Mark,
$200 is a crazy good score, even for a non-super sidekick.
The tank size can be selected from the menu, so no faking out needed.
I only bother to save bleach, when doing C41. Dev is cheap enough and
important enough that I don't bother dealing with saving/replenishing it.
Agreed re: Quality, turnaround time, lack of screwups, etc - the sidekick is
a godsend in that regard. Cheaper than any lab too, and you can know that
it's done right, using the correct process (full C-41 in my case), not done
with some of the speed-oriented, compromised C41 processes that most
minilabs run anyway. (the washless versions of c41, for example).
I double up rolls of 120, taping them end-to-end, so 2 rolls of 120 on one
reel. Works fine. A good tip to save some chemistry and do twice as much at
once. Just in case you didn't know that...
-Ed
On 1/9/12 6:16 AM, "olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That would be nice. Do you have to fake out the SSK by adding or
> removing the magnet which tells it which tank is loaded, or can you
> select that?
>
> I agree that the Sidekick gives results that are just as good as I've
> seen come from the labs. In fact, my "local" (still a 45 minute drive
> one way) lab screwing up one of my rolls, coupled with an A&I mailer
> getting lost in the mail, are what prompted me to get the Sidekick in
> the first place. At least this way, if something is messed up it's my
> own fault.
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