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[OM] Re: #291-- Now Color to B&W

Subject: [OM] Re: #291-- Now Color to B&W
From: "GeeBee" <geebee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:51:13 +0100
Hi Jonas,

Used to do my own b&w but laziness pushed me to C41 :-)

--Graham

From: "Jonas Otter" <jonas@xxxxxxxx>

Subject: [OM] Re: #291-- Now Color to B&W


>
> "GeeBee" <geebee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > it is becoming increasingly difficult to get b&w processed reliably.
>
> Graham,
>
> Why don't you do it yourself? It is dead easy. I do it in the bathroom, or
you could do it in the kitchen. Get yourself a Paterson tank and a
thermometer which will resolve 1 deg. C in the region of 20 deg. C. I use
the Ilford rinse technique which takes about 5 minutes and uses only up to 2
l of water.
>
> Provided you make sure not to use the chemicals for too many films and
keep them at a reasonably correct temperature when processing, you can't
really go wrong. You also need a completely dark space in which to load the
tank, or one of those large film changing bags will do also. A clock with a
nice big second hand is also useful.
>
> Jonas



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