Black & white film development & processing

Description

Development and processing for a single roll of black and white film, 35mm or 120. For 4×5 and/or 8×10, send me an inquiry via the Contact page and we’ll work out a price depending on the amount of sheets!

I usually process on Fridays and ship after the weekend when the film is nice and dry. If you can get your films to me before Friday you’ll have your negatives in a nice sturdy cardboard envelope on Tuesday or Wednesday 95% of the time, unless I have a giant backlog, or you ordered scanning and there’s a lot of scans waiting, or you chose push/pull processing. I’ll keep you informed on the status and expected lead time when I receive your film😉

• Please, keep it to a maximum of 2 scanned rolls per order! Of course, processing the rest of your rolls without scans is no problem. This limitation will be lifted eventually, but I don’t have a proper full roll scanner (yet). If you have a lead on a Frontier/Noritsu/Pakon, please get in touch!
• If you have any scanning wishes,  such as raw TIFFs together with or instead of the regular JPEGs, add a note to your order. If you want uncorrected scans (negative) or hand-graded scans with custom wishes, send me a message first.
• Negatives are cut into strips of 6 and stored in transparent minilab sleeving by default. 35mm can be stored in an ADOX Adofile sleeve for a fee.
• <6 per strip is possible as well, with a minimum of 4. If you don’t need scans and come to pick up your negatives I can also leave the roll uncut if you prefer.
• If you have any special requests (for example a custom developer dilution, or an analog contact sheet from the darkroom), please send me a mail first via the contact form so we can work out the details.

Sample images are scans of Eastman Double-X developed in 510-Pyro, Analog Amsterdam NOW100 developed in Rodinal 1+50 and Eastman Double-X (+2, 800 ISO) developed in D-96.

Shipping

Ship your roll(s) to the address listed on the contact page. Make sure to leave your order number on or inside the package somewhere.

Notes

• By default I dilute Rodinal 1+25 and HC-110 to Dilution B. All the other developers are used stock. Send me a mail before you place your order if you want your film developed in a custom dilution.
• I recommend using D-96 for any cine stocks (Double-X 5222, Cinestill bwXX, Orwo UN54, Ferrania P30, etcetera). I formulate it myself: you can also buy the developer if you want to DIY it 🙂
• If you’re into darkroom printing, 510-Pyro is a staining developer, which works wonders for your prints.