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white.elephant

white.elephant

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Hello all

I recently lost access to my darkroom, and I'm looking for a lab that will develop and scan my negs. If anyone has experiences they would care to share, I'd appreciate it.

Chris
 
Guys, guys, guys. You have all made the wrong assumptions, you know what they say about assuming. I have been told by my cardiologist to avoid exposure to darkroom chemicals for the time being. So, all of you advice comes from a place where you think I don't have a place to develop. Wrong. I still have the space (and my scanner) I just can't use the darkroom. That's what I meant by 'access'.
 
white.elephant said:
Guys, guys, guys. You have all made the wrong assumptions, you know what they say about assuming. I have been told by my cardiologist to avoid exposure to darkroom chemicals for the time being. So, all of you advice comes from a place where you think I don't have a place to develop. Wrong. I still have the space (and my scanner) I just can't use the darkroom. That's what I meant by 'access'.
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You know what they say about clear communication ... ;-)

Get your cardiologist to shout you some decent (surgical) gloves. Or are you supposed to avoid fumes as well?

I can't help on the other, I'm on the wrong side of the world.

If you plan to use the scanner, how the lab handles negatives to minimise dust is almost as important as how they do with the processing itself.
 
I am a Vascular specialist and the concentrations and amount of chemical that you would be exposed to is insignificant in the darkroom. Use Nitrile gloves (available at Wal Mart or Home Depot) and a mask if you're really concerned. I don't when I develop. Using liquid chemicals and staying away from powders might be reasonable to avoid particulate inhalation.

That being said, I have had great results using North Coast Photo Services before I started developing my own black and white film. I still use them for my color work.

http://www.northcoastphoto.com/

Also, Precision Camera and Video in Austin, TX does a great job, but in my experience, their turn around is longer.

http://www.precision-camera.com/

Kent
 
BardParker said:
I am a Vascular specialist and the concentrations and amount of chemical that you would be exposed to is insignificant in the darkroom. Use Nitrile gloves (available at Wal Mart or Home Depot) and a mask if you're really concerned. I don't when I develop. Using liquid chemicals and staying away from powders might be reasonable to avoid particulate inhalation. That being said, I have had great results using North Coast Photo Services before I started developing my own black and white film. I still use them for my color work. http://www.northcoastphoto.com/ Also, Precision Camera and Video in Austin, TX does a great job, but in my experience, their turn around is longer. http://www.precision-camera.com/ Kent
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all right. I began to worry ... I would not stop going to the darkroom
 
white.elephant said:
Guys, guys, guys. You have all made the wrong assumptions, you know what they say about assuming. I have been told by my cardiologist to avoid exposure to darkroom chemicals for the time being. So, all of you advice comes from a place where you think I don't have a place to develop. Wrong. I still have the space (and my scanner) I just can't use the darkroom. That's what I meant by 'access'.
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I normally shoot C41 B&W or color. The local camera shop processes my negs for $5 per roll, and I scan them myself. They also do standard process B&W for me unless I want to push, pull, or use some specific developer, same charge.

I would only bother sending film elsewhere if I couldn't do the alternative processing myself. And I want the control enabled by scanning myself for the relatively low volume of film work I do.

G
 
I have recently been shelling out the big bucks for Richard Photo Lab in California. They'll pretty much do anything you want (for a price), and their scanning is very good.
 
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