kickstarter project galaxy hyper speed 120 rolls !

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first they introduced fast paper
and a reversal kit
then a notebook for photographers ...


now they are rolling their own 120 spools of paper!

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the kickstarter gives step by step instructions on the reversal process and stuff they are up to,
as well as the inspiration for it all

thanks
john

 

[kraker]

I noticed this project this morning, too. I wonder... paper base is (usually) much thicker than film... How will they make this work?

 

[Roger Cole]

If it were really direct positive they might be on to something. But if it's just the same fast but normal paper they do intended for reversal processing then I just don't see the point.

 

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kraker

i wondered if the thick base would mess with the clutch / wind mechanism of the MF cameras
being thicker and more tension ( being someone who rolls his own paper negatives i know it can be tricky )
but they told me they used it in a variety of cameras from holgas to hassys ... and no trouble.

roger i realize ( you and ? ) a handful of people have a gripe with galaxy because of what they call their paper/process.
this thread was not meant to stir the pot. in the kickstarter ad they describe the process step by step. develop, bleach fog redevelop, nothing's a secret.
with regards to your "what's the point" --- is the same point of the washi paper sold in france, it is sold in sheets, 120 rolls and 135 canisters.
the difference is the washipaper is about iso 1, this is 5+ stops faster if you use their chemistry &c. its the same point of people
who dont' want to use film but would rather shoot paper negatives and don't want to deal with rolling it themselves.

i think it is great that there is another pre-packaged-way to do reversals, and a system that works without hunting down chemicals and doing a prayer.
i've spent a lot of time and effort and emulsion and chemistry tweaking my own reversal developer, and tried
to do a non-dichromate one as well. there aren't many reveral kits / known quantities .. and whether they call it a 2 step reversal or
the kodak terminology -direct positive - either way this is great,
a lot of people have trouble with the formulary kits for film, and that the tmax reversal kit ( it mimics ) isn't sold anymore
the rockland tintype reversal kits are proprietary ... i really can't see a problem.

 

[jeffreythree]

I have run photo paper through my Fuji GL690 as a short roll rerolled on used backing paper. The switch for 4 exposure 120 rolls that gave me the idea, and it was something to do with a single sheet of old 16x20 paper that came in a lot deal. It fed all right, but I would wonder about roll thickness and light leaks. The extra thickness moves everything closer to the edge of the spool edges.

 

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hi jeffrey
you could always write and ask ?

i roll 122 film spools with paper often
proably 3 feet on a spool
im not sure about light leaks or extra thickness
it is usually cheap rc paper...

 

[Adam W]

I'm very interested in this but my photography chemistry experience is strictly limited to developing B&W negs (i don't make wet prints.) Does this paper need to be developed in the kit they sell?

Thanks....

 

[mooseontheloose]

Does this paper need to be developed in the kit they sell?
Thanks....

Yes, unless you mix your own chemicals. They don't ship the chemicals to Japan and I'm not inclined to mix my own developer for a highly specialized film, so although it looks interesting, I won't be trying it anytime soon.

 

[Roger Cole]

roger i realize ( you and ? ) a handful of people have a gripe with galaxy because of what they call their paper/process.
this thread was not meant to stir the pot. in the kickstarter ad they describe the process step by step. develop, bleach fog redevelop, nothing's a secret.
with regards to your "what's the point" --- is the same point of the washi paper sold in france, it is sold in sheets, 120 rolls and 135 canisters.
the difference is the washipaper is about iso 1, this is 5+ stops faster if you use their chemistry &c. its the same point of people
who dont' want to use film but would rather shoot paper negatives and don't want to deal with rolling it themselves.

I don't really have "a gripe" with them, I just don't want to bother with reversal processing black and white paper. Big PITA process for what amounts, TO ME and especially in 120, to a novelty. I COULD see a use for this if it were really direct positive as the Harman paper, especially if maybe it came pre-flashed.

Paper negatives are only of interest, to me anyway, in sizes large enough to make satisfying contact prints, if the paper isn't back printed. That means at least 4x5.

The closest I come to having a "gripe" is that I wish they made the process needs to produce a positive more obvious. You can already see people in this thread asking if they need to reversal process it. It actually IS more suited to such than most paper, by virtue of being a) very fast for paper, and b) having, at least I think, a wider spectral response than most black and white paper (though both factors also limit safelights of course.)

 

[Adam W]

Yes, unless you mix your own chemicals. They don't ship the chemicals to Japan and I'm not inclined to mix my own developer for a highly specialized film, so although it looks interesting, I won't be trying it anytime soon.

Well, while I find this film pretty interesting (I'l like to try it for pinhole!) having to use their chemistry makes it too expensive for me to experiment with. Thanks for the reply.

Adam