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Old March 12th 08, 05:04 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Default Eastmancolor Film #5293

I have a 35 mm film roll I need developed but I can't find anybody who will
develop it. It is Eastmancolor #5293 ASA 250
I believe the company I got if from went out of business "MSI P.O. Box 2736
Portland OR 97208
I mailed it to them but it was returned and Snapfish said they couldn't
develop it either, can anyone please help me, I took photos of my children
about 20 years ago with it and I would hate to loose the photos before I see
them.
I would appreciate any help you could offer me.

Thanks,

Dan Qualls

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Old March 12th 08, 06:24 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Default Eastmancolor Film #5293

On 2008-03-12 00:04:02 -0400, "afedexman" u42034@uwe said:

I have a 35 mm film roll I need developed but I can't find anybody who will
develop it. It is Eastmancolor #5293 ASA 250
I believe the company I got if from went out of business "MSI P.O. Box 2736
Portland OR 97208
I mailed it to them but it was returned and Snapfish said they couldn't
develop it either, can anyone please help me, I took photos of my children
about 20 years ago with it and I would hate to loose the photos before I see
them.
I would appreciate any help you could offer me.

Thanks,

Dan Qualls


What you've got is movie stock spooled for 35 mm cameras. Seattle
Filmworks and others used to sell it and process it, but they all went
to C41 eventually. I'm not sure any commerical lab will touch it now
because it gunks up their processing. Try Dale, they might still have a
service for it, but because no one's selling the stuff for 35mm
anymore, I don't know that they'd process it. It is a film meant for
35mm movies, which are shot as negatives and then printed on film for
release, so they sold it as a film that gave you negatives and slides
(they printed it on film to give you the slide, the same as it was
printed to make a release 35mm movie). If Dale can't help, and if the
successor to Seattle Filmworks can't help, your last resort would be
Rocky Mountain Film Labs. They process it at great cost, but I didn't
see 5293 listed, only 5294 and 5296. Hopefully that's what you have and
you mistyped the number. Anyway, they are worth a try:

http://www.rockymountainfilm.com/

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Old March 12th 08, 06:46 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
afedexman
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Default Eastmancolor Film #5293

Thank you for the comment, that explains a lot. I have been in the dark for
some time now as to why nobody would process the film, I got the film back in
the 80's as a promotion from MSI out of Portland OR. It is film # (5293) and
I couldn't find it anywhere either on-line but that is what is printed on the
cannister..
Thanks again for your response....Dan

Michael wrote:
I have a 35 mm film roll I need developed but I can't find anybody who will
develop it. It is Eastmancolor #5293 ASA 250

[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]

Dan Qualls


What you've got is movie stock spooled for 35 mm cameras. Seattle
Filmworks and others used to sell it and process it, but they all went
to C41 eventually. I'm not sure any commerical lab will touch it now
because it gunks up their processing. Try Dale, they might still have a
service for it, but because no one's selling the stuff for 35mm
anymore, I don't know that they'd process it. It is a film meant for
35mm movies, which are shot as negatives and then printed on film for
release, so they sold it as a film that gave you negatives and slides
(they printed it on film to give you the slide, the same as it was
printed to make a release 35mm movie). If Dale can't help, and if the
successor to Seattle Filmworks can't help, your last resort would be
Rocky Mountain Film Labs. They process it at great cost, but I didn't
see 5293 listed, only 5294 and 5296. Hopefully that's what you have and
you mistyped the number. Anyway, they are worth a try:

http://www.rockymountainfilm.com/


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Old March 12th 08, 01:02 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Default Eastmancolor Film #5293


"afedexman" u42034@uwe wrote in message news:810704e514ec7@uwe...
I have a 35 mm film roll I need developed but I can't find anybody who
will
develop it. It is Eastmancolor #5293 ASA 250
I believe the company I got if from went out of business "MSI P.O. Box
2736
Portland OR 97208
I mailed it to them but it was returned and Snapfish said they couldn't
develop it either, can anyone please help me, I took photos of my children
about 20 years ago with it and I would hate to loose the photos before I
see
them.


In addition to everything Michael said, be aware that that film has an
amazingly short shelf life. I shot some of it just to try it out a long time
ago, and it all turned purple in about 5 years.

Good luck...

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Old March 12th 08, 03:30 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Scott Norwood
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Default Eastmancolor Film #5293


In article 810704e514ec7@uwe, afedexman u42034@uwe wrote:
I have a 35 mm film roll I need developed but I can't find anybody who will
develop it. It is Eastmancolor #5293 ASA 250


This is color negative motion-picture film, balanced for tungsten
light. It's really listed as EI 200 in the Kodak brochures. The
process is "ECN-II" and any motion-picture film lab should be able
to develop it, although most won't touch such a short length or
will charge a very high minimum fee. It should have BH-type
perforations instead of KS-type perfs that are normally used on
film for 35mm still cameras.

Obviously, you won't get normal 4x6" prints or contact sheets from
a motion-picture lab. You would have to take the negatives to a
regular lab for those.

