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Me! I shoot black and white because I tend to think film does that a bit better and because I get the fun of controlling it by development.
 
[FONT=&quot]Yes, of course, i develop the film myself. B&W film only, it’s part and parcel of the hobby to me. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Which is subject to change, or not, at any given moment.[/FONT]
 
I develop all my BW at home (changing bag & kitchen sink) and used to develop also C-41 myself. Now all color goes to a local pro-lab except KR64 to Dwayne's. I scan all films myself with either a Coolscan 4000ED (135) or V700 (120).
 
I develop my own B&W film and prints at home...any C-41 gets sent out...but been thinking of doing some E-6...it's been too long since I've done that...I could run some Velvia through the Yashicamat...
 
B&W at home in the kitchen. Almost all color is digital, although I still like to shoot a roll of portra nc here and there.
 
I develop a couple rolls of B&W film at home every week. If I am on the road, and do not wish totravel with exposed film, I shoot the c41 b&w stuff, and get it developed locally.

Chriscrawfordphoto said:
... I never shoot C41 anymore because there isnt a decent lab in Indiana that can do it. ...
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I used to think that Phoenix was backward. There are dozens of places that develop c41, and two even that develop regular b&w with a 24 hour turnaround (as well as e6) although if you give them 3 days it knocks a buck or so off the price.

Once upon a time, I was considering starting a business that did custom development of film, but now I see that anyone who is at all serious about it, develops themselves.

Good to know!
 
Oh..for sure ALL of my BW films, 35, 120 and 5x7 I have one small "frig" just for developers. If I can go back to doing my own "chrome's" I will try again after Christmas. But the prolabs for color are getting sloppy and often come back looking like they were washed in the gutter. But always a DIY guy.
 
Chris101 said:
I develop a couple rolls of B&W film at home every week. If I am on the road, and do not wish totravel with exposed film, I shoot the c41 b&w stuff, and get it developed locally.



I used to think that Phoenix was backward. There are dozens of places that develop c41, and two even that develop regular b&w with a 24 hour turnaround (as well as e6) although if you give them 3 days it knocks a buck or so off the price.

Once upon a time, I was considering starting a business that did custom development of film, but now I see that anyone who is at all serious about it, develops themselves.

Good to know!
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I live in Indiana's second largest city, with 250,000 people. Small compared to Phoenix, but hardly a small town. There are NO E6 labs at all here anymore, and the only places that do C41 are Walgreens and CVS drugstores. I think Sams club might, but I'm not sure, I am not a member but I know the walmart stores here quit doing it in the stores (they send it out of state). We used to have three pro labs that did E-6 and C-41 in dip and dunk machines. Two of them closed in the late 90's when film was still going strong, and the last holdout died in 2007. I beleive the one lab I know of in Indianapolis, a city of nearly a million people and the 12th largest in the country, is the only E-6 lab in the state. Sad.
 
Chris101 said:
I used to think that Phoenix was backward. There are dozens of places that develop c41, and two even that develop regular b&w with a 24 hour turnaround (as well as e6) although if you give them 3 days it knocks a buck or so off the price.
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Hey Chris have you been to Image Craft ???
I used them about ten years ago when I was doing a lot of work in the Phoenix area...they developed a bunch of E-6 and also did some prints from some of that film...
I would drop the film (Velvia 50) off early in the morning and pick it up later that day...35mm, 120 and 4x5
 
Due to the fact that the only decent lab within cooee of me charges $12.00 to process a roll of black and white film it's a no brainer. There's no way I could shoot the amount I do if I had to pay that much for processing!
 
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Until I moved overseas I was developing my own black and white as well as C-41 at home. Here in Taiwan I'm shooting about 80% digital. Color film I take to a Kodak shop about 20 minutes away. They do a good job, but I really miss doing my own, especially B&W. Next time I go back home i'm getting my darkroom stuff. Will my scanner fit in a carry-on? Probably not...
 
All B&W processing at home. Film processing was the first thing I started at home, even when printing in a community darkroom. Haven't shot color in 25+ years, save the rare digital p&s grabbed from my wife's purse.
 
B/W from 35mm to 4x5 at home. 35mm color mostly drug store. 120 color to Dominion Camera at Rt 7 and Broad St in Falls Church, VA. If I do any E6 they get that too. They do it right. Not cheap, but right. I'll pay for that.
 
B&W is processed in the bathroom at home - mostly with Diafine or Rodinal. C41 goes to a local lab near my office, but the more B&W I shoot the less interested I become in colour film.
 
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