What's the best film to use for a Noritsu machine?

[rahul_deshpande1]

Is it true that a Noritsu machine prints on Kodak paper? I've heard

that shooting with Kodak color film and processing on a Noritsu will

give better prints than processing/printing Fuji film in that machine.

Is this true as well...assuming film is well exposed?

 

Thanks,

 

Rahul

[john_shriver]

Any machine prints on any paper. Kodak even makes their chemicals in special packaging to plug directly into a Fuji Fronter printer unit.

 

While there are certainly pros and cons to each of the minilab vendors and their products (Noritsu, Fuji, Agfa), the skill (related to salary) of the operator is still paramount. Using good chemicals and paper sure helps.

 

The strongest correlation is that the best prints from Kodak films (especially the Portra portrait films) are done on Kodak Endura paper. Machine isn't really part of that equation. However, you'll mostly find Kodak Endura at pro labs, and at http://www.mpix.com. Too expensive for "minimum wage" places.

 

Kodak worries about all films printing well on their papers. Fuji isn't so concerned if other vendors' papers don't print as well on their papers.

[25asa]

Typically Noritsu uses Kodak materials. I know of one lab that uses an optical Noritsu designed for B&W paper, chemicals, and printing. They use Agfa paper in it. The Noritsu machines that use RA-2 SM chemicals are strictly Kodak chemicals.

[scott levine]

Noritsu does use Kodak Gold 200 as the test negative for balancing Paper as well as the

machine set up. Since a greater amount of film printed in most labs is Kodak, the cleanest

channels are usually Kodak Gold 200 and 400. Although as long as the machine is balanced

properly, you can achieve acceptable results with most film brands. Although Kodak and Fuji

will offer better exposure latitude and color than most.

[mike_buckles]

I've always gotten better results getting Kodak developed/printed on Noritsu. The Fuji Frontier (prolabs included) came out with a greenish cast using Kodak film. MPIX does a great job with Kodak film/papers, and they are very reasonable.

[calvin_lee]

The Costco near my house uses Fuji Crystal Archive Paper in their Noritsu machine.