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Re: [OM] Cost of B+W processing?

Subject: Re: [OM] Cost of B+W processing?
From: "Steve Gullick" <Steve.Gullick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 11:40:34 +0100
Hi Dan,

Personally, I see no point in shooting in B&W unless you process and print
yourself. For a pro lab it is a very labour intensive process these days.

B&W is seen very much (rightly or wrongly) as an art medium these days. I do
an awful lot of it, but out of a 36 exp roll, I might only print 5 or 6
frames and these will almost always be subjected to a lot of darkroom
manipulation.

For me, B&W is the creative and 'fun' side of photography.

If I could offer a little advice? - try to find a local further education
establishment that does a photography course, here in the UK there is a
particularly good course run by City & Guilds. Many of these specialise in
B&W and will have the darkroom facilities for your use together with some
expert instruction ( this is, in my opinion, absolutely VITAL), you could
try it for a few months to see if it really is for you.

If you are thinking of trying it to save money on processing costs then
forget it. Stick to colour. You either have a passion for B&W or you don't.

Good luck

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel J. Mitchell" <DanielMitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 28 September 2001 20:20
Subject: [OM] Cost of B+W processing?


> I just shot a roll of black and white film, and got it printed -- rather
to
> my horror, the cost of printing was CDN$23.48 for a 36-exposure film.
That's
> half again as much as the same place charges for their high-end colour
> printing.. Is this normal?
>
>  How much would it cost to print B+W myself, assuming I had a darkroom +
kit
> available? I realise that this'll vary depending on which
> chemicals/paper/etc I use, but a ballpark figure would let me work out how
> long it would take it to pay for itself if I bought one of the used
darkroom
> kits that float by from time to time. (otherwise, as nice as b+w is, I
can't
> see myself shooting a lot more of it at that sort of price..)
>
>  thanks,
>
>  -- dan
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