OT but still photography

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"MikeWhy" wrote:

I heard on the grapevine but haven't confirmed with first sources yet, that
Kodak and Fuji both stopped producing reversal papers. Ilford continues to
make Ilfochrome. The rationale is that Type R prints, direct positive, have
always been problematic and inferior to neg-pos processes. Whether you like
it or not, scanning appears to be not only superior to direct wet prints, it
will be the only way forward.

Moose, I can mix up my own chemistry from a cookbook, but it doesn't do any
good without the paper to print on.


Politely Mike; You don't know sh*t from shinola. (At least in this case)....
there that sounds nicer.

RA4 is not a Reversal process.

Its a negative to positive process and is used in Lambda & Light jet machines.

You can only mix chemistry if you can get the components.

R3000 is a positive to positive process, and since its not
imaged to in any great amount,....especially using Lambdas &Lightjets
it has a very limited use. Only optical
printers are typically used to print on it.

I believe Kodak R3000 was discontinued about 2 years ago.