Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/04

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Seattle Film Works
From: Bill Grimwood <bgrim@garply.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 14:47:40 -0600

Thanks, I threw it away.


BG

At 12:37 PM 3/4/99 -0800, you wrote:
>>From http://photo.net/photo/film.html, in Phil Greenspun's list of film
>to avoid:
>
>"Anything derived from movie stock, e.g., Seattle Film Works. Movie film
>is
>lower quality than photographic film and it is also
>non-archival. Your memories will fade very quickly if you don't keep
>your processed negatives in the freezer (which is what movie studios
>do). 
>[Note: normal color neg film will say "Process C41" on the canister. 
>If it says "Process ***something else****" then you've got movie film. 
>This is why the junk that Seattle Filmworks respools cannot be 
>processed at your local minilab.] 
>
>There may be other opinions about this, but it seems they use 
>movie stock. I would also be interested to hear further information.
>
>-Al
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Bill Grimwood [SMTP:bgrim@garply.com]
>> Sent:	Thursday, March 04, 1999 11:54 AM
>> To:	Leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> Subject:	[Leica] Seattle Film Works
>> 
>> Today I received two rolls of free? film from Seattle film works.  Has
>> anyone had any experience with them?  My first inclination is to just
>> throw
>> the film in the garbage can and forget about it.  Or is this some good
>> stuff that these people do a good job with?
>> 
>> 
>> Bill Grimwood
>
>