They look more like processing problems to me. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Sherburne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 11:35 PM Subject: Re: Lowest prices on film? > > I also purchase the "import" Kodak film from B&H because of the price. > However, this past week has shaken my confidence in its quality and the > quality of the Fuji they get. > > This frame was taken with 35mm Portra 160NC. The roll is covered with little > "splatters" from about 26 through the end. It looks like it is in the > emulsion to me. > > <http://www.sherb.org/bad/portrabad.jpg> > > Here's a frame from a roll of 120 Fuji Reala (it's imported because that's > all you can get). The weird vertical "drip" shape is in the negative. It's > the only frame on the roll that has that kind of problem. > > <http://www.sherb.org/bad/realabad.jpg> > > I've run about a dozen rolls of each and haven't seen any other problems, so > this is hardly conclusive. I'll probably continue to get film from them. > > t > > On 12/13/02 6:57 PM, Dan Scott wrote: > > > > > On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 07:40 PM, Steve Pearson wrote: > > > >> Hello all. I have fallen in love w/ Kodak 160NC! I > >> just hate to pay $9.00 per roll. > > > >> I have heard about some sites > >> selling imported film & not "US" film. This could be > >> a problem w/ outdated film? > >> > > > > Hi Steve, > > > > I love it, too. I'd love a lot less of it for $9.00 a roll, though. > > > > B&H stocks the US version for $5.75 a roll. Having tried both the US > > and the imported version, I buy the imported 160NC for $3.20 a roll. If > > there is a difference, it isn't visible to me (and I am my client). > > > > Hth, > > > > Dan Scott > > >
