where do you get the chemicals to process B&W

[Vespasian]

Okay where can I get a kit that will develope the B&W super 8 films. I know you need a first developer, bleach, clearing bath, second developer, and a fixer. Where is a good place to get all of these chemicals from or, is there such a good place?

What B&W film is better for what kind of situations, and which do you prefer? Tri-X or Plus-X?

[plattino]

Contact your nearest photo store and get the chemical kit to process Kodak Tmax 100 direct positive black and white film. Kodak makes it and I think all you have to buy seperately is the bleach. Check with the store. [img]graemlins/film.gif[/img] [img]cool.gif[/img]

[mcarter4121]

http://www.artcraftchemicals.com/
http://store.yahoo.com/webtronics/12-510.html
gloves are needed, as are lots of other protective measures, don't know if these gloves are correct for chemicals, mostlikely not for the sulpheric acid...
Better to develop to negative and leave it at that. The negative could be printed to make a positive, and that positive would be developed without reversing as well. Much easier.
Even so, I'm getting ready to reverse process and already have the acid.
http://www.photoformulary.com/

[plattino]

Do you really think that developing a negative and getting a positive print is the easiest advice for Super 8 today? I think it depends on your finishing format. If your going to video, don't worry about prints and the such. All you have to do is place a negative filter on your footage in your computer. If you just want to project your movie to friends and family, shoot reversal and then develop it. That's the easiest way to shoort film and project. Prints for Super 8 are hard to get made and many labs won't do it or will only do it on color stock (even if you shot B/W) and they charge about $1 a foot I believe.

[mcarter4121]

Do you think that home processing Super 8 today is good advice either? Think of your finishing format; a lab is going to do it way better. All that cranking...or threading.
What I was saying is that it is way easier to process to negative and stop instead of going on and on with processing.
Printing at home is pretty easy according to way old magazines. A normal manual projector may be modified for printing. The light must be limited to the frame being printed, The lamp replaced with a lower watage one and with a variable illumination or just adjust the frame speed, the films must be sandwiched all on one reel. I did that and it went through the projector, at least with regular 8mm. That part and the printing must be done in the dark. It's not as bad as it sounds. Too bad I didn't have the bread for that Uhler Super 8 printer a few years back.