I checked, and that's how many exposed sheet of 4" x 5" sheet film that I have exposed and waiting to be processed. This includes almost 50 sheets of color, but does not include any 8" x 10" material. I'm heading out on a couple of photo shoots in the coming days, so no doubt this total will grow.
I save up film until I have a least 20 sheets of a given type, that requires processing in a given developer. My development times vary from about 7:00 minutes to over 20:00 minutes, depending on the combination of film and developer. It takes me around 1 to 2 hours to process 20 sheets and have them in the wash. Then the washing process takes 24 hours, with around 10 water changes. This is followed by a treating with wetting agent and a final rinse in distilled water before the negatives are hung up to dry. With this in mind it will obviously take me quite some time to catch up on processing.....
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