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Over the last 2 years and my increasingly scant funds (thanks bankers) have been diverted into other projects (namely my project camper van and before that the MR2 and before that my LF printer )
As a result fo that and my inability to manage something as simple as popping a box in the post (sorry Woodsy, I will sort it this week!) I now have about 50-60 exposed sheets of E6 film sat in the freezer and I'm not sure what to do with them.
Current Dev prices are @ £2.50 per sheet and when you factor in RMSD for send and return it will be the best part of £200! Fortunately, I got the Velvia cheap (10 boxes for £50 from FujiFilm proshop)
So, do I.......(sorry about the rambly post)
1) Send it away to dev (few sheets at a time to keep costs down)
2) Attempt to Dev myself
3) Accept the fact that after a year in the freezer it's probably all ****ed anyway
Teh second option would involve me having to purchase the chems and dev using the taco method - 4 sheets to 1 litre of chems, equivalent to 1 roll of 35mm. How hard would this be using hand agitation and a water bath at home? I'm not too bothered about colour fidelity or longevity as I can colour correct at the scanning stage. Also, if I buy the tetenal E6 kit, can i re-use the chems as you would with ID11, for instance? If so, how many could i dev out of a 1 litre kit.
Option 1 is ok, but not ideal. Option 3 would upset me a little bit due to my own laziness. i'm sure there's some great shots in there!
Thoughts?
As a result fo that and my inability to manage something as simple as popping a box in the post (sorry Woodsy, I will sort it this week!) I now have about 50-60 exposed sheets of E6 film sat in the freezer and I'm not sure what to do with them.
Current Dev prices are @ £2.50 per sheet and when you factor in RMSD for send and return it will be the best part of £200! Fortunately, I got the Velvia cheap (10 boxes for £50 from FujiFilm proshop)
So, do I.......(sorry about the rambly post)
1) Send it away to dev (few sheets at a time to keep costs down)
2) Attempt to Dev myself
3) Accept the fact that after a year in the freezer it's probably all ****ed anyway
Teh second option would involve me having to purchase the chems and dev using the taco method - 4 sheets to 1 litre of chems, equivalent to 1 roll of 35mm. How hard would this be using hand agitation and a water bath at home? I'm not too bothered about colour fidelity or longevity as I can colour correct at the scanning stage. Also, if I buy the tetenal E6 kit, can i re-use the chems as you would with ID11, for instance? If so, how many could i dev out of a 1 litre kit.
Option 1 is ok, but not ideal. Option 3 would upset me a little bit due to my own laziness. i'm sure there's some great shots in there!
Thoughts?