Kodak Tmax 400 - where to develop???

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Hi Guys,

i have recently shoot a roll of Tmax 400 and wanted to develop it with Photo Express, unfortunatelly they are not doing it. Anyone knows simillar (price wise) service i could use to get it developed? It can be post service or a place in Sheffield area.

Thanks,

Mariusz
 
Genie imaging or ilfords will dev B&W films. Its not as cheap as C41 though, will set you back around £8 with genie and more with ilford.
 
Club 35 - develop and scan to Cd - £6.95 + 95p postage


Alternatively - peak imaging are on the outskirts of sheffield - maybe you could give them a call and see if they allow drop off/collection? they're on 0114 224 3207 (Postcode S20 3PP - so you can see if it's feasible - I know Sheffields a big sprawling area and takes ages to drive across :LOL:)
 
Thanks guys!

Mark, i think i might just give them a ring. The traffic is a headache in Sheffield, but they are actually not that far away from where i work...

Mariusz
 
menthel said:
That's good value. Have you used them? Any good? What are postage prices like?
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I haven't unfortunately, I've had that link bookmarked along with Genie/Fuji Digital Imaging for a while now. For B&W I'm developing at home and for colour Genie works out cheaper, so I haven't had to. Apologies for not being more of a help!
 
freecom2 said:
I haven't unfortunately, I've had that link bookmarked along with Genie/Fuji Digital Imaging for a while now. For B&W I'm developing at home and for colour Genie works out cheaper, so I haven't had to. Apologies for not being more of a help!
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No problem. I usually home dev B&W myself but its nice to have a backup plan. I have just sent my first 3 rolls off to genie, I usually use photo express but they don't do E-6 unfortunately.
 
menthel said:
That's good value. Have you used them? Any good? What are postage prices like?
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I have just checked their web page and it looks like it's £5 to develop E-6 + £3.99 for CD scan (plus probaly postage).

Club 35 looks like best value for now...
 
Fazi27 said:
I have just checked their web page and it looks like it's £5 to develop E-6 + £3.99 for CD scan (plus probaly postage).

Club 35 looks like best value for now...
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E6 is slide film, not B&W. Their B&W was £2.50 for dev.
 
menthel said:
E6 is slide film, not B&W. Their B&W was £2.50 for dev.
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ooops, sorry then. I was under the impression that E6 is used to develop B&W film.

I'm relatively new to that game; last time i was in darkroom, is when i was 7 years old, my dad used our tiny bathroom almost every weekend and was driving my mom crazy... good ol' days... :LOL:
 
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Fazi27 said:
ooops, sorry then. I was under the impression that E6 is used to develop B&W film.

I'm relatively new to that game; last time i was in darkroom, is when i was 7 years old, my dad used our bathroom tiny almost every weekend and was driving my mom crazy... good ol' days... :LOL:
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Indeed! I still remember my dad making prints in the kitchen, with the red safety light on!
 
My grandad converted the coalhole into a darkroom, fully kitted out with everything you could possibly need. Why oh why didn't I take more notice of what he was doing instead of buggering off playing football....

Andy
 
Andysnap said:
My grandad converted the coalhole into a darkroom, fully kitted out with everything you could possibly need. Why oh why didn't I take more notice of what he was doing instead of buggering off playing football....

Andy
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i feel the same way about my childhood, but i partly blame my parents... My dad always locked his camera (few Zenits he used to have through his life) and i was never allowed to even touch it. I managed to sneak out with it and shoot few rolls few times, but my parrents did not pay to much attention to the fact i might be actually interested in photography at age of 15. As my dad had 2 strokes 6 years ago, and literally couldn't use any of his equipment any more, my mom decided to sell/give away all his stuff (including full darkroom set up Zenit E with i think 10 lenses, Super 8 Film camera, etc...). WHY???? Why have i decided to make photography my main hobby 2 years ago???? Why not at age of 15 or 17, everything would be SO much easier now, i guess....
 
We have to find our own way to things, In our own time. No point in dwelling on what might have been - just move on in our own way. Easy for me to say, my parents were of the "2 differend xmas trees on a roll of film, separated by some shots at the beach" persuasion of photographers. :shrug: Might have been different if my dad had been into buying Leica's rather than backing horses :LOL:
 
Snaps Photo is in my town so i take my stuff there for developing and it's an excellent service, small family run business and the guy who runs it knows his stuff. He has increased the dev only price for C41 and B&W to £3 a roll now. He uses Ilford ID-11 for developing B&W if you are interested. If you pay for medium format scans they are done on a Epson V750, i believe the 35mm is done with some Fuji machine.
 
