Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]FIGLIO4CAP@aol.com wrote: > > Anyone know what happened to H & W film. Are they still in business? > Bob Figlio I think the company is long gone. I last used H&W Control Film in about 1972, although I still have a roll in the cooler from about that period (expiration date July 1973.) It was my understanding that this was an Agfa microfilm which H&W had perforated and spooled under their own name, and for which they made a full tone developer. As I recall, the film had fair tonality and unbelievable enlargeability. I don't remember exactly when Tech Pan came out, but I suspect it was the kiss of death for H&W, assuming the company lasted that long. As I recall, there was an exchange of correspondence concerning this film on the submini list a few months ago, but I can't find my printouts (which I think I made, but might not have.) I think there was even a suggestion for how to brew up the developer. You can check for yourself by sending the following (without quotes) "search H&W in submini-l" to listserv@listserv.aol.com. You might have to add spaces as in H & W, but you'll get back a list of messages that contain the phrase, along with an instruction on how to retrieve the individual messages. The initial search is very fast - you should get a list of messages in under 10 seconds from the time you submit the request. Retrieving the individual messages takes a bit longer, and depends on how many you ask for. Cheers, Kip