Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I decided after having lunch today that my lunch cost about as much as the trays I'd just laid out. My lunch was about 6 bucks so i was pretty right. I had laid out trays for RC though. I still think of laying out my trays and mixing up chemistry as costing the same as lunch. Approx. Cost for my 3 liter tray layout $1.43 32 oz of Dektol from a $5.70 gallon packet of Dektol Paper developer .52¢ 3 oz of Ektaflo stop From a $22 one gallon Ektaflo Cubetainer $1.20 12 oz of KRF(A)1 From a $64 five gallon cubetainer of Rapid Fix A $1.20 12 oz of KRF(A) second tray $3.38 6 oz KRST from a Quart $18(56¢ an oz) bottle of KRST(Selenium toner) 84¢ 20 oz KHCA From a $5.40 1 gallon concentrate from packet $8.57 Total fiber $4.35 Total RC(RC has no KRST or KHCA) I’ll typically make 32 prints in a non replenished session which I feel the developer can deal with and certainly most of the other chemistry can, Much of the other chemicals can do quite a bit more prints than that. So 32 fiber prints would cost 27¢ each to run (.53¢ for 11x14's so 32 RC prints would cost .14¢ each to run (.27¢ for 11x14's) I'm planning on doing less digital. I showed this to the Darkroom people too. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/