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That makes sense! I’ll make a new bath with HCL.

Thank you @koraks ! Can I use the reversal dichromate bleach that’s made with sulphuric acid, or does it have to be a specific hydrochloric acid bleach?

Hi, I’ve shot 2 (very) expired rolls of Svema black & white super 8 film. Both with the same camera shot within a week or so of each other. Both developed (first dev) for 8 minutes at the same time. And one is much lighter than the other. I know that both films may have not been stored the same...

@Film-Niko I've shot the SHD 400. Its an interesting film. Unfortunately it's in those god awful plastic cassettes. The film colour is very odd blue and it also has a very odd smell, like disinfectant... I found the box speed to be very optimistic! I shot mine at 125 ISO and developed in HC-110...

So we know that the work to update the manufacturing has been completed. But what has actually been done? Have they added more coating facilities, increased confectioning capacity, adapted to make smaller/shorter runs, split the plant to dedicate lines to certain ‘film’ products…? It would be...

Because the contract won’t allow it and nothing is that simple. If the contract needs changing, both parties need to agree to it, otherwise breach of contract is expensive and conversely changing a contract is expensive!

Obviously! And that’s the difference…

Perfs are not part of the coating, but Remjet is. I said either, or both must make it sufficiently different in the eyes of those that care. The fact is that something is legally different, these are the 2 obvious ones, maybe there are others... The fact is that (modified) Vision 3...

No, I think it's due to the variances in the coating event and end product confectioning that make it sufficiently different to not infringe agreements. To some extent, there is also the fact that CineStill has been doing this longer and more successfully than others. It is, in someways a 'loop...

I agree that the CineStill product is essentially EK Vision 3 stock. However it would appear that CineStill order a contract coating of an existing emulsion, BUT with KS perforations not BH and also no Remjet. Either of these (or both) must be sufficiently different to the stock offered to movie...

Now that would be great!

I have used the Ilford reversal process, it works well. There are 2 versions of this. The older 'classic' recipie that uses potassium dichromate for the bleach and a newer more eco(!) friendly version that uses Potassium permanganate. Both work well, however the dicromate lasts longer in...

Surely the true way to determine how Phoenix (or any colour film for that matter) compares is to optically print it using RA-4. Although paper is now 'optimised for digital printing' it will still give a truer rendition of the emulsion as the correct colour temperature light passes through the...

As far as I know Harman had done 4 master roll coating runs of Phoenix as of March 2024 with one more planned with this iteration of emulsion. Perhaps the last (5th) was for 120 or part thereof? That's a lot of rolls!

Hi Bob, Yes I used the artists turpentine and some beeswax to make polish. A simple recipe from an old book! I’m just using the plate, not a heated press with an apron. The print releases okay, it just pitted. I’m going to submerge both paper and plate in the release solution and try that next.