NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/photo/22838

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From: [e-mail] (Herbert Kanner)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: Anyone do their own C41 developing?
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Date: 1 Jan 93 01:09:18 GMT
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Organization: Development Systems Group, Apple Computer
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Paul Rubin) writes:
>Thanks to all who posted info on developing C41.  I should have
>mentioned I'm not concerned at all about the cost per roll of
>developing, though I don't want to buy a lot of fancy equipment
>to get started.  My reasons for being interested are not wanting
>to trust my film to the hazards of the local minilab, and wanting
>to process images (nudes etc.) that might flip out the minilab
>owner's blue haired grandma.  (Yes I know about the places who
>advertise for this kind of business but want to consider home
>developing for convenience reasons anyway).
>
>I guess I might try using my bathroom sink as a tempering bath
>if I try developing C41.  Might also try Polachrome, or just stick
>with black and white.

You might try what I have been using for a year or so with reasonable
success. Get a plastic dishpan as a water bath. Buy one of those
six-buck 200 watt immersion heaters that are meant to boil one cup of
water for tea. Wire it in series with a six-buck dimmer switch. By
trial and error find the setting of the dimmer switch that will hold
the temperature of your water bath. Don't try to heat the bath from
scratch with this device. One warning: don't give it full power when
not immersed. It can get red hot in seconds.
--
Herb Kanner
Apple Computer, Inc.
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