Cibachrome/Ilfachrome Printing in Australia

seaninsurrey

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Hi

Could anyone recommend a good mail order firm that can print my Provia 120 transparencies???

How much would you expect to pay for a 20cm x 20cm print?

Thanks in advance,

Sean
 

ozphoto

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Hey Sean.
We have a lab here in SA that specialises in Ilfochrome/Cibachrome. Their results are outstanding. The prices obviously reflect this, but if you want a top notch print, highly recommend them.

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Thanasis

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ozphoto said:
Hey Sean.
We have a lab here in SA that specialises in Ilfochrome/Cibachrome. Their results are outstanding. The prices obviously reflect this, but if you want a top notch print, highly recommend them.

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I second this recommendation. I have used chromacolour in SA a few times now and the results and quality of their work (both in printing and mounting) are outstanding. You can give them a call to discuss your print if you have specific requirements.

regards.
Thanasis.
 

Alex Bishop-Thorpe

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I'm glad someone posted this, I was gonna go looking for Chromacolour. I'll check them out next time I'm in kent town, I've heard nothing but good things about them.
 
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seaninsurrey

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Thanks for the information everyone - looks like a really professional set-up, but I must admit that when I started shooting slide I didn't realise just how expensive it would be to get prints! Not sure if any of my work is worthy of spending that much money on! Any ideas?
 

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Cibachrome is a direct positive print from slide & reasonably expensive. Most regular labs can scan your film & then make a normal C print. It won't have the gloss of ciba but should look perfectly OK & be much cheaper.
 

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I seem to remember Kodak or maybe Fuji having a "Super High Gloss" for printing from slides. A nice high gloss finish from the examples I've seen, but not the wonderful depth that you get from Cibas. However as goldie said, a good alternative if you want to save some $$.
 

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Cibachrome is the gold standard when it comes to making prints from transparencies, but as said above conventional scan and print by minilabs will do a pretty good job in the hands of an experienced operator
 

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Hi Sean,
I just had a 4x5 tranny scanned and a Fuji Flex print done from it at 16x20. I t was done by Bond Imaging in Melbourne. A really beautiful job. They scan it and before printing, get rid of any dust specks etc. The scan cost $37, the print cost $38 and express post delivery $22. The cost for cibachrome (which they used to do) was around $80-$90 about 5 years ago.

The new Fuji Flex paper is a high gloss surface.

Bond' will deliver anywhere in OZ and they do a very good job of protecting the goods. I have sent them trannies to process and they come back in 2 days, prints are a little longer. Give them a call on (03) 9429 1299 and ask them if they'll email you a link for their catalogue with prices.

Cheers

Mike
 

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Just an update for those who happen on this forum still looking for Cibachrome printing; as of Feb 2010 Chromacolour will close its doors. The very professional Peter has suggested Sandy Barnard from Dead Link Removed one of the few remaining practitioners in Australia.
 

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Where can you actually buy the cibachrome/ilfochrome paper in Australia from?

What about the clear base stuff?
 

largeformat pat

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The clear base material was called CIBATRANS. Once my shed is built I will be hand printing Ciba from 35mm through to 8 x 10 trannies. Max size will be 20 x 24 inch. I have a processor for RA4 as well. There was a dip and dunk E6 on fleabay I was seriously looking into getting. Not a big market, batch runs I think. Freight from the states was not that bad, just the shed to store it in. I propose to have thinks running within 3-6 months. Council pending. I cut my teeth on Cibachrome in the 80's. The lab I worked in specialized in Ciba and we did a lot of murals for display. Hope this helps
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Stephen Frizza

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The Lighthouse Lab and Sandy Prints commercially print Ilfochromes up to 50inch x 4meters using traditional techniques. In coming months it will also be offered as a digital output service.

Details are:

The Lighthouse Lab & Sandy Prints
2-21 Mars Road
Lane Cove West
N.S.W Australia 2066

They can be found online at Dead Link Removed and www.thelighthouselab.com

Phone contact on (+61) 415 677 522 or (+61) 02 9420 8883

Email Steve@thelighthouselab.com or Sandyprints@ozemail.com.au

Long Live Ilfochrome!
 

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That's all good, but where are you going to get the Ilfochrome/Trans/etc stock from? As in so you can print or shoot with it in camera yourself?

I already have 40L worth of E6 CD.
 

panoman

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Has anyone here ordered any prints from them before?
Also the web links seem not to work, which is unfortunate.
 
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