Minox Film Development

It's good to hear that, but I don't see any information on their web site about Minox film. Where did you learn of it?

It's great news for anyone who shoots 8x11mm and doesn't do his own processing.
 
I hope they put it on their website. Else they might not attract much business.

There aren't many Minox film processors. I think Blue Moon also processes Minox.
 
Ah, but that's why I was going to check Dwayne's website. I wanted to know the cost! Couldn't find it. Care to divulge? (I guess I could go look up Blue Moon's price and divide by 2, eh?)
 
If that is for both processing and prints, it is a good price.

I'm assuming the color is scanned and machine printed. Did he say how they process and print the B&W?
 
The lab by me will do the negs (7$ b/w 5$ c-41) but have no way of doing the prints. That seems like a really nice price for process and print. I ended up getting a neg carrier for the 23C enlargers at work- the opening for the minox negative is TINY!

-Brian
 
True, it is small. I have a negative carrier that is stamped "8N". I don't know if it was made by Beseler, but it fits my 45MXT. It perfectly fits the 8x11 Minox frame size. It appears to be a fairly rare item. And mine is "minty" too. I've never seen another one on ebay since I bought it maybe 6 or 8 years ago.


Edit: Wow! I just went to check and there is an 8N carrier there on eBay right now. That's wild. And this one is in an old Beseler box too.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beseler-45-...951?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519fd288ff
 
Slit film and reload your film cassettes. That's what I do. There are a number of people who make slitters. Some sell on eBay, others you can find by googling. Or you can make your own.

You just need to build up a supply of cassettes, which you can often buy cheap on eBay, with or without film in them. Expired film, vintage film, or empty cassettes. I bought a 10 pack of ACMEL expired color film for Minox once for very cheap, like $20. The film was no good, but the cassettes were well worth $2 each.

I process my own film, so I can easily retain and reuse my cassettes. If having someone else process your film, be sure to ask them first if they can open the cassette carefruly and return it with the prints.



One big advantage of slitting your own film and reloading cassettes is that you can use any film you like. Another one is cost. It's much cheaper than buying pre-packaged film. Then if you also process your own film, it gets downright cheap. But I have to admit that having someone else make prints for you is pretty nice.
 
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