Drug store ISO100 film?

BetterSense · Jun 10, 2009

Rather than paying any attention to amplifier power ratings, I've found that it's more accurate to pick the amplifier up and see how heavy it is. Heavy doesn't mean that it's powerful, but if it's light, it definitely ain't powerful (discounting digital/classD/T architectures).

I usually assume that consumer-grade color print film is 1/2-1 stop slower than what's on the box. I've had better luck with them this way.

Photo Engineer · Jun 10, 2009

Sirius Glass said:
When I worked at Kodak, employees could buy the professional grades of photographic paper that did not make the grade at the cost of cutting and packaging the paper. The paper was so good that I could never detect a problem with it. Kodak did not want this product in the hands of the public.

Integrity and honesty was considered part of the Kodak quality.

Steve

Steve;

Selling this type of product was unknown to me. All unsalable paper or film was scrap, pure and simple, and was sent to silver recovery. None was sold.

PE

Photo Engineer · Jun 10, 2009

BetterSense said:
I usually assume that consumer-grade color print film is 1/2-1 stop slower than what's on the box. I've had better luck with them this way.

Color print film meets ANSI standards for ISO speed so the box speed on Kodak film is the true speed. However, IMHO, better pictures are obtained by using 1/3 stop overexposure or 100 for 160, and 320 for 400 as examples.

This is due to the structure of the film, and not the speed, and is not fully defined by the ANSI/ISO standard.

Of course, not everyone adheres to speed definitions in their manufacturing-release processes.

PE

Sirius Glass · Jun 10, 2009

Photo Engineer said:
Steve;

Selling this type of product was unknown to me. All unsalable paper or film was scrap, pure and simple, and was sent to silver recovery. None was sold.

PE

PE
That is what I was told at the Kodak store. I never found a difference and the paper from camera stores. Maybe that was miss information given as the reason for the paper being so cheap.

Steve

Photo Engineer · Jun 10, 2009

At the Rochester employee store, they sold regular product. Outdated material was sometimes available at reduced price. Unusable material for any reason never got to the packing stage. That is what I observed here.

PE

dmr · Jun 10, 2009

Photo Engineer said:
It is like a person who steals. They keep at it until caught and jailed. When released, they probably start again, and if never jailed they would have continued.

LOL, in other words, don't get caught.

A former teacher of mine used to quote a line from an obscure Off-Broadway play which I remember to this day:

"Treason lies only in the failure.

If you succeed at treason, you are not a traitor, you are king!"

Photo Engineer · Jun 10, 2009

If treason prospers, who dareth to call it treason?

PE

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