peter_bacevice

Praus Productions in Rochester, NY - Kodak Q-Lab certified and very easy to work with through the mail

When traveling to Melbourne (Australia), I have had my E6 film processed locally by Lab X in the St. Kilda area

Whenever I go through an airport screening, I always request a hand inspection of my film rather than

putting the film through the x-ray. I will be traveling soon, only this time I will have a lot more film than

usual, including quite a bit of 120 film. A hand inspection usually involves the inspector taking the film

out of the box, but I'm a little wary of someone handling 120 film. My question is this. Is it better to just

put the film through the x-ray, or is it better to avoid the x-ray and trust it to the inspector. My 120 film

is Velvia 50, EPR, Ektachrome 100VS and 100G. My 35mm film is mostly the same but also includes

Kodachrome.

I was looking at the Kodak website recently, and I noticed that they stopped listing many of their older

Ektachrome films. They list Ektachrome 64T (EPY), but the daylight version (EPR) is no longer listed. I

contacted Kodak support to ask if the film has been discontinued and received a vague response. I just

ordered some from B&H, and it has a June 2008 expiration date. It wasn't my everyday film, but I liked to

use it from time to time, especially in 120 format. Has anyone heard anything about its demise?

If you do any bright cityscapes, try an 80A filter. I took a night picture of Chicago from 96

floors up, and the picture had an awful orange glow from all the sodium vapor lights. I tried

the shot with an 80A filter, and the orange was gone. Here's the shot taken with the 80A

(http://www.pbase.com/bacevice/image/81586352)

Look at the question I posted a few days later. I've had the same problem with some expired

Ektachrome 64. Although mine was only a month past date. Still, it seems like this may be a

problem with some films, especially if they aren't properly stored.

Dear slide shooters:

I have been reading posts from slide shooters recently, and I came across some earlier posts about out-

of-date film. I've seen several posts about Kodachrome 64 becoming somewhat magenta when it nears its

expiration date. Is the same true for Ektachrome 64 (EPR)? I shot some rolls of it recently that I purchased

from a not-to-be-named NY online photo store. The film was short-dated, and I had to use it quickly.

When my slides were returned, I noticed that the images had a slight magenta tint to them. I've used EPR

before because I like its cool saturated color palette, but these looked different. Luckily not every slide

looked bad, but something just didn't seem right. The leading strip from the film was returned with the

slides, and I noticed that the strip looked slightly magenta. In the same order, I got back some rolls of

Velvia 100 and E100G. These slides looked fine, and the leading strips were relatively clear. I have some

rolls of EPR 120 format in my refrigerator that are good until June 2008. What should I expect from these?

Is my magenta tint simply a result of using out of date film? The film's expiration date was April 2007,

and I used it last month.