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Foma Reversal film in 120?
Does anyone know of a source for Foma reversal film in the 120 size? Also,
are there any clear based B&W films on the market in the 120 size other than Scala? And when are they going to run out of Scala? Thanks, Steve |
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Foma Reversal film in 120?
wrote in message news:IF5ok.666$ZV1.166@trnddc07... Does anyone know of a source for Foma reversal film in the 120 size? Also, are there any clear based B&W films on the market in the 120 size other than Scala? And when are they going to run out of Scala? Thanks, Steve Most 120 film has a clear base. Only B&W 35mm negative film has a pigment incorporated. Most negative films can be reversal processed with decent results but the first developer must be optmised for the particular kind of film. The key is the correct amount of halide solvent to add. This must usually be discovered experimentally. Some old reversal developing formulas exist but they were formulated for films which have been out of production for decades. Ilford used to have published reversal formulas for Delta films on its web site, I don't know if these still exist. I suspect that a Google search for reversal processing would find a lot of answers. -- --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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Foma Reversal film in 120?
Richard Knoppow wrote:
Most 120 film has a clear base. Only B&W 35mm negative film has a pigment incorporated. Most negative films can be reversal processed with decent results but the first developer must be optmised for the particular kind of film. The key is the correct amount of halide solvent to add. This must usually be discovered experimentally. Some old reversal developing formulas exist but they were formulated for films which have been out of production for decades. Ilford used to have published reversal formulas for Delta films on its web site, I don't know if these still exist. I suspect that a Google search for reversal processing would find a lot of answers. Kodak used to sell a kit for Tri-X. When T-Max came out, it was renamed for T-Max, I don't know if it was reformulated. As Richard said, you can find formulas on the web for do it yourself chemicals, The following may be of interest to you: go to http://www.photoformulary.com and search for "reversal". "REVERSAL PROCESS FOR T-MAX FILM is the formula developed by Hans F. Dietreich and appeared in the March/April 1988 issue of Darkroom Techniques. The T-MAX reversal process allows black and white slides to be made from T-MAX 100 or 400 black and white negative film. The reversal process will produce excellent positives from one to two stops higher with the same development time; however negatives will be a thin positive. The kit makes five solutions (2 developers, bleach and a clearing bath). This kit will develop 4 rolls of film." It's $28.75 plus shipping, so it may be an expensive experiment. Back when Agfa Scala was still available, but hard to get, one lab had good results using the process with Efke KB-25 film. Freestyle sells it as R25 in 120 rolls, it may work for you. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM |
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Foma Reversal film in 120?
Richard Knoppow wrote:
Ilford used to have published reversal formulas for Delta films on its web site, I don't know if these still exist. I suspect that a Google search for reversal processing would find a lot of answers. The Ilford reversal processing pdf is at: http://www.ilfordphoto.com/applications/download.asp?n=11 Peter. -- |
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Foma Reversal film in 120?
Back when I was doing a bit of film testing and article writing for View
Camera Magazine the folks at Foma sent me test rolls of the Fomapan R film for review. For reasons I can't go back to for loss of the info I found that processing the film myself was not an option. Something about the process did not appeal to me or was rather nasty. I looked at two labs, one was DK-17? in California that wanted a vast sum per roll. The other was Duggal in NYC. Duggal processed the film and it was beautiful. Not sure if they still offer the service or are in business. Unfortunately Steve Simmons and his Buddy Tim lost my film in their haste to split View camera and Camera Arts Magazines. My article was never published related to the Fomapan Films. I do however have a scan or two from the Fomapan and one roll of the reversal film. In article , "Richard Knoppow" wrote: wrote in message news:IF5ok.666$ZV1.166@trnddc07... Does anyone know of a source for Foma reversal film in the 120 size? Also, are there any clear based B&W films on the market in the 120 size other than Scala? And when are they going to run out of Scala? Thanks, Steve Most 120 film has a clear base. Only B&W 35mm negative film has a pigment incorporated. Most negative films can be reversal processed with decent results but the first developer must be optmised for the particular kind of film. The key is the correct amount of halide solvent to add. This must usually be discovered experimentally. Some old reversal developing formulas exist but they were formulated for films which have been out of production for decades. Ilford used to have published reversal formulas for Delta films on its web site, I don't know if these still exist. I suspect that a Google search for reversal processing would find a lot of answers. -- Reality is a picture perfected and never looking back. |
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