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Anonymous
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Should I start shooting with ilford xp2 so that I can get it processed in c41 at my local camera store?

Or should I invest some money and buy real b&w film like ilford delta and learn to develop it myself?
>> Anonymous
>>108438

Actually ive been shooting digital for the past 4 years.
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
yessir, join the rest of us real salt-of-the-earth types who all shoot with $1500 digital SLRs! anything else is downright arrogant!

anyway, develop it yourself. printing requires a bit more room, technique and patience, but just developing alone can still "open yourself up to new world of possibilities" apart from just mysteriously getting this roll of developed film back from strangers.
>> Anonymous
...then why would you consider C41 home developing? Do you think you are somehow going to gain a bogus artistic edge by doing so?
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
>>108442

i was talking about the ilford delta, not xp2. it's the height of frivolity to develop a c41 monocrome yourself.
>> Anonymous
I have 2 choices...continue blasting away with my inherited 35mm Pentax K1000 (which I love and always will), or shoot with my $600 DSLR with 2 lenses and a lot less hassle...and infinite editing options without need for third-party intervention...
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>108442
He's not considering C41 development at home. He's debating whether to shoot C41 so he can get it done anywhere or invest in B&W developing supplies and learn to do it himself.

>>108436
I'd say learn to do it yourself. It's very rewarding. There's nothing like standing in your bathroom reeking of fixer and looking at a roll of film you yourself shot and developed and being able to think to yourself "Yay! I didn't fuck it up!"

... unless you fuck it up. But it's surprisingly hard to accidentally fuck up developing B&W, I've found.
>> Anonymous
>>108577

yah i have to agree with you here. the quality of tone and the depth of the blacks when you print cant be equaled by any other form of printing.

in the wet rooms at uni ive seen some ppl royally fuck up the timing, temps and concentrations and still get results from the film.
>> Anonymous
Ilford HP5 Plus is a good film to learn on. It's cheap and quite difficult to screw up processing.

Delta is damn good film, but to get the most out of it, you should use a tabular-grain film developer, such as DD-X or Tmax.
>> Anonymous
Develop yourself, you gonna save 2k monies
>> Anonymous
>>108436
Develop it yourself. I love the fact that I can shoot several test rolls of film and develop them without leaving the house.
>> Anonymous
OP here

is ilford ID-11,ilford rapid fixer and ilfostop enough to get me started? 1 liter of each.

how many rolls can i develop with those approximately?
>> Teus !QbSstcPD6U
>>110021
get HC-110, it lasts longer, does more films and is one-shot. I hated ID11 violently.
>> thefamilyman !!rTVzm2BgTOa
>>110021
D76 is a good value developer also, this is what i primarily used. along with Kodak Rapid Fixer and Kodak Indicator Stop Bath, also photo-flo.