B&W film developers

[Crook]

Afternoon,

Can anyone recommend a reasonable postal company that develop normal B&W film please? I did a search on here and just found a thread about some guy who wants to do some 'art' with his lady-friend...

Many thanks,

[Drogo]

Not sure if this will help but you can get B+W neg film that is processed with C41 (colour) chemicals, ie just take it into Boots.

Edited by Drogo on Monday 6th August 13:41

[poah]

I've been using peak imaging for my 120 stuff. any 35mm I use is C41 process like ilford Xp2 or fuji neopan CN400. I only get developing done and scan em. the C41 stuff I get done at asda. if you want prints consider onlinephotocentre. they do nice matt prints from B&W film at a decent price

[Crook]

Many thanks for the replies.
I've used the stuff that you can develop using colour processing before but I bought the film last year at the crazy B&H shop in New York, it's the traditional stuff and I used it at Le Mans so just need to get it printed.

As an aside, if anyone with a passing interest in either photography or Monsters Inc. goes to NY they should visit B&H Photo. A truly amazing place.

Thanks again.

[tank slapper]

I used to use Ilford pre paid envelopes for B&W stuff and was always happy with the results.

[EmmaP]

Crook said:

As an aside, if anyone with a passing interest in either photography or Monsters Inc. goes to NY they should visit B&H Photo. A truly amazing place.

What's the address please? And tell us more about what you saw!

[imperialism2024]

EmmaP said:

Crook said:

As an aside, if anyone with a passing interest in either photography or Monsters Inc. goes to NY they should visit B&H Photo. A truly amazing place.

What's the address please? And tell us more about what you saw!

IIRC it's at 33rd St. & 9th Ave. It's definately on 9th Ave... It's a few blocks away from the Empire State Building.

I've never been in it, mainly because I got there too late as it closes early on Saturdays.

[stigmundfreud]

those advising on cn41 bw, what results are you getting once you neg scan in? Whenever I've used and had this stuff in the past it always (on paper at least) came out a greeny grey wash and I hated it.

Currently trying out a place called www.the-darkroom.co.uk who seem to listen to exactly what you want your film to be developed like. I tend to add an extra 7-10 minutes in the neg developer to increase the grain. Seems they will do it how you ask.

[poah]

Fuji neopan 400CN http://www.flickr.com/photos/quantumcapture/sets/7...

Ilford XP2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/quantumcapture/sets/7...



do you scan as B&W or colour?

[stigmundfreud]

scan as bw but never bothered with c41 as when I'd tried it in the past the results were far from BW and more a greeny grey so never tried neg scanning.

As a plus just got an email back from the darkroom, £4.10 to process your bw same day (they aim for) in any ASA setting or development time you request. Going to give them a try

[poah]

the green tint is just the print the neg will be B&W. I get mine done at asda and they are generally tintless.

[stigmundfreud]

poah said:

the green tint is just the print the neg will be B&W. I get mine done at asda and they are generally tintless.

thing is though surely they will just develop at the recommended settings? Developing hp5 at the ilford recomendations will give you a flat neg, add an extra 7 or 10 minutes and bingo you have extra grain/contrast. Will asda develop a 400 at 1600 if you pushed it? Is the c41 stuff good for pushing?

[Crook]

EmmaP said:

Crook said:

As an aside, if anyone with a passing interest in either photography or Monsters Inc. goes to NY they should visit B&H Photo. A truly amazing place.

What's the address please? And tell us more about what you saw!

Well, the first time I went there I was on the way down to the harbour and just needed some film so I called in. It looks pretty normal from the outside, a few cameras, tripods etc. in the window. Once you walk in though it becomes apparent that it is not your run-of-the-mill camera shop.
It was exclusively run by Hasidic Jews (although they now seem to employ non-Jews, or at least less orthodox ones) and the shop is a warren of different alleyways and aisles and arrows, here for this, there for that. Once you've followed the directions and go to a counter for whatever it is you want (sort of like dozens of Argos' in one extensive shop) the assistant then places what you have asked for into a basket that is then whisked away along a myriad of conveyor belts and tracks running just below the ceiling! From that counter you then follow more signs to go and pay then on again to collect. It's really fantastic, a totally different shopping experience.

B&H Photo

[poah]

stigmundfreud said:

poah said:

the green tint is just the print the neg will be B&W. I get mine done at asda and they are generally tintless.

thing is though surely they will just develop at the recommended settings? Developing hp5 at the ilford recomendations will give you a flat neg, add an extra 7 or 10 minutes and bingo you have extra grain/contrast. Will asda develop a 400 at 1600 if you pushed it? Is the c41 stuff good for pushing?

I know people quite often rate the XP2 at 200 or 250iso. not sure how the machine works TBH. you could ask.