whats your backlog for processing ?

removed account4 · May 18, 2015

i have a kind of large backlog, much larger than i used to have ..
not for printing ( that backlog is probably years ) but for processing.
i have a bunch of 120, roll of 122, 60-70 sheets of 4x5, big paper negatives in holders, as well as
coated cyanotypes ready to use and almost forgotten about ... every time i get a chance to process,
something else comes up on my radar so i end up putting it off ...

whats your backlog? or do you expose and process often enough that you don't have a backlog?

Pioneer · May 18, 2015

I do all of my color film processing on my Jobo and I do this in my garage. Since the garage is not heated I always have a winter backlog to work through when things warm up again. I have 200+ rolls of color film in 135, 120 and 4x5 to work through. Typically I get the shelf cleaned off, including what I shoot through the summer, in time to start building it back up again.

I am a little behind on my black and white but not too bad.

Richard S. (rich815) · May 18, 2015

I shoot about 98% B&W. Have at least 20 rolls of 120 and 15 rolls of 35mm awaiting proceeding and cannot seem to make that go down as if I develop 3-4 rolls in a weekend I usually shoot that much in a week. Also have 8-10 color rolls I've yet to send out too...

bsdunek · May 18, 2015

One 35mm roll of HP5 for my son - all caught up!

Rick A · May 18, 2015

Just back from a weekend of shooting, three rolls 120 and 2 sheets of 4x5 left to run, all black and white.

Sirius Glass · May 18, 2015

No film backlog.
A short printing backlog.

EdSawyer · May 18, 2015

About 2 years worth of film, so 120+ rolls of 120, 50+ sheets of 4x5, and some 35mm. Printing backlog even longer.

BrianShaw · May 18, 2015

2 rolls: 1 C-41 and the other B&W. Backlogs are happening more and more frequently for the past few years.

frank · May 18, 2015

Maybe 8 rolls of 135 and 120, b+w.

Shawn Dougherty · May 18, 2015

I stay pretty much on top of my film processing. Printing... I'll never catch up. I look at it as part of the editing process, for better or for worse.

bdial · May 18, 2015

For B&W, just a couple of rolls, and one of those is a "found" roll in a camera that came my way, but I have several rolls, and a few 4x5 sheets of E-6 that have been waiting very patiently for a while.

georg16nik · May 18, 2015

I process my films within a few days after exposure, except around traveling. In the last 20 years I've pretty much kept it within a month, no matter what.
Same with printing.

Kyle M. · May 18, 2015

I process ASAP after shooting, I have tanks to do three rolls of 120 so I never let myself get farther behind than 3 rolls. I developed 1 roll yesterday morning that I shot Saturday evening so i'm all caught up.

DannL. · May 18, 2015

About 32 years ago I mailed a couple rolls of Kodachrome 64 to a mail-in processing outfit. I'm still waiting. Though, I was living in Europe at the time. I really doubt they will have my current address.

destroya · May 18, 2015

i have about 8 rolls of e-6 to develop and maybe another 200 contact sheets to enlarge/print. for some reason I never seem to have a B&W development backlog

bvy · May 18, 2015

Geez. I'm sorry you asked! Appears to be about fifty rolls -- the oldest being about 13 or 14 months old. It's probably two-thirds color, one third black and white. However, I decided a few weeks ago that it's getting out of hand, so I'm developing film every weekend now (versus once or twice a month). Let's see how long I can keep it up.

Printing happens when it happens. I don't think of printing in terms of a work queue.

Jerevan · May 18, 2015

35-40 rolls of 35 mm film - it feels a bit daunting.

pbromaghin · May 18, 2015

About 40 rolls, mostly 120, about even between color and B&W, some dating back 2 years.

mooseontheloose · May 18, 2015

A couple rolls of E-6, just need to get down to the store. Similarly, a couple rolls of black and white, but I like to wait until I have a few more than that to develop. Usually, however, I have 20+ rolls waiting for me, but I've been much better this year keeping up with my developing. Printing, on the other hand, well, if I never shot another roll of film I would still have plenty to keep me busy for at least a decade.

palewin · May 18, 2015

Virtually no backlog for film developing; did one batch today in PMK, have duplicates for tonight or tomorrow to develop in Pyrocat-HD. Since I shoot primarily 4x5, and a good day would be six exposures, it is hard for me to get backlogged. But as many have said, printing is another matter entirely. I get more enjoyment out of taking pictures than printing them, so I have a bunch of printing waiting for me!

Wallendo · May 18, 2015

My B&W backlog is one roll. Usually I develop B&W within a few days of finishing the roll.
My E-6 backs up a little. I mail all of mine out, and try to save up a few rolls to reduce the shipping costs.

Bill Burk · May 18, 2015

bvy said:
Geez. I'm sorry you asked! Appears to be about fifty rolls -- the oldest being about 13 or 14 months old. It's probably two-thirds color, one third black and white. However, I decided a few weeks ago that it's getting out of hand, so I'm developing film every weekend now (versus once or twice a month). Let's see how long I can keep it up.

Printing happens when it happens. I don't think of printing in terms of a work queue.

I think you win.

Richard S. (rich815) · May 18, 2015

Oops. I was way off in my estimate from work today. I'm actually 64 rolls backed up: 33 rolls of 120, and 31 rolls of 35mm.

Bill Burk · May 18, 2015

I've got a dozen black and white 35mm rolls in the darkroom lined-up and ready to load... Plus! I have the film can opener mounted on the 4x4 upright holding my sink up. So I should be able to make mince-meat of these rolls...

Now I know I saw some rolls in the backpack, there's one in a camera bag... and I think there's a couple cameras with rolls in them...

3 rolls of 120.

And I never know how many 4x5 because the boxes could be empty or full, and I have to start opening them up (in the dark of course) to see... I think I have nearly 100 sheets to develop.

MartinCrabtree · May 18, 2015

1 E-6 and 3 rolls B&W in camera to be shot.

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