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Re: [OM] B/W on the Cheep

Subject: Re: [OM] B/W on the Cheep
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:49:44 -0800
I don't know if I have the Olympus bug, or the retro bug, or a
combination of the two, but recently I've had an urge to go back to B/W
photography. But wow, what a heck of a lot of money they're asking for
B/W developing (and film!). Can anybody give me the name of a mail source
that does reasonable and good B/W developing? (West coast USA preferred.)
ALTERNATELY, since I'm more interested in the screen as my final
destination, what would you think of going the bargain color route (say
costco kodak print film and costco developing, totaling a grand $7 per
roll or so), and then manipulating the prints in photoshop (stripping
away the color and adding contrast)? Would that work for on-the-cheap B/W?

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Kelton Rhoads, PhD
Los Angeles, CA
krho@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

A better alternative might be one of the chromogenic films like Ilford XP2 that can be developed at your one hour photo processor. If your scanner can do transparencies why not try Agfa's Scala beautiful B&W reversal film. You can buy it from B&H with processing included. If you want to bypass scanning completely, Seattle Filmworks(I vaguely think they might have changed their name) will provide free film(bulkloaded movie film) and process it as prints, slides, or JPegs which you can have sent to you on floppies or download over the internet.

Winsor
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Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California, USA
mailto:wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx



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