com/index2.htm n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com |
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Mississippi Photo Supply Sources?
To get really 'down home' ...
For developer use "Caffenol": 4 tsp. Folger's instant, 2 tsp. washing soda and 8 oz of rain water. If you use fresh rainwater for the final rinse you don't need photoflo. Washing soda (Sodium Carbonate) is getting harder to find, but I'm sure it is still a staple in Mississippi. If not then heat some baking soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) in an oven @ 350F for 15 minutes. Sodium Carbonate is also sold for swimming pools as 'pH Plus'. I've gotten printable negs from left-over morning coffee and baking soda straight from the box. There are versions using Vitamin C and Tylenol. Stewed grass clippings would probably also work - most any organic reducing agent will develop film. For fixer you can get Sodium Thiosulfate from a pond, pool, or aquarium supply (Wal-Mart even). To heck with a tank and reel: use kitchen bowls for developing, rocking the film back and forth. Don't need tongs & stuff because the developer is coffee. -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters http://www.darkroomautomation.com/index2.htm n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com |
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"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote in message
m... "jimkramer" wrote' I have, mostly, moved to Brandon, MS; just east of Jackson. Is there any place that will process B&W film ... If all you need are negatives, there is little easier than developing B&W film. And you can do it better yourself than 99% of the labs you can send it to. A tank & reel, a thermometer, and a bottle each of Microdol-X, fix, and photoflo. Load the reel in the closet, process at the kitchen sink, hang from the shower curtain rail to dry. -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters http://www.darkroomautomation.com/index2.htm n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com Actually in NC for $3.25 I could pay someone else to do it and not have to mess with the damn reels, that's where I would always mess it up. And I would get the entire roll in one sleeve so I could cut them myself. Everyone was happy. :-) -Jim |
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Mississippi Photo Supply Sources?
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:08:46 -0500, "jimkramer"
wrote: I have, mostly, moved to Brandon, MS; just east of Jackson. I found the Jackson Photographic Society. What else is in the Jackson area that I should be aware of to meet my photo needs? Is there any place that will process B&W film or slides local? -Jim Deville Camera & Video may meet your needs. www.devillecameraandvideo.com I have a friend who lives in Richland, and he used Deville to convert old home movies to video. Did you hit Brandon in time to catch the magnolias in bloom? It would be a pity if you had to wait a year to take the obligatory snap.... TR |
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On 7/9/2008 6:57 AM jimkramer spake thus:
"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote in message m... "jimkramer" wrote' I have, mostly, moved to Brandon, MS; just east of Jackson. Is there any place that will process B&W film ... If all you need are negatives, there is little easier than developing B&W film. And you can do it better yourself than 99% of the labs you can send it to. A tank & reel, a thermometer, and a bottle each of Microdol-X, fix, and photoflo. Load the reel in the closet, process at the kitchen sink, hang from the shower curtain rail to dry. Actually in NC for $3.25 I could pay someone else to do it and not have to mess with the damn reels, that's where I would always mess it up. And I would get the entire roll in one sleeve so I could cut them myself. Everyone was happy. :-) Ackshooly, if it's easy you're after, there's always chromogenic (C-41 process) B&W film you can just take to the drugstore or whereever. Never used it, but I hear it yields good results ... -- "Wikipedia ... it reminds me ... of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it. It drags itself out of the dark abyss of pish, and crawls insanely up the topmost pinnacle of posh. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash." - With apologies to H. L. Mencken |
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"TRoss" wrote in message
... On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:08:46 -0500, "jimkramer" wrote: I have, mostly, moved to Brandon, MS; just east of Jackson. I found the Jackson Photographic Society. What else is in the Jackson area that I should be aware of to meet my photo needs? Is there any place that will process B&W film or slides local? -Jim Deville Camera & Video may meet your needs. www.devillecameraandvideo.com I have a friend who lives in Richland, and he used Deville to convert old home movies to video. Did you hit Brandon in time to catch the magnolias in bloom? It would be a pity if you had to wait a year to take the obligatory snap.... TR It will be a year. :-( Just moved in on the 3rd of July. -Jim |
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On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:09:39 -0500, "jimkramer"
wrote: "TRoss" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:08:46 -0500, "jimkramer" wrote: I have, mostly, moved to Brandon, MS; just east of Jackson. I found the Jackson Photographic Society. What else is in the Jackson area that I should be aware of to meet my photo needs? Is there any place that will process B&W film or slides local? -Jim Deville Camera & Video may meet your needs. www.devillecameraandvideo.com I have a friend who lives in Richland, and he used Deville to convert old home movies to video. Did you hit Brandon in time to catch the magnolias in bloom? It would be a pity if you had to wait a year to take the obligatory snap.... TR It will be a year. :-( Just moved in on the 3rd of July. -Jim Bummer. That means you missed the pine pollen harvest, too. Oh, well. You still have plenty of time to get to know kudzu and fire ants. TR |
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"TRoss" wrote in message
... On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:09:39 -0500, "jimkramer" wrote: "TRoss" wrote in message . .. On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:08:46 -0500, "jimkramer" wrote: I have, mostly, moved to Brandon, MS; just east of Jackson. I found the Jackson Photographic Society. What else is in the Jackson area that I should be aware of to meet my photo needs? Is there any place that will process B&W film or slides local? -Jim Deville Camera & Video may meet your needs. www.devillecameraandvideo.com I have a friend who lives in Richland, and he used Deville to convert old home movies to video. Did you hit Brandon in time to catch the magnolias in bloom? It would be a pity if you had to wait a year to take the obligatory snap.... TR It will be a year. :-( Just moved in on the 3rd of July. -Jim Bummer. That means you missed the pine pollen harvest, too. Oh, well. You still have plenty of time to get to know kudzu and fire ants. TR I already know kudzu from NC and the fire ants will need to get used to someone that thoroughly believes in better living through chemistry. I already treated the living area acres once and am working on the field areas as I see them. My wife has severe reactions and I have a 5 year old boy that I know is just dying to meet "the ants that spit fire." -Jim |
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