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<blockquote data-quote="SelfishCyclist" data-source="post: 4697" data-attributes="member: 1203">When you have bulk chemicals that you haven't used in awhile, (many that weren't opened) and a decent amount of frozen outdated bulk film in the freezer (some expired in the late '90s) then you have a good excuse to shoot B&amp;W and process the film yourself. &nbsp;I mixed some chemistry some weeks back and processed some T-Max 100 bulk last weekend that I hadn't shot in a few years and developed it in some old stored HC-110 and was quite pleased with the results.&nbsp;I shoot color as well but the processing costs are getting ridiculous and number of processors out there are going by the wayside. Even the cheap ones like Clark Color Labs are jacking up their shipping charges per roll. (They will honor old mailers if you still have some, I just use those). Naturally I would use a local lab for serious work, though, if the need arose.&nbsp;I envision myself gradually weaning myself off of the dozens of color print film rolls that I still have and then just shooting B&amp;W exclusively. I will probably have to bite the bullet and go digital for color, but that won't be for awhile considering how expensive the equipment is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SelfishCyclist, post: 4697, member: 1203"] When you have bulk chemicals that you haven't used in awhile, (many that weren't opened) and a decent amount of frozen outdated bulk film in the freezer (some expired in the late '90s) then you have a good excuse to shoot B&W and process the film yourself. I mixed some chemistry some weeks back and processed some T-Max 100 bulk last weekend that I hadn't shot in a few years and developed it in some old stored HC-110 and was quite pleased with the results. I shoot color as well but the processing costs are getting ridiculous and number of processors out there are going by the wayside. Even the cheap ones like Clark Color Labs are jacking up their shipping charges per roll. (They will honor old mailers if you still have some, I just use those). Naturally I would use a local lab for serious work, though, if the need arose. I envision myself gradually weaning myself off of the dozens of color print film rolls that I still have and then just shooting B&W exclusively. I will probably have to bite the bullet and go digital for color, but that won't be for awhile considering how expensive the equipment is. [/QUOTE]

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