Lachlan, the idea of a "custom" C-41 process being preferential sounds like bullshit to me, I want my colour negatives processed to a certain standard, and if red is enhanced, again what does that mean, do I want super-saturated colours?...
Or he spent a lot of time trawling Ron's writing here & elsewhere.
I could take a tablet and the film would be developed? Now that would be really cool!
Lachlan, the idea of a "custom" C-41 process being preferential sounds like bullshit to me, I want my colour negatives processed to a certain standard, and if red is enhanced, again what does that mean, do I want super-saturated colours?...
the idea of a "custom" C-41 process being preferential sounds like bullshit to me, I want my colour negatives processed to a certain standard, and if red is enhanced, again what does that mean, do I want super-saturated colours?...
I'll put it this way, if it was genuinely 'better' and not simply some ex post facto speciousness to cover up for a lack of knowledge as to why a posted formulae (even an impeccably sourced one) might differ in terms of results from the manufactured 'official' C-41.
The "Kodak engineer" could be an engineer like Sirius Glass - a software engineer!
Why then? To save costs over the kits available readymade, or to offer their processing clientele something different?
I would hazard a guess that there is a real customer demand for such 'features'. If a custom C41 developer can alter specific colors in a controlled way, there'll be many users who would want to use it. If the new photchemicals company wants to cater to such user demands, nothing wrong with it.
But this firm does not sell pseudo-C41 chemical kits, but instead, to own saying, uses such process in their lab.
Why then? To save costs over the kits available readymade, or to offer their processing clientele something different?
@AgX: Do you rule out the possibility that they simply might not want to use any 20th century formulations in their lab? Maybe their customers prefer if not explicitly demand 21st century formulations. The C41 substitute could very well be a 21st century innovation like Cinestill's CS6 creative slide 3-bath kit for E-6 films.
It would be nice if Jemzyboz were to tell us at least the basis of his clear faith in Zone Imaging as,I presume a very satisfied who has enough experience with said company to substantiate his satisfaction
It would be simply nice if he were to say what his relationship is to Zone Imaging. He clearly is an enthusiast for their products and I wonder what this is based upon. He may have some great experiences as a customer in terms of buying and using its products but it would be nice if he were to tell us. Just give us his testimonials on the various products. Wouldn't this be helpful for all of us?No idea who this person is but to be fair to him (hope this is the right pronoun to use in this context, apologies if it isn't), he only talked about testimonials, Ian's conversations in another forum and data sheets. All these are available to everybody including you.
I recall many years ago, a new arrival whom I think called himself Lowell Huff suddenly began to extol the virtues of a certain product. He was also very enthusiastic. All his posts were about what this company's products could do. This seemed to extend into them being capable of solving problems that other similar products couldn't
It turned out shortly afterwards that he had a direct connection to a company called Clayton Chemicals which he had not declared initially.
Well I am doing my best,Sirius, to get the one person who may or may not be able to tell us more to replyToo many questions and not enough answers about this new company.
Well I am doing my best,Sirius, to get the one person who may or may not be able to tell us more to reply
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My personal thoughts of James for his expertise is that yes he is inexperienced and new to photochemistry when it comes to comparing to people like you Lachlan but also remember that he is young, we are not. Who else is going to continue film photography in the future? The young or the old?
I don't understand your question, Tom.I wouldn't make too many assumptions about the age and experience of people on this forum. Why should marketing nonsense be encouraged in any way?
I'll put it this way, if it was genuinely 'better' and not simply some ex post facto speciousness to cover up for a lack of knowledge as to why a posted formulae (even an impeccably sourced one) might differ in terms of results from the manufactured 'official' C-41, I'd expect more detailed disclosures & proper data (Status M densitometry would be the barest minimum - and preferably microdensitometry too to show if there was deviance from published specs that could affect sharpness).
I'm just a person that enjoys making photographs for myself.. I can't make any advanced observations on 510 Pyro simply to say that yes it is good,
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