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jmecklenborg:
Ah yes, that's the better analogy. A 21st century Jasper Johns.
Eigth I suggest something pretty simple -- just take the batteries out and put them back in and see if the thing reboots.
In other news, Robin Imaging in Cincinnati will cease black & white and E-6 processing at the end of this month. That will leave the city's only pro lab processing only C-41. I have to call and make sure that they're still going to process medium format and 4x5.
jmecklenborg:
Okat I just called. Yes they will still be processing medium format and 4x5 C-41.
Robert Pence:
--- Quote from: jmecklenborg on June 04, 2012, 08:18:59 AM ---Okat I just called. Yes they will still be processing medium format and 4x5 C-41.
--- End quote ---
My use of film ground to a halt a few years ago when the only local pro lab to do decent work shut down because there wasn't enough film work to pay the bills. I was a big fan of Fuji Provia 100F 120 and 220 film because it has a reasonable contrast range and fine grain, and scans exceptionally nicely. I've contemplated sending film to Chicago, but haven't tried it, and I've even thought about shopping for some used processing equipment (temperature control, etc.) and doing it in my long-unused darkroom. Forty years ago I did E3 with good results, but it's time-consuming and difficult to control temperature well enough without professional lab equipment.
Fuji Reala 100 is C-41, and I really like it in a variety of situations. Fine grain, excellent exposure latitude, faithful color and contrast rendering, and good scanning. Again, I haven't shot it in years because no one local will process it in medium format any more.
eastvillagedon:
for whatever it's worth last week there was an interesting article in the NY Times about the revival of film:
Just When You Got Digital Technology, Film Is Back
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/technology/personaltech/film-photographys-revival-in-a-digital-world.html
By JENNA WORTHAM
Published: May 30, 2012
jmecklenborg:
I've got 40 sheets of 4x5 chrome film in my refrigerator that obvoiusly I will be shooting before the end of the month. I have about 150 sheets of b&w that there's no way I'll get through, but developing 4x5's at home is pretty easy if you happen to have a basement laundry room with a drain in the middle like I do.
Fuji Reala was a jump over what existed before, but Kodak Ektar is probably even better. It came out in 2008 and will be the final color film Kodak ever brought to market. It's a shame film is going out because it kept getting better and better. I have the Epson V400(?) scanner, the good one that costs about $500. The 4x5 scans from it are pretty good. If you're going to do prints for an exhibit, you probably still want to get drum scans.
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