CatLABS X FILM 320 Pro now available in 35mm and 120

[mshchem]

New logo?

 

[Moose22]

Having been a photo student for nearly a decade, then a photo teacher, i find that excellent advice, personally, hind sight vision - always 20/20

Nah, I just want people to tell me what to do. Why should I experiment and make any decisions for myself? Where's the fun in that?


Oh, an hour ago I also got my box of Catlab film and one of the little storage boxes, which is very nice. I hadn't realized it was due today! Gonna' have to burn off the roll I've got in now so I can try the catlabs stuff over the weekend.

 

[Moose22]

WORLD DOMINATION THE SAME OLD DREAM!

 

[faberryman]

Oh, an hour ago I also got my box of Catlab film and one of the little storage boxes, which is very nice. I hadn't realized it was due today! Gonna' have to burn off the roll I've got in now so I can try the catlabs stuff over the weekend.

Please post your images.

 

[mshchem]

Gotta love Pinky and The Brain!

 

[Moose22]

Please post your images.

Will do.

It might take a week though. Actual real, busy weekend for the first time since Spring. I won't have time to do much, but at the very least I'll take a camera on a walk to get something to throw in the xtol when I have a moment.

As I type that, I realize that I'm even more interested in the pyro they recommend. Or any pyro for that matter. Just because I've used nothing but xtol(home) and Clayton 76(my lab) to date. I should order some so I can compare in the future.

 

[pentaxuser]

Moose22, it may be that what Catlabs sells which is ZoneImaging 510 is different from Bostick and Sullivan's 510 but there appears to be a very large price difference

B&S want $16.95 whereas Catlabs want $29.95 for the same size but it does provide a 5ml syringe.

pentaxuser

 

[faberryman]

You can read about Zone Imaging’s 510 Pyro here.

https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/zone-imaging-510-pyro.193043/

It was a pretty controversial thread.

 

[Moose22]

Thanks guys.

Like I said -- Pyro in general interests me. I'll give something a try soon and I appreciate the information and links.

 

[broben2of3]

Shot at 200 ISO, Pyrocat HD 1+1+100 16 min

I will be getting some more. Not that it matters, but you can tell its packaged by Ilford.

 

[Agulliver]

@broben2of3 nice photo.

Now begin the "experts" telling us it's Kentmere 400.

 

[faberryman]

Now begin the "experts" telling us it's Kentmere 400.

Time will tell. These things don't remain a secret forever.

I hope it is not Kentmere 400. If it is, purchasers of the CatLABS film are going to feel like they were fleeced since Kentmere 400 only costs $5.19/roll.

 

[pentaxuser]

Shot at 200 ISO, Pyrocat HD 1+1+100 16 min

I will be getting some more. Not that it matters, but you can tell its packaged by Ilford.

Where did you get your 510 from and what was it about the packaging that tells you it was done by Ilford? By Ilford do you mean Harman in the U.K. or Ilford Japan

If the latter is into packaging chemicals such as 510 then maybe to avoid confusion we need to establish, if we can, a convention. Namely we all call the former U.K. Ilford either IlfordPhoto or Harman Technology and the new Ilford we call Ilford of Japan

pentaxuser

 

[faberryman]

Where did you get your 510 from and what was it about the packaging that tells you it was done by Ilford? By Ilford do you mean Harmanin the U.K. or Ilford Japan

If the latter is into packaging chemicals such as 510 then maybe to avoid confusion we need to establish, if we can, a convention. Namely we all call the former U.K. Ilford either IlfordPhoto or Harman Technology and the new Ilford we call Ilford of Japan

pentaxuser

I believe he was referring to the CatLABS film as being packaged by Ilford.

 

[pentaxuser]

I believe he was referring to the CatLABS film as being packaged by Ilford.

Thanks. Is this the other Ilford ie. not the Harman Technology which until recently was the only "Ilford"?If you are right I am still curious about the packaging. Perhaps the box actually says Ilford Japan?

It'll be nice to know

pentaxuser

 

[ags2mikon]

I can see that this is going to get confusing.

 

[Huss]

I’m gonna buy me some CatLabs just because I love how their rep has been dealing with the curmudgeonly old farts on this thread!

 

[AgX]

Is this the other Ilford ie. not the Harman Technology which until recently was the only "Ilford"?

Since 17 years!! there have been 2 Ilfords.

In 1998 Ilford Imaging was founded out of which in 2005 as spin-off Harman resp. as brand IlfordPhoto came into existance. On the halide field the former making only colour materials, the latter only b&w.
When Ilford Imaging as manufacturer was dissolved only the Ilford brands survived.

 

[AnselMortensen]

I’m gonna buy me some CatLabs just because I love how their rep has been dealing with the curmudgeonly old farts on this thread!

I did.

I mean...really, how are we supposed to take decent photos if we don't have the results of spectrographic and RMS granularity testing, as well as notarized provenance of all components?

<sarcasm off>
(For those who need that disclaimer)
<sarcasm off again>

 

[Paul Howell]

Shoot a test roll, find the best ISO for your camera and developer combo, make a few enlargements to check the gain. A data sheet is nice but not any means needed. I suspect that someone with a densitometry and an Air Force resolution test chart and a high school grade microscope is doing her/his own testing which will be shared. I plan on a doing a ring around to find my personal ISO with my Minolta 9 as a starting point, then do up a 20X enlargement to get a sense of the gain and resolution.

 

[CatLABS]

Time will tell. These things don't remain a secret forever.

I hope it is not Kentmere 400. If it is, purchasers of the CatLABS film are going to feel like they were fleeced since Kentmere 400 only costs $5.19/roll.

Why are you hoping? All you need to do is read our product description and infinite follow up posts.
If you can't take our word for it because "reasons", it should be enough to look at the actual film. If you think for one second there is any resemblance, technical or otherwise, to Pan400 (or any other film really) you might want to schedule an optometrists test. This type of comment is not really worth a response, other than to say yet again, the proof is in the pudding and you dont even have to buy a film, so many examples already online from many users. Then, there is no need hope.

 

[BrianShaw]

I hope that @faberryman had his tongue in his cheek whilst typing and was just teasing in jest.

 

[AnselMortensen]

Here ya go, internet sleuths!

I received my 10-roll brick of CatLabs 320 Pro 120 today...
It was very well packaged and protected for shipping.
I look forward to using it...to make photographs.
Thank you, CatLabs!

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[faberryman]

So what exactly does "EI ISO" mean? I don't think I have seen that before on any film box. I know what " EI" and "ISO" mean, but "EI ISO"?

Ilford and Kentmere don't appear to be the manufacturer. The UK hasn't been in the EU since Brexit.

I am not sure what "Engineered" encompasses with respect to formulating and manufacturing film.

And then there's the question if CatLABS "engineered" the film at its place of business in Boston, why do they have no technical documentation on the film?

 

[Sal Santamaura]

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...Not that it matters, but you can tell its packaged by Ilford.

I don't know what labeling rules, if any, apply to either the U.K. or the EU, but whether or not HARMAN finished ("confectioned") this film on contract, HARMAN probably didn't coat it. Post-Brexit, anything HARMAN "makes" isn't "Made in the European Union."