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Thanks for your quick response. No, it wasn’t Ansco. It’s not listed on the Wickepedia site for discontinued film products either. It was a name along the lines of Mechanichrome or Amcalchrome. I bought it when I lived in Stafford in the Midlands.
Ilfochrome
No, it wasn’t Ilfochrome - but thanks for trying!
None for about 1975...
But if one goes back to 1964 the Adox Color was cancelled then. For more "A" one would to have go back in time even further.
Nolthing for "M".
Anything else would be rebranded, what would bring us effectively back to the big names...
But if one goes back to 1964 the Adox Color was cancelled then. For more "A" one would to have go back in time even further.
Nolthing for "M".
Anything else would be rebranded, what would bring us effectively back to the big names...
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Is there an online archive of one of the photo mags from that time? Good for browsing the ads.
There is a list of transparency film here, that used the Agfacolor process (or similar) but I don't see anything that might help.
https://www.fotointern.ch/archiv/2009/07/01/zur-geschichte-von-agfacolor/ Use Google translate if needed.
The film you are looking for is probably a private label name. They usually were based on either the Agfa or Kodak transparency process at the time. AFAIK home processing kits were available for both processes.
You could also try here.
https://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/index.html
I look forward to you finding the answer.
https://www.fotointern.ch/archiv/2009/07/01/zur-geschichte-von-agfacolor/ Use Google translate if needed.
The film you are looking for is probably a private label name. They usually were based on either the Agfa or Kodak transparency process at the time. AFAIK home processing kits were available for both processes.
You could also try here.
https://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/index.html
I look forward to you finding the answer.
Back around 1975 I was buying Barfen reversal film and their processing kits, the films were Fuji E4 and later E6, I think the Ferrania reversal film and kits had disappeared by then the Ferrania process was very finicky.
Ian
Ian
Alfo? Rebranded films here in Germany in the 1980s, don't know it they were on the market in 1975...
Jens
Jens
ALFO stands for “Arbeitskreis leistungsfähiger Fotohändler” (founded 1965 in Wiesbaden / GER) -
1969 ALFO became ‘’RINGFOTO GmbH & Co. - ALFO Marketing KG’’.
[QUOTE="Garthoz, post: 2200006, member: 90001". I bought it when I lived in Stafford in the Midlands.[/QUOTE]
Can you say where you bought it from? In 1975 it suggests a shop in Stafford or possibly a mail order item via a magazine. There was no internet shopping then
. Can you remember what kind of a shop i.e. photography shop, part of a chain of shops or an individual shop such as a chemist's shop that sold film. Do you recall ever seeing it in more than one place or being able to see adverts for it in a photographic magazine. Our memories work in strange and non linear ways unfortunately but it may help if you can see yourself actually buying the film or even talking about it, showing it to friends etc
pentaxuser
Can you say where you bought it from? In 1975 it suggests a shop in Stafford or possibly a mail order item via a magazine. There was no internet shopping then
. Can you remember what kind of a shop i.e. photography shop, part of a chain of shops or an individual shop such as a chemist's shop that sold film. Do you recall ever seeing it in more than one place or being able to see adverts for it in a photographic magazine. Our memories work in strange and non linear ways unfortunately but it may help if you can see yourself actually buying the film or even talking about it, showing it to friends etc pentaxuser
There weren't many reversal kits available in the UK in 1975 so that narrows the field very significantly. Most were E3 kits the E4 chemistry was too toxic for home use.
Ian
Ian
Garthoz, here's a story about the non linear way and sometimes "faulty " ways our minds think. An aunt of mine was trying to remember where her granddaughter was going on holiday. She knew it was Africa and was pretty sure that the country began with the letter B. I went through all the countries in Africa I could think of thinking entirely logical, linear way and she was sure I hadn't mentioned it. I was not applying any non linear method
Suddenly she exclaimed it was Mombasa, Kenya . Like most people her granddaughter had mentioned the name of the destination in terms of a place, not a country where she was going to spend the holiday Had I thought slightly laterally I would have made the connection between holiday and holiday destinations, thought of the kind of sun, sea and sand destinations that young women tend go to and might then have made the connection with somewhere that had a b in it.
The letter B in Mombasa had stuck in my aunt's head for some reason and she had become convinced that this was the name of the country.
I am not saying that you have a faulty brain, any more than my aunt had, just that we all have experienced instances when another way of looking at the problem such a visualisation of what was happening at the time, when you bought the film, saw the film etc can begin the successful solution to this mystery
pentaxuser
Suddenly she exclaimed it was Mombasa, Kenya . Like most people her granddaughter had mentioned the name of the destination in terms of a place, not a country where she was going to spend the holiday Had I thought slightly laterally I would have made the connection between holiday and holiday destinations, thought of the kind of sun, sea and sand destinations that young women tend go to and might then have made the connection with somewhere that had a b in it.
The letter B in Mombasa had stuck in my aunt's head for some reason and she had become convinced that this was the name of the country.
I am not saying that you have a faulty brain, any more than my aunt had, just that we all have experienced instances when another way of looking at the problem such a visualisation of what was happening at the time, when you bought the film, saw the film etc can begin the successful solution to this mystery
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There were, SFAIK, very few "private-label" reversal films; could the OP, perhaps have been thinking of one if the re-branded colour negative made by Ferrania or Fuji? .....there were dozens back in the 70's through to the 90's, some sold by unlikely places such as supermarkets and garages, and even charities. A lot were short-lived.
These would obviously not have had processing kits under these own-brand names, although I believe that Kodak C-41 was becoming the standard negative process by the late 1970's(?). There were also some smaller photo-chemical manufacturers making their own kits (Tetenal, Barfen, Speedibrews, etc.)
These would obviously not have had processing kits under these own-brand names, although I believe that Kodak C-41 was becoming the standard negative process by the late 1970's(?). There were also some smaller photo-chemical manufacturers making their own kits (Tetenal, Barfen, Speedibrews, etc.)
Funny if it were discovered to be Polachrome.
In the mid-70s I was using the AgfaColor 41 process with Agfachrome? It was interesting because the temperature was a lot lower than E6, and made hand processing viable in the bathroom.
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A late thought from deep in my brain......the former Anscochrome films were subsequently sold, at least in the UK, under the "GAF" brand with small-size processing kits. I'm reminded by just seeing a 1970's photo of a long-demolished UK shopping centre which included a "GAF" office copy centre, selling photo supplies and other copying, graphic equipment and materials.
GAF was the official film of Disney World in the 70's. Ansco AFAIK. Marketing called it the "Great American Film"
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