Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That may be, but B&H lists it in stock. from my iPad Sonny Carter > On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:31 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_discontinued_photographic_films > List of discontinued photographic films > > This the first I'd heard of no more plus x. my basic black and white medium > format studio film. In 220 or 70mm. Or 120. > > > 5 Kodak Films > 5.1 Kodak Verichrome Safety Film > 5.2 Kodak Verichrome Pan > 5.3 Kodak Super-XX > 5.4 Kodak Technical Pan > > 5.5 Kodak Professional BW400CN > > 5.6 Kodak Professional TRI-X 320 > 5.7 Kodachrome > 5.8 Ektachrome E200 > 5.9 Plus X 125 > 5.10 Panatomic X > 5.11 ELITE Chrome Extra Color 100 > 5.12 ELITE Chrome 100 > 5.13 E100G > 5.14 E100VS > 5.15 E100GX > > >> On 2/25/15 10:03 PM, "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Kodak BW CN is still available. You can buy it from B&H, or Amazon. >> >> from my iPad >> >> Sonny Carter >> >>> On Feb 25, 2015, at 7:32 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Kodak stopped making their chromogenic black and white film (what this is >>> called) a few years ago but Ilford still makes XP2 which I've used this >>> decade to shoot film. It's embarrassingly good. Its made of dye >>> instead of >>> silver but how would you know? You can be all into darkroom chemistry and >>> developing and be lucky to approach it with regular black and white films >>> rated at 400. It seems to have the grain and sharpness of 100 films. >>> As far as archivalness goes regular black and white film seems to last >>> forever with a bit of care and luck but color neg always had a bad rep. >>> The reason was when you brought it back into the darkroom again to make >>> another print from a neg you'd printed before you count often not match >>> the >>> preceding print. The various color layers faded not at the same rate so >>> you'd get color crossover. And there was no way to make a real good >>> print. >>> This did not take years to take place but months and even weeks and some >>> color custom printers have told me days but I didn't see it with my own >>> eyes. >>> >>> XP2 only has one layer so if it fades a few percentage points you can >>> just >>> add some contrast and probably match a print you'd made with it was >>> fresh. >>> All my Xp2 I've shot for decades still looks good and I'd expect would >>> print >>> perfectly. Certainly scan perfectly. >>> >>> >>>> On 2/25/15 8:11 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> I can second that. Ilford and Kodak make b&w films for C41 processing >>>> (WalMart, Walgreen etc.), and in my experience they scan better than >>>> conventional negatives. A downside is that they are shorter-lived, but >>>> in theory at least they are forever once scanned. Or, absent scanning, >>>> as a long-time client of mine once said, at my age I don't buy green >>>> bananas. >>>> >>>> Ken >>>> >>>>> On 2/25/2015 5:08 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: >>>>> Have you checked Walgreen's? Most of them still run C41, and you show >>>>> three >>>>> stores in town. Check the one on Houston hwy, since it is close to >>>>> UH. I >>>>> don't love their scans (at least at mine) but they do a good job of >>>>> processing, and I do lots of small prints up to 8x10 there. >>>>> >>>>> from my iPad >>>>> >>>>> Sonny Carter >>>>> >>>>>> On Feb 25, 2015, at 11:32 AM, Bill Clough <billclough042541 at >>>>>> gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> USA >>>>>> TEXAS >>>>>> VICTORIA >>>>>> 25 February 2015 >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi there-- >>>>>> >>>>>> Never occurred to me--until now--to look through the Leica M's >>>>>> viewfinder after cataract surgery. To my surprise, I now can frame and >>>>>> focus again. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have source for film but even the local drug stores no longer are >>>>>> processing film. >>>>>> >>>>>> I still have the kinder man tanks but would like to avoid all that. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm open to any suggestions about where 35mm film still is processed >>>>>> professionally. >>>>>> >>>>>> Reply here are offline-- >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks-- >>>>>> >>>>>> --Bill >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photographer >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information