a._valerio

Hi,

 

Is this a good time to sell FD lenses? Or do you think the value will increase

in a year or so? I have a perfect 50-135/3.5 in original packaging that I

bought new 7 years ago, and only used for several rolls of film. Should I put

it up for sale at this point in time? I would say it is worth about $250. Does

that sound right? Or might it appreciate in value?

 

Thank you very much!

Hey guys,

 

How long will sealed Technidol liquid developer concentrate keep? The current

version that is.

 

Thanks.

So K-200 is supposedly discontinued now. B&H is indeed out of stock. What

I'd like to know is this: anyone who's bought Kodachrome lately:

 

 

-What type/speed?

 

-What is the expiration date?

 

-What's the emul. # ?

 

-When did you buy it?

 

 

I'm trying to get an idea of any trends. I think the last K-200 I bought in

February was dated 3/2008 and was #2671.

B&H no longer has EPJ 320T listed; the search returns no results/ It looks

like the film might be on its way out. Anyone know? It also looks like EPT

160T might be on its way out as well judging be the lack of fresh-dated film

in the listing. Perhaps Kodak is discontinuing all its Tungsten films...First

Portra 100T, and now the reversal films (we'll have to see about EPY 64T).

 

Production of EBX 100 daylight film seems to have been stopped a long time

ago, btw.

"Commercial film recording apparatus is usually pretty low-res kit. Typically giving you the sort of resolution you'd get by shooting the image from a computer CRT monitor with a film camera."

 

What?! I thought the whole point of this process was to be able to work with a digital image in the darkroom. I'm sorry, but I can't believe that a typical film recorder nothing more than a toy that gives such low quality. This thread caught my interest because I am planning to have some stuff converted for the first time...with the intention of being able to work with the images in the darkroom.

FYI on processing according to the Dwaynes ebay store:

 

"Please be assured that you will be able to get your film processed by Dwayne's Photo for at least the next 3 years. The only Kodachrome processor in the U.S."

 

Assuming they mean "Kodachrome" when they say "film", this is good news. This seems to cover the 75th year of Kodachrome. As someone who is new to the film, I will use it 'til we lose it.

"If I do this right, create one heck of a buzz, hand a hundred rolls of 64 out to kids to shoot, perhaps Kodak will see it through to it's 75th anniversary in 2010. It would be a brilliant PR move for them to do that and I am starting to think that is what they might do. But it is up to us to show them that it is worth it."

 

I'm doing my part...I posted in another forum about this, and I'm urging people I know to give this stuff a shot. I'm also switching to K-64 as my main color slide material, and will shoot it until it's gone and processing is stopped. Sort of like a mini version of your own project. I want to be a part of photographic history. This is too big a deal to just ignore. Perhaps others can do a mini version of your Kodachrome Project. Personally, I am looking forward to seeing the project. Hopefully you will consider exhibiting some prints and circulating them around the country as an exhibition when all the shooting, editing, and storytelling is said and done.

 

Best of luck.

Hi,

 

I was recently given an Alden 74 bulk loader without instructions. I am new to

bulk loading and have no idea how to use this. I've tried reading people's

tips, but I really need the manual, because a diagram is much more helpful.

Can anyone point me toward the instruction manual for this loader?

 

Thank you!

Today, I wouldn't pay more than $250 max, with everything included that it's supposed to have.

Nikon is missing something in their flash lineup...an SB-400.

I have sent Kodachrome through Costco...they forward it to Dwaynes. The E-6 is done by Qualex or whatever (I never liked the results from it).

By the way, it cost $22 and was two weeks before I got it back.

I recently pushed a roll of Kodachrome 200 by one stop. I rated the EI at 320 to decrease low-tone clipping. EI 400 would have definitely underexposed the film. I was shooting a rock concert. my slides came back well-exposed, but with little shadow detail and a definite warm cast due to the lighting. My metering method was to spotmeter performers' faces and to add 0.7EV to compensate for the flesh tone (the ISo was set to 320 in addition to this). If I were doing it over again, I would have maybe tried to add a filter to balance the film to the tungsten light a bit more. note that there is a definite shift toward magenta in pushed K-200, so if your lighting is greenish, it will help counteract it.