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Hasselblad V question hardware/film
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Returning after a 3 year hiatus . I'm slowly building up a 503CW film camera hoping to also use it as a digital medium format camera. Is the film still being made ? Who makes it ? Thanks Peter Sydney , Australia |
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Hasselblad V question hardware/film
wrote in message ... Hi all , Returning after a 3 year hiatus . I'm slowly building up a 503CW film camera hoping to also use it as a digital medium format camera. Is the film still being made ? Who makes it ? Thanks Peter Sydney , Australia 120 size film is readily available from the major manufacturers. My personal favorites: for color prints- Kodak Portra 160VC or 400VC, and for b&w prints- plain old Kodak Tri-X. Others have their favorites; these are just the ones that I'm used to and are readily available to me. To paraprase Mark Twain: "The rumours of film's death have been greatly exagerated!" Processing is another matter. For b&w, I use Kodak's HC110 developer. It comes in a thick syrup which gets diluted seriously for use. For color negatives, Trebla (C-PAC) makes a developer that is designed to make 5 gallons (?), but includes instructions for mixing as little as one liter. In home developing, the developer is the big problem: the life of the mixed chemical is fairly short, sometimes hours, sometimes a few weeks, depending on the brand and type. Home developing color film is not the monster some people will tell you. Developer temperature is critical- you need an accurate thermometer. Other than that, it's no different from developing b&w film. If you take your color print film to a one-hour minilab, be careful. Many of the automated processors can handle 120 size film, but if the machine has only been used for 35mm film, the rollers may have a wear pattern (or gunk pattern) that is the width of the 35mm film. The machine could deposit gunk or cause scratches along the sides of your 120 film. Ask the people running the machines how much 120 film they run through it. Ideally, you want two or three rolls belonging to someone else to go through the machine before yours! Printing the film is not difficult either. Ideally, you should have a dedicated darkroom, but many people get by with using a bathroom. -- Ken Hart |
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Hasselblad V question hardware/film
"Alan Browne" wrote in message ... On 2011.02.09 3:27 , wrote: Hi all , Returning after a 3 year hiatus . I'm slowly building up a 503CW film camera hoping to also use it as a digital medium format camera. Is the film still being made ? Who makes it ? What Hart said. I like both Kodak and Fuji color negatives and slide films. I'm not a B&W fan - but do shoot it on occasion. Biggest obstacle at present is getting 120 E-6/C-41 processed. I'm considering setting up my own chemicals at home, at least for E-6. I don't shoot much E6, but for C41, I use Trebla chemicals from C-PAC. They have a C41 developer that is packaged for 5Liters, but it also gives instructions for mixing 1Liter at a time. A couple 10cc (10mL) syringes are helpful for measuring. Once the developer is mixed, it has a life of a couple weeks if kept from air exposure. The Bleach, Fixer, and Stabilizer lifetimes are several months. I use the Bleach as a replenished chem; the rest I use one-shot. Cost to develope a roll of 120 is about a dollar. |
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