Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well appears that way Huge dumpster out front Blue Moon Pro Photo and soon to be reborn Citizen's Photo live On Feb 26, 2015, at 7:53 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > The Kodak had the deep orange base to it that all the full color color neg > films has which made it easy to print color and for the one hour photo > machines to print black and white. But that orange base made it murder to > print with an enlarger because the orange base was like a safelight. The > enlarging times took forever. > The Ilford xp1 then xp2 though did not have that heavy orange base so could > be printed nicely in a normal darkroom with a normal enlarger. > So all the people I know went for the Ilford for that reason. Most of them > had darkrooms or when to our rental place. U Develop on Barbour Blvd. in > Portland Oregon. > > On 2/26/15 7:29 PM, "Peter Dzwig" <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote: > >> I had been told that BW400CN was unavailable too. In fact I bought a few >> rolls >> for old time's sake. >> >> But you are right there are some on Amazon. Be careful though. I saw one >> at >> roughly the standard price, but the shipping (from Germany) doubled the >> price >> - >> and they only have one left. >> >> Ilford XP2 is certainly a very plausible alternative. For a high contract >> comparison see: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album230/album284/Camelot_1200510 >> 10.jpg.html> >> >> and >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album230/album284/Camelot_2XP2200 >> 51010.jpg.html> >> >> from a time I was comparing them. >> >> Peter >> >> On 26/02/2015 03:03, Sonny Carter 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