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SFW-XL Seattle Film Works film processing
I hate to admit it, but I founds four rolls of exposed film with
Process: SFW-SL on the canister. Where does a person send these to get them developed? I searched several photograph news groups but there is very little information that isn't over 6 years old. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Some advice that I find says the film is old movie film. Others have stated that it is C-41. The local labs won't touch it. What is a person to do to get these rolls developed? Thanks in advance, djs |
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SFW-XL Seattle Film Works film processing
That Seattle filmworks film is indeed commercial movie film. As I recall,
it has a nondissolving anti-halation layer that comes off and messes up the processing line of equipment not designed to process it. That's the reason why local labs won't touch it. I would think that your best bet would be someone that processes commercial movie film - DeLuxe? Technicolor? Problem would be that such concerns probably don't want to bother with just a 5 foot or so long piece of film...but you never know..... "djs" wrote in message ups.com... I hate to admit it, but I founds four rolls of exposed film with Process: SFW-SL on the canister. Where does a person send these to get them developed? I searched several photograph news groups but there is very little information that isn't over 6 years old. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Some advice that I find says the film is old movie film. Others have stated that it is C-41. The local labs won't touch it. What is a person to do to get these rolls developed? Thanks in advance, djs |
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SFW-XL Seattle Film Works film processing
Seattle Film Works used to repackage left over movie film and sell it cheap.
This was for process ECN-2 (Eastman Color Negative) and had a rem jet carbonized antihalation coating on the base side of the film. The first step in ECN-2 is an alkaline bath to soften this coating, and rotary buffers and water spray to remove it before the film entered the developer. The actual development process is a little different from C-41, but if you manually remove the rem jet backing so it doesn't fowl the processor, you can get good results developing in C-41. About 8-10 years ago, SFW stopped using motion picture film and began using a private brand C-41 film from Agfa. I'm surprised the film cassette doesn't state Process C-41 or ECN-2 instread of SFW-SL. The easiest way to determine which film you have is to retrive the leader from a cassette, cut off an inch or two of the tongue, and soak it in warm water for a few minutes. If a black particulate coating comes of the base side, it is motion picture film and you will have trouble finding someone who processes and prints that. If there are just some colored dyes which wash off, it is C-41 film and your local minilab can process it. "djs" wrote in message ups.com... I hate to admit it, but I founds four rolls of exposed film with Process: SFW-SL on the canister. Where does a person send these to get them developed? I searched several photograph news groups but there is very little information that isn't over 6 years old. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Some advice that I find says the film is old movie film. Others have stated that it is C-41. The local labs won't touch it. What is a person to do to get these rolls developed? Thanks in advance, djs |
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SFW-XL Seattle Film Works film processing
"Bernie" wrote in message ... Seattle Film Works used to repackage left over movie film and sell it cheap. This was for process ECN-2 (Eastman Color Negative) and had a rem jet carbonized antihalation coating on the base side of the film. The first step in ECN-2 is an alkaline bath to soften this coating, and rotary buffers and water spray to remove it before the film entered the developer. The actual development process is a little different from C-41, but if you manually remove the rem jet backing so it doesn't fowl the processor, you can get good results developing in C-41. About 8-10 years ago, SFW stopped using motion picture film and began using a private brand C-41 film from Agfa. I'm surprised the film cassette doesn't state Process C-41 or ECN-2 instread of SFW-SL. The easiest way to determine which film you have is to retrive the leader from a cassette, cut off an inch or two of the tongue, and soak it in warm water for a few minutes. If a black particulate coating comes of the base side, it is motion picture film and you will have trouble finding someone who processes and prints that. If there are just some colored dyes which wash off, it is C-41 film and your local minilab can process it. "djs" wrote in message ups.com... I hate to admit it, but I founds four rolls of exposed film with Process: SFW-SL on the canister. Where does a person send these to get them developed? I searched several photograph news groups but there is very little information that isn't over 6 years old. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Some advice that I find says the film is old movie film. Others have stated that it is C-41. The local labs won't touch it. What is a person to do to get these rolls developed? Thanks in advance, djs You can tell if its motion picture negative from the perforations. Motion picture negative film (camera film) has Bell & Howell perforations that look like this: __ (__) Both negative and slide film for still cameras have Kodak Standard perforations that look like this: __ |__| -- --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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SFW-XL Seattle Film Works film processing
Thanks for the info. I found a local lab that said they can handle it.
