I miss the thrill of seeing a cibachrome print, but it was a very taxing project in a home darkroom. On a simple enlarger, one had to guess at an initial filter pack. Then processing the print required 30 minutes of rolling the drum back and forth by hand. Then came an analysis of the color, adjustment of the filter pack, and another 30 minutes of rolling the drum. Making a single satisfactory print was a two to three hour project.
Paul On Feb 12, 2013, at 4:06 AM, Jostein Øksne <[email protected]> wrote: > That's sad! > > I remember the first Cibachrome I had made. It had been renamed Ilfochrome a > few years hence by then, but people in the know switched terms every other > sentence. Took me a while to figure out they were one and the same... :-) > > The first thing I thought was that the 50x70 cm print looked better than a > projection of the original slide, both in colour and contrast, to the point > that it became a serious boost to my photographic self-confidence. > > The lab I used had around 10 employees working full time to produce > enlargements in 1998. They provided all kinds of chemical processes, but they > had a particularly good reputation for skill with Cibachromes. Six years > later, in 2003, all the print production except Cibas had ceased, and the > company was reduced to one man. Last time I commissioned Ciba prints from him > was in 2006. By then he produced on rapidly dwindling demand; he said he > could notice the difference from one month to the next. I just checked now, > and his company name is still registered with the authorities, so I suppose > he has a small turnover still, until his supplies of paper and chemistry runs > out. > > With the rising quality of prints from other processes I'm not sure if I'll > miss the Cibas as such. But I certainly miss the excellence in craftsmanship > and personal service provided, first by the company, then by the man. > > Jostein > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 11:51 PM > Subject: CibaChrome is dead. > > >> It happened sometime last year, and I didn't even notice it. In combination >> with Kodachrome, if you did everything right, you could produce startlingly >> beautiful prints. Ilford announced sometime last year that they were >> discontinuing the product, (Ilfochrome), due to falling demand. A moment of >> silence please... >> >> -- >> Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds >> in the bank account). >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
