Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Speaking of third party manufacturing... I did a roll of Polaroid film, their new High Definition Film last week. It was the first of this type to come in our lab... It had Fuji markings ( those are the little colored lines, bars dots or squares you see along the edge of the developed film) and printed nicely on the Superia channel! Dan - -----Original Message----- From: Michael D. Turner <mike@lcl-imaging.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 10:26 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: Seattle Film Works >At 01:54 PM 3/4/1999 -0600, Bill Grimwood wrote... >>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 >> >The film is manufactured by Agfa. It is C-41 process, but those bastards >generate enormous captive revenue by pretending it's something else. Like >the movie film they _used_ to sell. Most labs, especially mini-labs won't >process it for that reason. If you find a lab that will process it, you are >ahead of the game. If you send it to SFW, they do a reasonable job at too >high a price. The idea is that their printers are precisely calibrated to a >single emulsion type, and it does work well, at least for consumer >purposes. They generate high profits through very low re-do rates. If you >want to use the film, first find a lab that will process it for you. > > >Mike > >"Sing whatever is well made..." >-W. B. Yeats