I'm unearthing this thread, any of you film enthusiasts still alive?
I haven't touched my film camera for years, mostly because my chemicals were very expired, and I couldn't be bothered to do something about it. Well, today I went a bought Ilford developer (ilfosol 3 0.5L) and fixer (rapid fixer 1L), and got some HP5+ film while at it. And damn, this is getting expensive. The chem set me back about 30 euros, and one 36-frame roll was 8 euros.
Any way to get the price down? Looking on ebay, I can't really find HP5+ film any cheaper. Maybe some expired stock somewhere can be had for less, but I had no luck. The developer and fixer should be "good" for 1 year after opening, but I'm not too bothered about top quality, so I'll probably keep using it at least 2-3 times longer. There was an option of getting the developer in a powder form (ID-11), which would make more stuff for the same money, but as far as I understood one has to use it all up at once, so ready made ilfosol will actually last me longer.
Would the Kodak alternatives be any cheaper? At least if bought locally they seem more expensive. And yeah, I'm only developing the film with intent of digitizing it directly, actual analog printing requires too much space so I'm not too keen about doing that.
I haven't touched my film camera for years, mostly because my chemicals were very expired, and I couldn't be bothered to do something about it. Well, today I went a bought Ilford developer (ilfosol 3 0.5L) and fixer (rapid fixer 1L), and got some HP5+ film while at it. And damn, this is getting expensive. The chem set me back about 30 euros, and one 36-frame roll was 8 euros.
Any way to get the price down? Looking on ebay, I can't really find HP5+ film any cheaper. Maybe some expired stock somewhere can be had for less, but I had no luck. The developer and fixer should be "good" for 1 year after opening, but I'm not too bothered about top quality, so I'll probably keep using it at least 2-3 times longer. There was an option of getting the developer in a powder form (ID-11), which would make more stuff for the same money, but as far as I understood one has to use it all up at once, so ready made ilfosol will actually last me longer.
Would the Kodak alternatives be any cheaper? At least if bought locally they seem more expensive. And yeah, I'm only developing the film with intent of digitizing it directly, actual analog printing requires too much space so I'm not too keen about doing that.