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Subject: [Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?
From: passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:50:32 -0400
References: <19b6d42d1003292157r120f4b0cvdcfe47b2eb499fb9@mail.gmail.com> <C7D70704.60520%mark@rabinergroup.com> <a3f189161003300459o31dac645m8798506a82ce8d70@mail.gmail.com>

I thought you lived in a university town.

You're saying -- and this certainly isn't true in NYC -- that you CAN buy
other black and white films, just not the color-process kind? Usually the
opposite is true.

V

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> > To then bring the stuff you shoot with it into Walgreens is a joke.
>
>
> Mark, the local Walgreens runs a Fuji Frontier Machine that will process a
> roll of C41 as nicely as if I sent it off.  The difference is several days
> and several dollars.
>
> As far as I know there is no C41 custom processing left in my Louisiana
> since Katrina, and very litle in Texas; but then that was my point  C41 is
> going away, you can barely find the film, much less the processing.
>
> I'd bet  I couldn't find more than three C41 emulsions for sale in town
> today.
>
> Mostly available?  One time use cameras.
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>
> USA
>
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Replies: Reply from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?)
In reply to: Message from passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro) ([Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?)