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Subject: [Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:55:58 -0500
References: <19b6d42d1003292157r120f4b0cvdcfe47b2eb499fb9@mail.gmail.com> <C7D70704.60520%mark@rabinergroup.com> <a3f189161003300459o31dac645m8798506a82ce8d70@mail.gmail.com> <19b6d42d1003300650r52b8d2b2p52c86c11f71c9b12@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> 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.

No, I'm just answering Mark about C41 in general.  Pay attention.

I'm not sure if you can buy silver-based film in town at all any more.



>
> 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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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


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?)
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?)