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Thanks, this is great info. Now i need to get that sulfite when my "tetenal lavaquick" is gone.

This goes contrary to exactly what has happened during the last two? three? five years... Demand for C41 still film has skyrocketed, you can check out Henning Serger posts in the last years commenting that demand is far exceeding supply right now. You can see how popular color negative film is...

Well, then Andrew/Andy church is wrong, then: Companies that make color still film: - Kodak - Fuji (Provia, Velvia, etc, and the fuji-made C41 film that is still sold in europe and japan) - Adox (Color Mission 200 and its custom films for lomography) - and probably, very, soon, Orwo.

But now, thanks to 220, you don't need to tape two 120 rolls together. Convenience!! Have a pleasant experience developing your films! Zeiss lenses + 220 film = Heaven!! BUY NOW!!

I just want to say that I still miss PE here. What a kind person.

This is an example from Gary Reese's test. He uses subjective quality grades, using the same film, same subject,and projecting his slides. Canon FD 135mm f/3.5 Pre-S.C. breech Canon F-1 w/ mirror and diaphragm prefire Vignetting: A- @ f/3.5, A thereafter Distortion: slight pincushion Aperture...

Sometimes it doesn't cost more than double. See Shanghai GP3 for example. Here at my local lab it doesn't cost more than double to process (this would make no sense). They charge me 2x the 120 roll cost. And if you process your own film, not only it's the same cost as a 120 roll, but also you...

Sodium sulfite removes hypo? I thought sodium sulphite only removed silver halides from the emulsion. Thus its use on fine grain developers.

did you rate the film at 200?

This would only be true if he refers to movie film. And Orwo is about to disrupt that this year.

That would be fake news. ColorPlus is selling like hot cakes.

Matt, i was trolling you, as per your previous post. Now, going into "serious mode", yes, this makes sense. HOWEVER, Eastman 35mm movie film is packaged in 'bulk', often in 400ft, with two possible core types. I assume this is an automated operation as well. For example: KODAK VISION3 250D...

I see! I wonder if some household item would work as a hypo clear, like for example common salt.

Spiral tank processing method For minimal water usage the following method is well tested; • After fixing, fill the spiral tank with water at the same temperature, +/- 5ºC (9ºF), as the processing solutions. Invert the tank 5 times. • Drain the water away and refill. Invert the tank 10 times. •...

I always wanted to know which substances can be used for hypo clearing. I use Tetenal Lavaquick, but it only says it reduces wash times in 50%.

Sorry, what's the "ilford wash method"??

Indeed. But this is useful: it makes the negative easier to scan and/or easier to print. EDIT; On the other hand, a film like HP5 has many layers of different speeds. I GUESS the highest-speed layer is what gives the film's "long toe" and when you're pushing, you're taking advantage of that...

If things turn out OK, most likely Adox and ORWO will issue color cinema film, too, the latter, pretty soon (they say July)

Why is Kodak bulk film so expensive?

I came a bit late to this discussion. I own exactly 48 filters (i have made a small excel file to know which are they and where they are), diameters 27mm (Zeiss Contessa) to 77mm. I have filters of many brands and the worst filters can be easily singled out because they have some abberations or...

You can see the difference between a good filter and a bad one. And maybe this doesn't have too much to do with price. Indeed, for b&w color filters are a good asset and the end result is much better than doing the same in the digital world. Don't forget there's an "ignore" button, as useful...

I didn't know this camera existed. Thanks, i've learned something new today.

Monitors often can only display 24 bit depth of color (8 bits for each primary color, R, G, B). Thus when displaying greyscale they can only achieve 256 luminance values, which is very very restrictive. Same happens with cheap printers. I'm not aware of what is needed for truly good b&w prints...

I slightly disagree, because the image is formed of grains. Grains, if we are going to do a "digital" analogy, are more similar to pixels (short for "picture elements"). While noise, in the strict sense, has no relationship to the signal.

According to mamiya, its TLR system is professional. Get any C220 and look at the bottom, you'll see a proud banner that says "PROFESSIONAL". They want you to really know the camera is professional... And why shouldn't they be? They're very reliable, and have enough accesories to cover most...

Who makes the Hasselblad lenses now? Hint: it's a company that starts with F, located in japan, and it's mission is to slowly kill its film products.

In slide films, Provia 100F (2001) was an objective improvement in many regards (including grain), as was Astia 100 (accurate skin tones). Ektar 100 (2008) is objectively the finest-grained color negative speed of 100 speed, and as good as the old Ektar 25 Etc.

Great post.

You can get good info by downloading the catalogs at Pacific Rim Camera Library: https://pacificrimcamera.com/rl/rlcanon.htm It's a treasure chest of documents!

Some FL lenses' optics were directly carried over to the FD chrome nose era: FL 28/3.5 (only for the early FD versions, then it was changed from 7 elements to 6 elements.) FL 35/3.5 FL 50/1.4 II FL 50/1.8 (it's debatable really, the 50/1.8 was tweaked many times, apparently) FL 55/1.2 FL...