Unless you're running a lab the size of Ilford's B&W processing setup, I'd lay even money that pretty much every proper B&W film is processed more or less by hand. As the development times vary from film type to film type, the likelyhood of getting more than half a dozen of the same film together means you may as well just use a Jobo Rotary or a big Patterson tank rather than anything automated. Anything that needs a bit of specialised labour (compared to loading film into a minilab machine!) by by necessity will cost more. This was the case going back 10 years when my mate had his 1 hour photo lab - the C41 went through the minilab, the E6 went into a Jobo rotary, and the B&W went into a Patterson tank in the back sink :LOL: Customers were occasionally upset when he couldn't do a 1 hour turnaround on the E6, but the Jobo tank used to take at least 2 hours to get up to "frying speed".
 
Why not just get the stuff to develop your own film. Even if you stick at JUST developing the film and then scan them it really isn't at all costly or difficult. Lots of chaps on here helped me out when I started.

You only need a dark bag, film developing canister, thermometer, measuring cylinder and a few chemicals.

If you stick an advert in wanted you could pick up all the non chemical stuff for maybe £20

I wrote a thread about doing it which is a sticky. There is nothing like pulling out the strip of negatives and looking at your own images taken and developed by you.
 
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Oohhh Darren - you've joined the Mod's...

Fishtail Parka's and Riding a Hairdrier not compulsory I hope???

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If you are going to get into regular B&W use, then I agree, home dev. is definitely the way to go. If a clumsy clot like me can get it pretty much right 99 out of 100 then anyone can.
 
TheBigYin said:
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Oohhh Darren - you've joined the Mod's...

Fishtail Parka's and Riding a Hairdrier not compulsory I hope???

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Oh no now there is a mod loose in the film section :LOL:
 
excalibur2 said:
erm and a lot of red ink I've noticed :shrug:
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A post was offering stuff o/s classifieds and then someone asking for 2nd dibs on it, sorry guys but you can stick an advert in and link to it. We all know the rules.
 
cowasaki said:
Why not just get the stuff to develop your own film. Even if you stick at JUST developing the film and then scan them it really isn't at all costly or difficult. Lots of chaps on here helped me out when I started.

You only need a dark bag, film developing canister, thermometer, measuring cylinder and a few chemicals.

If you stick an advert in wanted you could pick up all the non chemical stuff for maybe £20

I wrote a thread about doing it which is a sticky. There is nothing like pulling out the strip of negatives and looking at your own images taken and developed by you.
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Thanks for the tip. Actually i have some spare room in my basement, so might set up the darkroom one day.

i also believe, you need a specific temperature for processing, am i right?
 
Fazi27 said:
Thanks for the tip. Actually i have some spare room in my basement, so might set up the darkroom one day.

i also believe, you need a specific temperature for processing, am i right?
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Well yes but there is a graph with shows how long you do each part at specific temperatures. The reality is that if you get a cat litter tray and place your vessels of chemicals in that at 22 degrees C (for example). They will stay that temp for long enough to finish.

Also, if you use a film bag then you don't need a dark room. It is easy to pop the lid off the film, remove the film and stick it on the reel in the bag then stick the reel in the canister. Once inside you don't need to worry about light.

You only actually need the dark room if you are developing your own prints which is a wonderful thing to do. To watch your pictures appearing in the chemical under the red light is great.
 
cowasaki said:
A post was offering stuff o/s classifieds and then someone asking for 2nd dibs on it, sorry guys but you can stick an advert in and link to it. We all know the rules.
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If this is the occurrence i think it is - fair enough and i'm sorry, it didn't seem like a formal transaction for some reason, just a friendly offering.

Anyway, if you're gong to be doing more than one at any point in the near future i'd definitely look into developing it yourself, works out a lot cheaper before too long and for some that's where half the fun is. I kind of had a head start with finding a tank and some measuring cylinders in the back of a cupboard and the ability to use the cupboard under the stairs (at night, with curtains drawn and all the lights off) as a darkroom, but still 300ml of Rodinal, Stop and Fix can't have put me back more than £10. I've been looking into Caffenol lately, might also be an option since you can make it with supermarket ingredients.
 
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