- Location
- Seattle
- Name
- Andrew
Hey, I have zero experience developing film, but it has gotten to the point where no one remotely close to my rural area develops on site, and sending film off to higher quality development houses is cost prohibitive. I would still like to shoot some film, though, and I'm thinking about trying this very spartan approach:
• B&W film stocks - I like Tri-X of course and several Ilford films, but also the one and only available film stock for the Yashica TLR I have never used yet but want to is a B&W film.
• Monobath developer - maybe not the best for a beginner, but if I follow time and temp closely, and burn a few rolls for trial and error, a very fast development method to get myself to negatives.
• FilmLab Android app - read some reviews, and while it's definitely not archival quality, should provide decent B&W scans, at least as good as I was getting from the 5MP scans offered by the local place before they stopped developing.
What are your thoughts on this neophyte setup idea?
• B&W film stocks - I like Tri-X of course and several Ilford films, but also the one and only available film stock for the Yashica TLR I have never used yet but want to is a B&W film.
• Monobath developer - maybe not the best for a beginner, but if I follow time and temp closely, and burn a few rolls for trial and error, a very fast development method to get myself to negatives.
• FilmLab Android app - read some reviews, and while it's definitely not archival quality, should provide decent B&W scans, at least as good as I was getting from the 5MP scans offered by the local place before they stopped developing.
What are your thoughts on this neophyte setup idea?