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   peterhuppertz said, 7 months ago

   Ah, yes, the look and feel of film.
   I remember it fondly.
   The days that Kodak and Amaloco still existed. The days you could actually do contrast magic by overexposing/underdeveloping.

   It is, however, not a very tough choice between the look of a properly developed Tri-X and the fact that now I don’t have to breathe the fumes of Rodinal and fixing agent anymore ;-)
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   wecatsgocomics said, 7 months ago

   @peterhuppertz

   Truth. I remember the several eternities it took to mix fixing agent. Not missing it.
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   massha said, 7 months ago

   And the need to completely black out the room. My Dad and I did photoprocessing in the bathroom, at night! We also used the kitchen at night, and hang a blanket over the window. and every now and then somehow there’d be a ray of light, don’t remember how but it usually my fault, and Dad would yell at me. I also never mastered the art of really putting the film into that processing container correctly and some edges would touch and so many shots would have these white smears.
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   pipebombsrus2 said, 7 months ago

   Years ago I worked in a wholesale photofinishing lab, we could do 30000 rolls a night without breaking a sweat. Nowdays, I doubt that there are 30000 rolls shot in a year.
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   Uskoke said, 7 months ago

   I even did Ilfochrome and colour prints, what a pain! Total darkness, colour calibration, exact developer temperature )with a digital thermometer)many trial and error prints… Now my inkjet photo printer prints at the touch of a button!
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