michael_cockerham Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 I'm quite happy with Jessops "Diamond Laser" d+p service here in the UK, but each time I take a roll to be processed, as part of the deal they give me a free one of theirs, a Jessops brand. I prefer Fuji, mostly, and I'm getting a growing stock of Jessops rolls - don't really want. (I know I could decline it.) What to do, ideas, please? TIA. Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_barnett2 Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Buy a Lomo, smear the lens with grease, and do something very un-Leica. Its your chance to forsake (temporarily) the tyranny of sharpness and tonal range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn_warren Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Give it to charidee mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcg Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Steve's got a great idea. Shoot the stuff--have fun & use it in a 100 ways you'd normally never consider. I went out yesterday & shot an entire of Provia in a wooded area w/ sun low while walking. That is, I literally walked & shot without stopping. I was at 125 so am counting on tons of blur & wacky out-of-focus. Could be none of it will be useful, but it sure was fun. And if I had had your cheap-o film, I would really have been delighted. Might have even shot two rolls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 I doubt that Jessops has a film factory anymore than Wallgreen's here in the States has a film factory. Some established manufacturer of film is packaging private label for them. Read the info on the box, where it's made, read what's printed on the cassette, use a roll, check the edge printing on the negatives, check how the prints look color-wise. You might be accumulating perfectly good Fuji film without knowing it. Or maybe it's Konica or Agfa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_cockerham Posted January 27, 2003 Author Share Posted January 27, 2003 Thanks for suggestions so far. Al, no clues on box except made in EU (European Union), and just ISO200/24°-Y, and 5762-40 21R on the edge of the negs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Williams Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 I think it's Agfa (or at least it was German the last time I looked), though it might not be the same as the latest branded emulsion. Other suggestions: (1) Give away to friends/family for shapshots. (2) Sell a batch of 10 on ebay. (3) Buy one of those semi-disposable P&S cameras (under a tenner if you look around), load with cheap film and hand it to a friend with instructions to take one photo and pass on the camera to someone else. Attach an address to which the camera can be returned by photographer #36, and a website address to which the results will be posted. (4) Use for LTM loading practice. (5) Run it through the cheapest precision camera you can find (maybe a secondhand Japanese rangefinder or manual SLR). Post the results here claiming they were shot on Velvia with an M7/Summilux and see if anyone notices... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Williams Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Hmm, if it now says 'EU' rather than Germany I guess it could also be the Italian stuff (3M/Ferrania?). It might even change between batches, depending on what can be sourced cheapest. I generally ask for the 400 ISO as my 'free' film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger c Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 I've used the stuff and it's not very good. Give it away or bin it. In future refuse the offer of a free film on environmental grounds, since it's only going to be thrown away. BTW, Jessops screwed up six valuable films of mine once, so I will never use them again. Peak Processing are twice the price, and absolutely dog-slow, but they don't make mistakes and the print saturation and exposure are in a different league to Jessops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 If you're only taking one roll a time to be processed, then you don't have pro needs, presumably. So shoot it with whatever cameras you have and look at the snaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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