Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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