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BUT:
I have rediscovered film and much to my surprise, I can get what appears
to be a close clone of Plus-X
A pity :(
I'm sorry I got at least partialy good informations.
2011/3/17 Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au:
On 16/03/2011 8:32 AM, Thibouille wrote:
Maybe someone could check if he has insider informations ?
My reseller told me that although not official yet, Fuji is stopping
Neopan 400/1600
The bottom line is that more films *are* going the way of the dodo and
we can expect that to continue. My friends at the George Eastman House
get their information straight from Kodak and when I was there for the
platinum print workshop last fall they were lamenting about the film
discontinuations
The bottom line is that more films *are* going the way of the dodo and
we can expect that to continue. My friends at the George Eastman House
get their information straight from Kodak and when I was there for the
platinum print workshop last fall they were lamenting about the film
discontinuations
You could well be buying the real thing. Kodak, which in the past was
loath to sell their films in off brands, is now apparently packaging
some of their films for other brands. I think ARISTA Premium 400 was
re-branded TRI-X a couple of years ago. The exposure and development
times seemed
BUT:
I have rediscovered film and much to my surprise, I can get what appears
to be a close clone of Plus-X and Tri-x at a better price. I think I
have to dig out my older pentaxes and give this a try. Also Kentmere
has a bargain ASA 100 400 film that is getting some good reviews. As
I
At 08:06 PM 3/31/2011, you wrote:
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:23:32 -0400
From: John Graves jh.gra...@verizon.net
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On 16/03/2011 8:32 AM, Thibouille wrote:
Maybe someone could check if he has insider informations ?
My reseller told me that although not official yet, Fuji is stopping
Neopan 400/1600 (100 still around for now).
Fuji APS-C (ouch, I meant APS) film is dead. Kodak still left with APS
but at
Pull quote:
the best way to ensure long-term availability of film is to continue
shooting it!
I stopped shooting film because reasonably competent processing disappeared.
The chemicals to process the film will be unavailable before your stocks
are depleted.
On 3/17/2011 6:47 AM, Derby
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From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Matthew Hunt
It was probably one of the times I wasn't much fun to interact with.
Like that time the universe was expanding.
is there a smiley for belly laugh, or do I have go all
On 3/16/2011 10:52 AM, Bob W wrote:
is there a smiley for belly laugh, or do I have go all ///Boris///?
B
The answer is obviously - yes!
B
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Bob W wrote:
Some places do so-called 'shoebox scanning' for people. That must be a
soul-destroying job.
BTW: If any PDML members need basic slide scanning done, I have a
Minolta Scan Multi II with a 50-slide batch feeder. It's 2880 dpi and
had no dust/scratch removal, but it should be more than
Wait, you're an academic, your soul has already been destroyed.
On 3/16/2011 8:04 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Bob W wrote:
Some places do so-called 'shoebox scanning' for people. That must be a
soul-destroying job.
BTW: If any PDML members need basic slide scanning done, I have a
Minolta Scan
What soul?
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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:55:31
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Subject: Re: More films going the way of the dodo ?
Wait
Maybe someone could check if he has insider informations ?
My reseller told me that although not official yet, Fuji is stopping
Neopan 400/1600 (100 still around for now).
Fuji APS-C (ouch, I meant APS) film is dead. Kodak still left with APS
but at about 10 euros per film (!!) (or was that the
E-6 Slide film can be processed at home, but if slide film is
discontinued, I doubt very much that chemicals to process it will be
available commercially either. I might take a shot at making my own BW
chemicals but Color? I've processed small batches of E-6. I'd not be
happy trying to make
The rest of the slide ecosystem is almost gone too. Ever tried to find a
slide projector for sale new? My wife occasionally gives horticulture
talks and has a couple of dozen preloaded carousels of slides, so I'm
the official maintainer of our two very cranky Kodak Carousel
projectors.
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Bruce Walker
The rest of the slide ecosystem is almost gone too. Ever tried to find
a
slide projector for sale new? My wife occasionally gives horticulture
talks and has a couple of dozen preloaded carousels of slides,
On 15/03/2011 3:58 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Sadly I kind of thought slide film would last longer. You really can't
duplicate some of the uses for slides for high projected images at any
kind of reasonable price in digital. Sure you can get a digital
projector and display pretty good quality
On 15/03/2011 5:48 PM, Bob W wrote:
Some places do so-called 'shoebox scanning' for people. That must be a
soul-destroying job.
One time a guy brought several thousand slides (literally boxes of
Carousels) in for scanning.
And some idiot accepted the order.
I was the only person who
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:15 PM, William Robb
anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
It was probably one of the times I wasn't much fun to interact with.
Like that time the universe was expanding.
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