Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/09

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Subject: [Leica] Re: cost to develop B&W film
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 09:50:42 -0700

And for dilutions, film speeds, and starting development times, go to
http://www.digitaltruth.com/ .

Jim


At 09:20 AM 11/9/99 -0700, Jim Brick wrote:
>You can buy 16oz. of Agfa Rodinal for $10. That equals 473cc. It takes
>2.5cc at 1:100 (my favorite dilution) to process a 36 exp. roll. A bottle
>of Rodinal will process 189 rolls of film. That equals five cents per roll.
>A gallon of Kodak Fixer at $4.00 will fix a hellova lot of film. If water
>cost is an issue, you can use Perma Wash to drastically cut your wash time.
>
>Absolute worst case, it's 10 cents a roll total.
>
>Use 1:50 dilution and it's 15 cents a roll.
>
>Jim
>
 
>At 05:01 PM 11/8/99 -0800, mike pailliotet wrote:
>>I am interested in learning how to process my own black & white film and
I was
>>hoping some one could tell me about how much it cost per roll (36) to just 
>>develop
>>the film, using standard Kodak developing chemicals and keeping every thing 
>>to a
>>minimum.
>>Thanks a lot!
>>Mike P
>>
>