Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark I spoke to Kodak today. As you said, although the emulsions are the same the "pro" film has been aged and sold when at it's optimum. With the consumer K25, the advice is to suck it and see. Sounds a bit hit and miss, although I have generally not had bad results using K25. I keep it refrigerated and use the rule of thumb of using it midway between the date I bought it and the expiry date. I presume that with the advent of emulsions such as Provia 100F that many pros are switching to a film that is easier/quicker to get processed. Simon "Mark Rabiner wrote: > > Films you buy from the fridge "pro" films are not too young and red or old and green. > They are aged to perfection and Kodak plucks them off the vine and chills them > with some nice fava beans for your shooting enjoyment! > Regular film if you buy it at the right time it has been on the shelf (not in a > fridge) it will be in the middle between red and green, just right. If you get > it too red you can wait until it ripens if you bought a whole lot of the same > emulsion batch. > Been awhile so I hope i haven't switched it. > Mark William Rabiner > I shoot no film before it's time! > > Simon Lamb wrote: > > > > Chuck > > > > My understanding is/was that the film/emulsion etc. of the K25 is constant. > > The only difference between pro and consumer was the turnaround time that > > Kodak specified for processing. > > > > I just know you are about to tell me how wrong I am/was ;-) > > > > Simon > >