Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Plus x is not available , but BWCN 400 is from my iPad Sonny Carter > On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:36 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > That may be, but B&H lists it in stock. > > from my iPad > > Sonny Carter > >> On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:31 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_discontinued_photographic_films >> List of discontinued photographic films >> >> This the first I'd heard of no more plus x. my basic black and white >> medium >> format studio film. In 220 or 70mm. Or 120. >> >> >> 5 Kodak Films >> 5.1 Kodak Verichrome Safety Film >> 5.2 Kodak Verichrome Pan >> 5.3 Kodak Super-XX >> 5.4 Kodak Technical Pan >> >> 5.5 Kodak Professional BW400CN >> >> 5.6 Kodak Professional TRI-X 320 >> 5.7 Kodachrome >> 5.8 Ektachrome E200 >> 5.9 Plus X 125 >> 5.10 Panatomic X >> 5.11 ELITE Chrome Extra Color 100 >> 5.12 ELITE Chrome 100 >> 5.13 E100G >> 5.14 E100VS >> 5.15 E100GX >> >> >>> On 2/25/15 10:03 PM, "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Kodak BW CN is still available. You can buy it from B&H, or Amazon. >>> >>> from my iPad >>> >>> Sonny Carter >>> >>>> On Feb 25, 2015, at 7:32 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Kodak stopped making their chromogenic black and white film (what this >>>> is >>>> called) a few years ago but Ilford still makes XP2 which I've used this >>>> decade to shoot film. It's embarrassingly good. Its made of dye >>>> instead of >>>> silver but how would you know? You can be all into darkroom chemistry >>>> and >>>> developing and be lucky to approach it with regular black and white >>>> films >>>> rated at 400. It seems to have the grain and sharpness of 100 films. >>>> As far as archivalness goes regular black and white film seems to last >>>> forever with a bit of care and luck but color neg always had a bad rep. >>>> The reason was when you brought it back into the darkroom again to make >>>> another print from a neg you'd printed before you count often not match >>>> the >>>> preceding print. The various color layers faded not at the same rate so >>>> you'd get color crossover. And there was no way to make a real good >>>> print. >>>> This did not take years to take place but months and even weeks and some >>>> color custom printers have told me days but I didn't see it with my own >>>> eyes. >>>> >>>> XP2 only has one layer so if it fades a few percentage points you can >>>> just >>>> add some contrast and probably match a print you'd made with it was >>>> fresh. >>>> All my Xp2 I've shot for decades still looks good and I'd expect would >>>> print >>>> perfectly. Certainly scan perfectly. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 2/25/15 8:11 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I can second that. Ilford and Kodak make b&w films for C41 processing >>>>> (WalMart, Walgreen etc.), and in my experience they scan better than >>>>> conventional negatives. A downside is that they are shorter-lived, but >>>>> in theory at least they are forever once scanned. Or, absent scanning, >>>>> as a long-time client of mine once said, at my age I don't buy green >>>>> bananas. >>>>> >>>>> Ken >>>>> >>>>>> On 2/25/2015 5:08 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: >>>>>> Have you checked Walgreen's? Most of them still run C41, and you show >>>>>> three >>>>>> stores in town. Check the one on Houston hwy, since it is close to >>>>>> UH. I >>>>>> don't love their scans (at least at mine) but they do a good job of >>>>>> processing, and I do lots of small prints up to 8x10 there. >>>>>> >>>>>> from my iPad >>>>>> >>>>>> Sonny Carter >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Feb 25, 2015, at 11:32 AM, Bill Clough <billclough042541 at >>>>>>> gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> USA >>>>>>> TEXAS >>>>>>> VICTORIA >>>>>>> 25 February 2015 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi there-- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Never occurred to me--until now--to look through the Leica M's >>>>>>> viewfinder after cataract surgery. To my surprise, I now can frame >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> focus again. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have source for film but even the local drug stores no longer are >>>>>>> processing film. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I still have the kinder man tanks but would like to avoid all that. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm open to any suggestions about where 35mm film still is processed >>>>>>> professionally. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Reply here are offline-- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks-- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --Bill >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>> Photographer >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photographer >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information