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 has been gone for a few years :-/ On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 7:39 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits