[Leica] B&W Films/Developers

[saganicc at MSKCC.ORG (Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics)]

Apparently looking at upside-down images on ground glass has a deleterious 
or perhaps pernicious effect on my ability to communicate.  I'll just slink 
back under the cloth now, thank you. 

Chris Saganich

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From: lug-bounces+saganicc=mskcc.org@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+saganicc=mskcc.org@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Daniel 
Ridings
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 12:43 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] B&W Films/Developers

My way of understanding what you write is that Efke 400 is the original
film and that it is repackaged and sold HP5+ when sold under the Ilford
name. I looked at your reference and it is the other way around. Efke does
not have their own 400 film so they buy from Ilford and repackage it as
Efke 400.

I think it does matter. It means that if you are using Ilford HP5+, then
you know what you are getting. If you use Efke 400, then you can never be
sure. They might cut a better deal with another supplier of EI 400 film
and decide to repackage Tri-X, Tmax or Agfa APX 400 as Efke 400 in the
future.

So it does matter. With Ilford, you know what you're getting, with Efke,
you can never be sure (until they decide to make their own 400 film).

Daniel


On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics wrote:

> Does it matter that I meant Efke 400 is repackaged as Ilford HP5+?
> According to the folks at Dogitaltruth.
>
> Chris Saganich
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+saganicc=mskcc.org@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+saganicc=mskcc.org@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Daniel Ridings
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:11 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: RE: [Leica] B&W Films/Developers
>
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics wrote:
>
> > I
> > believe HP5 is repackaged Efke 400.
>
> Don't think so Chris. There might be something out there that is
> repackaged Efke 400 or Efke 400 might be repackaged HP5 but one of
> Ilford's flagships is hardly a repackaged film from another company.
>
> Daniel
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