They send it out somwhere, but they said it takes four weeks. I will let you all know how it works out. Thanks for the info. djs |
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SFW-XL Seattle Film Works film processing
In article ,
"Bernie" writes: About 8-10 years ago, SFW stopped using motion picture film and began using a private brand C-41 film from Agfa. I'm surprised the film cassette doesn't state Process C-41 or ECN-2 instread of SFW-SL. I think it was more like 10-13 years ago that they stopped using the ECN-2 films. I'm pretty sure of this because I noticed the change at about the time I started a postdoc, which was in 1994. I *THINK*, but I'm not 100% positive, that the "SFW-XL" films were C-41; their using that unusual process type was just a way to keep customers "locked in" to their service. If customers *THOUGHT* that they couldn't have the film processed elsewhere, they wouldn't try, and the mainstream photofinishers wouldn't touch it because they wouldn't know what it was. Note that I'm not 100% positive that SFW-XL was really C-41, though; it's possible they changed the process type label while still using ECN-2 films (probably to keep people from sending films to Dale Labs or others who'd process ECN-2 films) and then switched to C-41 films later. My memory of the sequence is simply a bit foggy. If a black particulate coating comes of the base side, it is motion picture film and you will have trouble finding someone who processes and prints that. If it's really ECN-2, check with Rocky Mountain Film Lab (http://www.rockymountainfilm.com). They do ECN-2 processing, but it's slow and costly -- $25.85 per roll plus $4.00 per order, with a turnaround time of 2-6 *MONTHS*. Note that I've never used their services; I just know what I've read on their Web site and from people who've posted about them. Alternatively, if you're set up for it, you could try processing it yourself in C-41 chemistry. I've seen conflicting stories about how much of a problem the rem-jet layer is, and since I've never tried this myself, I can't speak from experience. At best, you'll get something that'll be pretty close to normal. Given that the film is probably about a decade old, you're unlikely to get perfect color balance anyhow. -- Rod Smith, http://www.rodsbooks.com Author of books on Linux, FreeBSD, and networking |
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SFW-XL Seattle Film Works film processing
Rod Smith wrote:
If it's really ECN-2, check with Rocky Mountain Film Lab (http://www.rockymountainfilm.com). They do ECN-2 processing, but it's slow and costly -- $25.85 per roll plus $4.00 per order, with a turnaround time of 2-6 *MONTHS*. Note that I've never used their services; I just know what I've read on their Web site and from people who've posted about them. That's pretty expensive. The Camera Shop http://www.thecamerashop.com lists their price as $9.95 for 24 exposures and $13.99 for 36 exposures develop and print on 4x6 paper. I understand that Dale Labs may still offer the service at their normal price, but they don't mention it on their website any more. I have not used either of these. Peter. -- |
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SFW-XL Seattle Film Works film processing
If it were MY one-hour lab I'd still tell you to go elsewhere, my
experiences are that all bulk loaded films are suspect and that color balance is also a big issue with the weird stuff. Mini-labs are production driven not custom labs. You need custom work? Take it to a custom lab, you'll be much more satisfied with the results. -- darkroommike (who had to clean gunk out of his C-41 machine one too many times) "Bernie" wrote in message ... Seattle Film Works used to repackage left over movie film and sell it cheap. This was for process ECN-2 (Eastman Color Negative) and had a rem jet carbonized antihalation coating on the base side of the film. The first step in ECN-2 is an alkaline bath to soften this coating, and rotary buffers and water spray to remove it before the film entered the developer. The actual development process is a little different from C-41, but if you manually remove the rem jet backing so it doesn't fowl the processor, you can get good results developing in C-41. About 8-10 years ago, SFW stopped using motion picture film and began using a private brand C-41 film from Agfa. I'm surprised the film cassette doesn't state Process C-41 or ECN-2 instread of SFW-SL. The easiest way to determine which film you have is to retrive the leader from a cassette, cut off an inch or two of the tongue, and soak it in warm water for a few minutes. If a black particulate coating comes of the base side, it is motion picture film and you will have trouble finding someone who processes and prints that. If there are just some colored dyes which wash off, it is C-41 film and your local minilab can process it. "djs" wrote in message ups.com... I hate to admit it, but I founds four rolls of exposed film with Process: SFW-SL on the canister. Where does a person send these to get them developed? I searched several photograph news groups but there is very little information that isn't over 6 years old. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Some advice that I find says the film is old movie film. Others have stated that it is C-41. The local labs won't touch it. What is a person to do to get these rolls developed? Thanks in advance, djs |
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SFW-XL Seattle Film Works film processing
I just browsed the site and say nothing but black and white and C-41,
nothing about ECN-2 -- darkroommike "Peter Irwin" wrote in message ... Rod Smith wrote: If it's really ECN-2, check with Rocky Mountain Film Lab (http://www.rockymountainfilm.com). They do ECN-2 processing, but it's slow and costly -- $25.85 per roll plus $4.00 per order, with a turnaround time of 2-6 *MONTHS*. Note that I've never used their services; I just know what I've read on their Web site and from people who've posted about them. That's pretty expensive. The Camera Shop http://www.thecamerashop.com lists their price as $9.95 for 24 exposures and $13.99 for 36 exposures develop and print on 4x6 paper. I understand that Dale Labs may still offer the service at their normal price, but they don't mention it on their website any more. I have not used either of these. Peter. -- |
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