>Hi, > >I would like to find someplace in my area that does black & white >development. The one place that I've found is very expensive. Is this the >norm? Or are there places that will do it for the same price as color >photos? I would appreciate your assistance. I am in the San Bernardino area >of California. Thank you. Mrs. Baird

-- Mrs. Baird (Ezchair4me@AOL.com), July 01, 2000

Answers

Most "traditional" B&W films (e.g. Tri-x) are developed by custom labs or individuals at home these days. The alternative is to use one of the B&W films that can be processed at the places that do color. Ilford XP2 Super or Kodak T400CN are examples of these. They are processed by the same machines that do color negative film. When it comes to the prints, some places will do better than others at getting a really traditional looking print. Most of the minilabs print everything on color paper, so the prints can come out with a somewhat unpredictable amount of brownish tinge. At some places you can request that they use black and white paper.

-- Paul Harris (pharris@neosoft.com), July 01, 2000.

Why don't you atke it to MT. Sac or one of the jr colleges or even one of the high schools like Pacific and ask them if anyone will process the film. james

-- james (james_mickelson@hotmail.com), July 03, 2000.

Besides trying labs you can try studios. Some do custom prints and restoration. Its hard to get a good black & white print through a machine because you don't get the dodging and burning that some prints needs. If the print has mostly neutral colors a lab would probaly be fine.

-- Tanya (artisticviewts@aol.com), July 06, 2000.