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Re: [OM] What's up now with MF?

Subject: Re: [OM] What's up now with MF?
From: Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 00:34:46 -0800
on 2/14/02 1:02 PM, Barry B. Bean at bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 13:34:41 -0700, Daniel J. Mitchell wrote:
> 
>> For one thing, 120 b/w film takes
>> a week to get processed around here
> 
> It takes less than 20 minutes in the darkroom. If you're shooting
> b&w, ESPECIALLY 120 B&W, I encourage you to buy a small tank and
> develop your own film. Even if you let the local lab handle your
> printing, those negs are large enough to do a lot of proofing in a
> small light table.
> -
> B.B. Bean     bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Bean & Bean Cotton Co              http://www.beancotton.com
> Peach Orchard, MO
> 

If you get a 'daylight tank' and a changing bag, you can do it without any
special setup, use the kitchen. I'm remembering doing this 30 years ago,
with mixed results. Give yourself some time to get the film on the reel the
first few tries...
-- 

Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney... 


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