JandC Pro 100 - 120 B&W - $1.19 Per Roll

Like to do photography on the cheap? I think J&C's $1.19 120
film is the lowest price that can be found. That's a one roll
at a time price. Can anybody do better? or is it worse?

BTW, has anybody given it a try? Dan

"Dan Quinn" wrote in message
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Like to do photography on the cheap? I think J&C's $1.19 120
film is the lowest price that can be found. That's a one roll
at a time price. Can anybody do better? or is it worse?

Dan, I have not used that emulsion, but a short purchase and a test roll in
your back yard will show you what's going on. I did a few sheets of J&C Efke
25 that way this afternoon and it is definitely promising. (Now if I could
only go somewhere
! )

"Dan Quinn" wrote in message
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Like to do photography on the cheap? I think J&C's $1.19 120
film is the lowest price that can be found. That's a one roll
at a time price. Can anybody do better? or is it worse?

Dan, I have not used that emulsion, but a short purchase and a test roll in
your back yard will show you what's going on. I did a few sheets of J&C Efke
25 that way this afternoon and it is definitely promising. (Now if I could
only go somewhere
! )

On 8/29/2004 3:16 PM Dan Quinn spake thus:

Like to do photography on the cheap? I think J&C's $1.19 120
film is the lowest price that can be found. That's a one roll
at a time price. Can anybody do better? or is it worse?

BTW, has anybody given it a try?

Not the 120, but I've used their (J&C's) "Classic" film in 4x5 and found it to
be plenty good. Don't know if it's exactly same stuff, though.


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Dan Quinn wrote:

Like to do photography on the cheap? I think J&C's $1.19 120
film is the lowest price that can be found. That's a one roll
at a time price. Can anybody do better? or is it worse?

BTW, has anybody given it a try? Dan

I seldom shoot ISO 100, but I certainly plan to buy 10 or 20 rolls of
their Classic 400 (at about $1.59/roll, IIRC, and a discount for more
than 10, it seems to be the least costly 400 speed 120 film going) as
soon as I'm ready to buy more film. I'm just about out of the expired
TMY I bought last fall, and looking for a 400 speed film in 120 that'll
cost me a lot less than new Tri-X or TMY.

--
I may be a scwewy wabbit, but I'm not going to Alcatwaz!
-- E. J. Fudd, 1954

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Dan Quinn wrote:

Like to do photography on the cheap? I think J&C's $1.19 120
film is the lowest price that can be found. That's a one roll
at a time price. Can anybody do better? or is it worse?

BTW, has anybody given it a try? Dan

I seldom shoot ISO 100, but I certainly plan to buy 10 or 20 rolls of
their Classic 400 (at about $1.59/roll, IIRC, and a discount for more
than 10, it seems to be the least costly 400 speed 120 film going) as
soon as I'm ready to buy more film. I'm just about out of the expired
TMY I bought last fall, and looking for a 400 speed film in 120 that'll
cost me a lot less than new Tri-X or TMY.

--
I may be a scwewy wabbit, but I'm not going to Alcatwaz!
-- E. J. Fudd, 1954

Donald Qualls, aka The Silent Observer
Lathe Building Pages http://silent1.home.netcom.com/HomebuiltLathe.htm
Speedway 7x12 Lathe Pages http://silent1.home.netcom.com/my7x12.htm

Opinions expressed are my own -- take them for what they're worth
and don't expect them to be perfect.

David Nebenzahl wrote:

On 8/29/2004 3:16 PM Dan Quinn spake thus:

Like to do photography on the cheap? I think J&C's $1.19 120
film is the lowest price that can be found. That's a one roll
at a time price. Can anybody do better? or is it worse?

BTW, has anybody given it a try?


Not the 120, but I've used their (J&C's) "Classic" film in 4x5 and found
it to be plenty good. Don't know if it's exactly same stuff, though.



Pro 100 is a different film from Classic 200 and Classic 400. I suspect
it's Lucky, rebranded for J&C, and if so, it's said to combine some of
the tonal and grain characteristics of TMX with the forgiving latitude
of Plus-X -- and those are good comparisons, since the Lucky factory (in
China) has licensed Kodak emulsion technology.

--
I may be a scwewy wabbit, but I'm not going to Alcatwaz!
-- E. J. Fudd, 1954

Donald Qualls, aka The Silent Observer
Lathe Building Pages http://silent1.home.netcom.com/HomebuiltLathe.htm
Speedway 7x12 Lathe Pages http://silent1.home.netcom.com/my7x12.htm

Opinions expressed are my own -- take them for what they're worth
and don't expect them to be perfect.

David Nebenzahl wrote:

On 8/29/2004 3:16 PM Dan Quinn spake thus:

Like to do photography on the cheap? I think J&C's $1.19 120
film is the lowest price that can be found. That's a one roll
at a time price. Can anybody do better? or is it worse?

BTW, has anybody given it a try?


Not the 120, but I've used their (J&C's) "Classic" film in 4x5 and found
it to be plenty good. Don't know if it's exactly same stuff, though.



Pro 100 is a different film from Classic 200 and Classic 400. I suspect
it's Lucky, rebranded for J&C, and if so, it's said to combine some of
the tonal and grain characteristics of TMX with the forgiving latitude
of Plus-X -- and those are good comparisons, since the Lucky factory (in
China) has licensed Kodak emulsion technology.

--
I may be a scwewy wabbit, but I'm not going to Alcatwaz!
-- E. J. Fudd, 1954

Donald Qualls, aka The Silent Observer
Lathe Building Pages http://silent1.home.netcom.com/HomebuiltLathe.htm
Speedway 7x12 Lathe Pages http://silent1.home.netcom.com/my7x12.htm

Opinions expressed are my own -- take them for what they're worth
and don't expect them to be perfect.

Donald Qualls wrote in message news:s2vYc.338004$%_6.155784@attbi_s01...
Dan Quinn wrote:

Like to do photography on the cheap? I think J&C's $1.19 120
film is the lowest price that can be found. That's a one roll
at a time price. Can anybody do better? or is it worse?

BTW, has anybody given it a try? Dan

I seldom shoot ISO 100, but I certainly plan to buy 10 or 20 rolls of
their Classic 400 (at about $1.59/roll, IIRC, and a discount for more
than 10, it seems to be the least costly 400 speed 120 film going) as
soon as I'm ready to buy more film. I'm just about out of the expired
TMY I bought last fall, and looking for a 400 speed film in 120 that'll
cost me a lot less than new Tri-X or TMY.
I shot the film at asa 100 in my Yashicamat, processed it in Pyrocat
HD for 7 minutes at 80 degrees F and the results in well lit daylight
scenes is very rich in the high lights. I'm going to try shooting
with the film in overcast light.

On 29 Aug 2004 15:16:57 -0700, (Dan Quinn) wrote:

Like to do photography on the cheap? I think J&C's $1.19 120
film is the lowest price that can be found. That's a one roll
at a time price. Can anybody do better? or is it worse?

BTW, has anybody given it a try? Dan

I doubt this is as good as the best that Ilford or Kodak have
to offer. Why not spend the extra $1.00 and get Ilford ? Believe me,
there can be long term issues with cheap films.

Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.darkroompro.com
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