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photo developing?
Question : photo developing?
I have large negatives which I can not get processed at the drugstore and I need to know how to develope them myself. The professional phographers charge an arm and a leg, my only recourse is to develope them myself. Thanks for any help.
Windy
photo developing
Best answer:
Answer by Eric H
Unless you have your own equipment and chemicals then you’ll have to get it done at a professional photo place. There is a reason why it cost so much to get it done, it’s because the equipment cost alot of money by themselves and will not likely be worth renting or purchasing just so you can print out your large negatives.
Don’t look for a photographer to get it done, look for photo supply and commercial photo printing places.
Good Luck
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#2 written by vienna2001 1 year ago
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#3 written by Ailbhe 1 year ago
You can use a PC Scanner that has a Negative film attachment.
The negatives are scanned and then processed by the scanner software into Positive Images / Photographs on your computer that you can then print
It will cover B&W, Colour etc
If you purchase / borrow a Scanner make sure the negatives you have will fit the scanner attachment
Some graphic specialists also offer this service
To go down the traditional development route
you would need the following:
An Enlarger
Photographic Paper
Development and fixing solutions
A dark room
A timer
& lots of practice
The scanning option is MUCH easier & quicker.
[20 years of photograph developing and image editing]
Best of luck
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Since you have never developed film before your choices are very few.
I am assuming that your film is sheet film, like 4×5? To develop sheet film takes a lot of skill and knowing exactually what you are doing and you have the right equipment. Just buying the right equipment will cost you more than the arm and leg the professional wants to do the work for you.
Most commercial labs can develop large format film or can send it out. Find out where the pros send their film. Most of us only develop about 25% of our black and white film … all the colour is sent out.