You could also try Rocky Mountain Film Labs.

Do not try running it through a C-41 machine; the ram-jet backing
will make a mess and probably wreck someone else's film.

I mailed it to them but it was returned and Snapfish said they couldn't
develop it either, can anyone please help me, I took photos of my children
about 20 years ago with it and I would hate to loose the photos before I see
them.


It shouldn't be 20 years old. I believe that 5293 didn't come out until
the early 1990s.
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Old March 12th 08, 05:04 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Frank McDonald
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Default Eastmancolor Film #5293

Have a look at this company.
http://www.frugalphotographer.com/
http://www.frugalphotographer.com/Pu...20Services.pdf


"afedexman" u42034@uwe wrote in message news:810704e514ec7@uwe...
I have a 35 mm film roll I need developed but I can't find anybody who
will
develop it. It is Eastmancolor #5293 ASA 250
I believe the company I got if from went out of business "MSI P.O. Box
2736
Portland OR 97208
I mailed it to them but it was returned and Snapfish said they couldn't
develop it either, can anyone please help me, I took photos of my children
about 20 years ago with it and I would hate to loose the photos before I
see
them.
I would appreciate any help you could offer me.

Thanks,

Dan Qualls



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Old March 12th 08, 05:06 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Default Eastmancolor Film #5293

Your film should be expired. As 5293 should stop production in 2000. So
rating at EI 200 maybe a bit dangerous. Also this is a tungsten balance
film stock.

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I have a 35 mm film roll I need developed but I can't find anybody who
will
develop it. It is Eastmancolor #5293 ASA 250
I believe the company I got if from went out of business "MSI P.O. Box
2736
Portland OR 97208
I mailed it to them but it was returned and Snapfish said they couldn't
develop it either, can anyone please help me, I took photos of my children
about 20 years ago with it and I would hate to loose the photos before I
see
them.
I would appreciate any help you could offer me.

Thanks,

Dan Qualls




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Old March 12th 08, 06:12 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Michael Benveniste
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Default Eastmancolor Film #5293

"afedexman" u42034@uwe wrote:

I have a 35 mm film roll I need developed but I can't find anybody
who will develop it. It is Eastmancolor #5293 ASA 250. I believe the
company I got if from went out of business "MSI P.O. Box 2736 Portland
OR 97208

I mailed it to them but it was returned and Snapfish said they couldn't
develop it either, can anyone please help me, I took photos of my
children
about 20 years ago with it and I would hate to loose the photos before I
see
them.

I would appreciate any help you could offer me.


Last I checked, these three labs can develop and print it
http://www.dalelabs.com
http://www.aandi.com/film_pro2.htm
http://www.thecamerashop.com/downloa...126seattle.pdf

I've used dale and aandi for Fuji Eterna 500T within the 18 months.
As others have pointed out, your film may well have deteriorated over
time.

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Old March 12th 08, 06:23 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Default Eastmancolor Film #5293


"Michael" wrote in message
news:2008031201241575249-adunc79617@mypacksnet...
On 2008-03-12 00:04:02 -0400, "afedexman" u42034@uwe said:

I have a 35 mm film roll I need developed but I can't find anybody who
will
develop it. It is Eastmancolor #5293 ASA 250
I believe the company I got if from went out of business "MSI P.O. Box
2736
Portland OR 97208
I mailed it to them but it was returned and Snapfish said they couldn't
develop it either, can anyone please help me, I took photos of my
children
about 20 years ago with it and I would hate to loose the photos before I
see
them.
I would appreciate any help you could offer me.

Thanks,

Dan Qualls


What you've got is movie stock spooled for 35 mm cameras. Seattle
Filmworks and others used to sell it and process it, but they all went to
C41 eventually. I'm not sure any commerical lab will touch it now because
it gunks up their processing. Try Dale, they might still have a service
for it, but because no one's selling the stuff for 35mm anymore, I don't
know that they'd process it. It is a film meant for 35mm movies, which are
shot as negatives and then printed on film for release, so they sold it as
a film that gave you negatives and slides (they printed it on film to give
you the slide, the same as it was printed to make a release 35mm movie).
If Dale can't help, and if the successor to Seattle Filmworks can't help,
your last resort would be Rocky Mountain Film Labs. They process it at
great cost, but I didn't see 5293 listed, only 5294 and 5296. Hopefully
that's what you have and you mistyped the number. Anyway, they are worth a
try:

http://www.rockymountainfilm.com/

--
Michael


The reason that it gunks up the processor is because there is a coating on
the film ("remjet") that must be removed before processing. Standard C-41
film doesn't have this, so the coating will come off in the developer tank
and get all over the next 20 or 30 rolls of film thru the machine.

You could also try Film Rescue International for processing. If you shot
this film over twenty years ago, it's likely that there have been color
changes and the contrast will have decreased. Film rescue usually developes
old film to B&W and uses some 'tricks' to enhance contrast.

Public Service Announcement: Please do not wait twenty years before
processing your film!


 




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