Re: [Leica] Re: Bulk fim loading - Who & Why

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Are you talking about Fine Grain Release Positive? I used it for years to
make B&W slides from negatives. In a camera you get lots of contrast! I used
Diafine and played around with the exposure, but it is blue sensitive and I
never got really good results except when copying!
Thanks for your info!
Dan'l
dwpost@msn.com
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From: TTAbrahams@aol.com <TTAbrahams@aol.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 1998 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Bulk fim loading - Who & Why

>Dan, The Super-XX is indeed the predecessor to the XXX. Every time I use I
>realize why I like Tri-X. Your best bet for finding some is to talk to your
>local cine' lab. I have never found a commercial source for smaller
volumes.
>It is OK if you want to buy 20-30000 ft of it. Most of my supply comes from
>friendly film processing places, often they run clip tests on the film,
they
>get 400-500 ft, test a 100 ft strip and if you are very nice they will give
>the rest to you!!! Some of the moviestock have a slight change in the pitch
on
>the sprockets and can jam if you are not careful. Never had a problem with
the
>M's, but in my Horizon 202 ( russian panorama) the moviestock jams up after
>4-5 ft has gone through.
> The one film I want to try is a Kodak Release film, ASA 0,1 but resolving
>power of 1000 lpmm at normal contrast. Ok, for a day on the beach with a
>Noctilux wide open on a tripod!!!
> Tom A