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So I did a bit of research and it looks like developing film with coffee is a very cheap alternative. Would you suggest that, I'm mainly shooting black and whi

• cameron_b 5y ago
  Powder mix kits are far more bang for the buck even accounting for nearly free coffee. It’s not so a drop-in replacement but far and away an “alternative process” that bears its own look.
• joshvm 5y ago
  The problem with coffee/caffenol as a developer is that you still need fixer, and while apparently salt works, it sounds hit and miss. So it's kind of hard to argue it as a sort of eco/cheap solution when you still need other chemicals. It's a curiosity/art developer more than anything else. Especially when you can buy very cheap concentrate like Rodinal (1:50+). Stop bath is less of an issue. Rodinal is about £20 a litre which will dilute to work for at least 25-50 films (probably more if you're doing single roll tanks).
• hellisothers 5y ago
  I also have a Jobo and before that just a tank by hand, B&W at home with tanks is quite easy and the chemicals are relatively cheap. I would’t suggest coffee unless you’re interested in it as an intentional part of your process (for arts sake), it won’t be as consistent.