ILFORD HP5 400 [5 Rolls] $28 - DCXpert eBay

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$5.60 per roll, I believe this is the cheapest you can get anywhere in Australia. I've ordered in the past and the rolls have always arrived fast and also cold with heaps of time left on the expiry.

Combined with home dev and scanning makes the most affordable way to shoot film

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  beigehornet on 19/12/2018 - 11:23

  Next step, find somewhere to develop

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    mister_snrub on 19/12/2018 - 11:39

    +2

    I suspect most people shooting on HP5 would do the developing for themselves.

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      hongas on 19/12/2018 - 11:56

      +2

      yeah, cant find place develop. so I had to do it myself.

      once I went to KODAK store with these and girl at the counter ask me what that is… LOL

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    phocus on 19/12/2018 - 12:12

    Although not cheap, Hillvale and Film Never Die in melbourne will develop for you for around $12-15 per roll.

    But if you do it at home yourself its like $1-2 of chemicals per roll.

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      PlasticSpaceman on 19/12/2018 - 13:12

      Michaels Camera House in Melbourne also do it via dip & dunk (which is better than the roller machines), and offer scanning, but again not cheap. (https://michaels.com.au/pages/film-developing-processing-in-… and https://michaels.com.au/pages/film-negative-and-slide-scanni…). Don't think they do wet drum scanning though, which can provide the best scans.

      For developing though, definitely better to do it yourself - it's pretty easy to do, is cheaper, and it gives you the option to pull or push the film as well.

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        PlasticSpaceman on 19/12/2018 - 13:24

        …and FWIW to show my age, I used to buy the film in bulk (30m/100ft rolls - get between 18 to 20 cartridges out if that) and roll my own for a fraction of the cost. Now it's way cheaper just to buy the individual cartridges. There was always a risk that an old cartridge would have dust/dirt on it that would scratch the film in any case.

        Oh, and I like HP5 (was great for concerts etc when you needed to get the fast ISO and/or you wanted a bit of grain) but I was more of a fan of Pan-F to get fine grain for portraits and landscapes etc.

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    skegger on 19/12/2018 - 13:25

    You could get the XP2 which is colour C-41 process and is still developed in house by quite a few places (I know Camera House in Albury does for example).

    https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ILFORD-XP2-SUPER-5-PACK-24-EXPOS…

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  bargaino on 19/12/2018 - 13:41

  +1

  This takes me back. Does anyone still do their own enlarging & develop in trays? Ah, the smell of acetic acid.