clint f. Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa

You also need an accurate thermometer, 1 gallon jugs for mixing the chemicals with water, some gallon used milk jugs to haul the developer and fixer to the dump for waste disposal. Depending on your work area you may need a changing bag to load the film onto the reels and putting it in the developing tanks. All very inexpensive and readily available. It is very easy to do. Printing ups the ante substantially.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

This post is unfortunate. If you want to help people, then at least be specific or tell them where they can find the regulations. The amount discarded is a lot less toxic than some other household waste. Very few if any darkroom chemicals are toxic at the concentrations and amounts used or upon dilution with the rest of the effluent stream.

Rhl0630

I have everything you need to develope the film. And print if you need that too. I have instructions also. I also have an extra scanner. You can scan the negatives and print that way if you wish.

rberman

Thanks for the heads up warning about the chemicals. I appreciate it. Peace. Richard.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

One other thing, Richard, for developer storage, 1 liter quantity, I've found the bottle Seagrams 7 comes in to be ideal, for both size, color, and ease of pouring. I use the "air evacuation" stoppers,

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to work ideally. That combo will keep developer fresh for a considerable length of time.
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elee950021 Loc: New York, NY

Surely you can find another lab to do your processing! Hunts Photo is in New England with a number of stores but they probably wait until a bunch of b&w film accumulates before running them. In past threads by photogs looking for labs, The Darkroom has been recommended and it appears they have been doing it for quite a while! I just Googled "American black and white film processing labs" and found them at the top of the list! Their FAQs say processing and scanning take 3-7 days for film processing and scanning. And film sent to them is in their postage-paid envelopes. If you shoot small quantities of 120 film, this may be the best bet. I have no relations with them so am just sending along a tip.

It's not hard to develop b&w film and there's still plenty of new and used tanks and reels around with adequate supplies of processing chemicals. It does take a bit of practice to roll 120 films onto reels especially stainless steel ones! The main thing is consistency of timing, temperature and agitation. My NYC custom lab (of which I've been retired since 2008) did color and b&w film processing (among many other things) for over 40 years!

Be well! Ed

rberman

Thanks Ed. I will check out the Darkroom and give them a try. Thanks for the info. Peace. Richard

rberman

Thanks Bob. Great tip. And the best part is I would obviously have to drink the whiskey before having a storage bottle. And since I need 3 bottles for storage………..peace. Richard

rberman

Well I’m interested. At this time I want to develop the film and hopefully learn to scan and then be able to send scans off to be printed or just go to the local CVS and print from their machines. Maybe later I might want to invest in a darkroom set up to print from negatives. So let me know if you want to sell me the equipment I’ll need and the price. Thanks so much. Peace. Richard

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

Why Why Why ??
For the price, not to mention your time and effort, just go digital !! Pick Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji, whatever.
You'll NEVER go back to film.

rberman

Thanks for the advise Merlin. But us dinosaurs are starting to be joined by lots of young people who are also buying vinyl records. What goes around comes around. Peace to you. Richard

clint f. Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa

What? Doesn’t it seem like learning for the sake of learning advances the individual? How about throwing away pencils for drawing because computers can be used to make drawings. Many of us enjoy the craft and art of black and white photography.

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

rberman, Clint F:
I appreciate your perspectives - and I do have some hobbies. Building computers, playing guitar, etc.
But with photography (I'm just a rabid hobbyist), as technology advances, I try to keep up.
I realize there are those that enjoy refurbing a 1960's Mustang or Camaro.
Me - - I'll just buy a 1-year old current version - because I need the Bluetooth, along with the improved safety features and handling.
I had about 200 35mm slides taken by my grandfather. I bought a second hand Pacific Image scanner, ran the slides through, then sold the scanner. I had a CanoScan 8400F scanner - which bit the dust. I replaced it with an unused CanoScan 8800F - works perfect - and one day, I'll scan all my old photos / negatives - if I live that long.
I just finished importing about 80 VHS and Sony 8mm digital tapes from the '90's - '2000's - heritage videos to send off to the kids (copied to a 256 GB flash drive {$20 on Amazon, impossible 10 years ago}). But now that it's done, I'll be selling the hardware I had to acquire to do that, as I'll not be using the sony camcorder for any additional recordings (fortunately I do have an ancient computer I built in 2004 running Win-7 with Nero Vision that will import DVD quality MPG videos over a firewire connection).
If you are enthralled working with old technology - I applaud your hobby. It's just not for me. And likely not for most.

clint f. Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa

I hope I didn’t sound like I was casting aspersions. Nothing wrong with technology. Learning thing, even old technology for the sake of learning is something I applaud.

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

No Harm, No Foul, no offense taken. While I'll never attempt to emulate the processes of Ansel Adams, I can certainly appreciate his accomplishments. If anyone can accomplish the same using the technology available at his time, I would be equally appreciative - BUT - I can do the same with my Canon 80D in 15 seconds instead of 15 hours (assuming, of course, I'm in the right place, at the right time).