Processing on a Budget

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ok - read a few threads here about processing...

starting to use some film again --- no home developing, no scanner

so develop and scan to CD - pp edits by me, then 8x10 prints on Epson printer - not the best printer . but ok to my old tired eyes.....:lol:

initially, develop + CD from Tesco/ASDA = £2
then when more confident, plan to use "film35" about £11

which film for landscapes
colour prints = I bought Fuji Superia 200
B&W = I bought Fuji Neopan 400 Pro

anything more suitable/better ..?. not slides........thanks
 
why 11 quids for club 35, John. Its about 6 quids for D&P plus 1 quid for postage....
 
ujjwaldey8165 said:
why 11 quids for club 35, John. Its about 6 quids for D&P plus 1 quid for postage....
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from memory as price list in car

develop.......£6.95
CD.............£5
pp.............£1
 
Ah...I see.

BTW, I am pretty sure its 6 quits for developing and printing 6X4 size for colour
 
ujjwaldey8165 said:
Ah...I see.

BTW, I am pretty sure its 6 quits for developing and printing 6X4 size for colour
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it's different for colour or B&W. [no prints]..... cheers

35mm DEVELOP PLUS C D ( n o p r i n t s )

35mm Colour films develop only - £3.50
35mm Black and White or E6 (slide) Films develop only - £6.95
PLUS
Standard Resolution CD (1536x1024) - £2.50
Super Resolution CD (3072x2048) - £5.00
Postage 95p per film
 
Has it occurred to you that the more you use the local Tesco, the better it will get as the chemicals get turned over?
 
Ambermile said:
Has it occurred to you that the more you use the local Tesco, the better it will get as the chemicals get turned over?
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not quite following you on that one, cos the "processing machine" looked quite busy when I was there..........:thinking:
 
Surely in that case then you should wait and see what the quality is before spending even more money?
 
No, really. I mean the main issue with supermarket minilabs is the slow turnover and settling/old chemicals. Find a busy one and you could be surprised.
 
Ambermile said:
Has it occurred to you that the more you use the local Tesco, the better it will get as the chemicals get turned over?
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....and also to stop Tesco from ditching film. And another thing that's useful is getting the money vouchers sent to you and getting your films done for free.
 
anyway.....regardless of cost...

which film for landscapes
colour prints = I bought Fuji Superia 200
B&W = I bought Fuji Neopan 400 Pro

anything more suitable/better ..?. not slides........thanks
 
Colour Print - Reala Press pack from this guy on fleabay... 20 rolls for £20 - it's out of date but been frozen, so it's fine, just keep it in the fridge.

as for Black and White - are you after C41 B&W or "Proper" stuff ... for the proper stuff, i'd try the Legacy Pro from Digitaltruth. The 100 is a lovely fine grain landscape film - i've just souped some this evening. The 400 is supposed to be Neopan 400 pro under a different packaging :shrug: I've a couple of rolls of it in the fridge but haven't shot any yet to give a definitive review.
 
Tbh, quite a few better for landscapes (depending on personal preference of course). Superia is cheap and cheerful but quite grainy and very meh and why the need for 400 speed B+W? Is it Neopan BW400CN or just 400? I'd look at Porta 160 VC/maybe Ektar+Fuji equivalents and Pan F/FP4+/Arcros 100/Legacy 100/Adox 25 for B+W.
 
TheBigYin said:
Colour Print - Reala Press pack from this guy on fleabay... 20 rolls for £20 - it's out of date but been frozen, so it's fine, just keep it in the fridge.
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Same Reala film as above, Tesco dev and scan to CD and touched up in Photoshop:-

This shot still looks quite good 8' across (moving across my monitor) re-scanned with a V750.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn172/chakrata/longboat019.jpg

If you want pretty colours you can play with Reala
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn172/chakrata/Photo08_8.jpg
 
TheBigYin said:
as for Black and White - are you after C41 B&W or "Proper" stuff .....
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what does this mean..?
I bought Fuji Neopan 400CN Pro from Glasgow camera shop
at the time I "think" she said this was all they had that could be developed by Tesco
as others had to be sent to a lab ?..................thanks
 
Sam_G said:
Tbh, quite a few better for landscapes (depending on personal preference of course). Superia is cheap and cheerful but quite grainy and very meh and why the need for 400 speed B+W? Is it Neopan BW400CN or just 400? I'd look at Porta 160 VC/maybe Ektar+Fuji equivalents and Pan F/FP4+/Arcros 100/Legacy 100/Adox 25 for B+W.
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thanks Fuji Neopan 400 CN Pro was all the camera shop had in C41 process
which she said could be developed at Tesco

should emphasize I plan to use Tesco - develop onto CD - till I get better and use/afford a lab - maybe "Film35"
 
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