johndc Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 I wrote to Ilford, inquiring about the possibility of creating theirwonderful (IMO) Pan F+ in a 4x5 size. In short, the answer was no, buthere is their response for those that might be interested: I'm afraid that there is no chance that Pan F+ will be produced insheet film sizes. There are technical difficulties with applying thisemulsion to the sheet film base, and there is not enough demand towarrent the research required to make the needed changes. Regards,David CarperILFORD Technical Service So that's it. I half expected to get a letter from some sales repsuggesting I use their Delta 100 Sheet film because the grain was"comparable". I was pleasantly surprised that I received a very honestand straightforward response to my question. yay Ilford! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patric_dahl_n Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Efke 25 is available as sheet film. Difficult to find though. It's also sold under the name "Wephota NP15" in Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_ilomaki Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 John David is a very straight shooter at Ilford. I have received the same straight answers from him on other requests, specifically last time, on Ilford resuming production of their old Platinotype paper they discontined during WWI when he supply of metal dried up from Russia. BTW Kodak still makes Tech Pan in LF sizes, altough it is not the same. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 Ditto what Richard said. David Carper has always struck me as a straight shooter. Even when, early last year, he assured folks on the Ilfopro Cafe forum that Ilford's 220 format films would not be discontinued (they later were), I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he was going on the information he was being given by the suits at Ilford. I'm betting the discontinuance left him a bit red-faced and maybe even a little pissed, considering that he was forced to contradict his earlier statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndc Posted February 28, 2004 Author Share Posted February 28, 2004 Richard: I've thought about using TechPan for a while now, but the stuff is so darn expensive! At $2/sheet in 4x5 it's a bit pricey -- and it's only available in 50 sheet boxes, which is a little insane. I figured that if Ilford were to make the Pan F+ emulsion available it would be packaged in their regular 25- and 100- sheet boxes, and the price would be consistant with the rest of the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patric_dahl_n Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 Efke 25 is, as I said, available in sheet sizes under the name Wephota NP 15: http://banse-grohmann.de/wephota/weph/fplfilm.htm#swm2 Pretty cheap, huh? Can be special ordered from: http://www.fotoimpex.de/ If the demand is high, maybe http://jandcphotography.com/ can order home Efke PL25? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j._raabe Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 J & C does sell Efke 25 in sheet film - I have a 50-sheet box in the freezer waiting for use.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patric_dahl_n Posted February 29, 2004 Share Posted February 29, 2004 Yeah, you're right. I see that now. :*) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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