rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
I have successfully devloped my own BW film before but that was a long time ago and for the last decade and a bit, my favorite BW film has been Kodak BW400CN. Which is discontinued and getting pricey.
So, I'm looking at having to find another film. And I don't like my results with XP2.
Which leads me to looking at some traditional film. Which has me also thinking about home processing.
Where I live 10 months of the year, I can not dispose of the chemistry.
That leaves me with 2 options; either process where I live for the other two months and where I can use the city waste system or process here and save the chemistry(I have no problems accumulating 5 gallon buckets and lids) until I get back to the city.
The final wash after developing should not stress the treatment plant here if I do the prior steps right. I think? If I'm wrong about this part, then processing here is out and I'll do the first option.
How much chemistry for a single roll tank? 8 ounces? 16? I need to get a relatively good guess about how much waste water I am potentially going to be hauling home. I know that the total will clearly be affected by how much film I'm shooting so if I can get a good aproximation for one or two rolls, I ought to be able to work out the totals.
Thanks for any help/insight here folks!
rob
So, I'm looking at having to find another film. And I don't like my results with XP2.
Which leads me to looking at some traditional film. Which has me also thinking about home processing.
Where I live 10 months of the year, I can not dispose of the chemistry.
That leaves me with 2 options; either process where I live for the other two months and where I can use the city waste system or process here and save the chemistry(I have no problems accumulating 5 gallon buckets and lids) until I get back to the city.
The final wash after developing should not stress the treatment plant here if I do the prior steps right. I think? If I'm wrong about this part, then processing here is out and I'll do the first option.
How much chemistry for a single roll tank? 8 ounces? 16? I need to get a relatively good guess about how much waste water I am potentially going to be hauling home. I know that the total will clearly be affected by how much film I'm shooting so if I can get a good aproximation for one or two rolls, I ought to be able to work out the totals.
Thanks for any help/insight here folks!
rob