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<p>I would send that camera to David Odess before I would send it to anyone else, including Hasselblad USA. Years ago he overhauled an older style 250mm Zeiss lens for my Hasselblad 500CM and the lens came back looking and working like new, he is really a master when it comes to repairing anything Hasselblad, including the system's Zeiss lenses. His prices are very reasonable, and again, the quality of his work is simply the best.</p>

<p>FUJICHROME ASTIA, absolutely your best bet.</p>

Try these two:

 

www.mylab.com

 

www.bestlab.com

You can try Fujichrome T64, 3200K balanced transparency film, available in 35mm, 120, 4x5 and 8x10 formats, this is the newest tungsten film available in the market, with an RMS Granularity of 7 reported by Fujifilm, you can shoot it from 2 minutes up to 1/125s with no exposure compensation or color correction needed. Don't waste your time with Kodak Ektachrome 64T, it's very old stuff, grainy, dull...

Thank you very much, Robert, that's exactly what I wanted to know.

Hi Roger:

 

I appreciate your response very much, and I have no doubt that what you are saying is true, but how long ago did you send your film to Arizona?.

 

I have no problem waiting few extra days if they receive them in Arizona and forward them to their new location in Kansas, but what if they don't check the PO Box in Arizona anymore, and my film gets lost in the mail?.

 

I'm asking this because I found about 20 mailers with the Arizona address printed on them that I didn't even remember I had. Should I just crossed out the Arizona address and print the new address and mail them, will they work?.

 

That is essentially my question, can I still use these mailers?.

 

Thank you.

Thank you all for your help.

 

According to your responses, I understand that my mailers are still good, they will go to Arizona first and from there they will be forwarded to Kansas, is that right?.

 

Now, is there anyway I could contact Fujifilm directly to confirm this, since I do not want to risk my film getting lost in the mail?.

 

I tried to contact them through their website, but it was impossible since there is no actual email address to write in the "Contact Us" section of it, so if anyone here knows how to email them, I'd be very appreciated.

I have a question regarding the Fujifilm slide (E-6 process) processing mailers.

 

Are they still delivered to the Fujifilm lab located in Phoenix, Arizona?.

 

The question is because I have found few mailers I bought a while back in B&H

Photo, and the address shown on the front of the mailers is PO Box 52008 in

Phoenix, Arizona.

 

Are these mailers still good to use?

 

Thank you.

Fujichrome Astia.

I recommend Fujichrome Astia 100F, or Fujichrome Sensia 100.

Try these two mail order B&W labs:

 

http://www.mylab.com

 

http://www.bestlab.com

 

Both are very good.

I want to recommend Dasaga Photographic to all of you looking for

repairs on battery packs for portable strobes.

 

They work on all battery packs, Quantum, Lumedyne, Metz, Sunpak,

Comet, Nikon, Bowens, etc.

 

I recently sent them a Bowens Pioneer battery pack that wasn't

working and they replaced the damaged battery cells and returned the

pack back in about a week. The job was done perfectly, the battery

works great, like a new one, and the price they charged me was much

less than what Calumet Photo wanted.

 

I highly recommend Dasaga Photographic for their excellent work,

service and reasonable prices.

 

If you need to contact them, go to their website at www.dasaga.com,

or call Sam Kennedy at (405)682-3980.

 

Here is their address:

 

Dasaga Photographic

5400 S. Rockwood Ave.

Okla. City, Ok. 73119

405-682-3980

 

Website: http://www.dasaga.com

Email: sam@dasaga.com

These two are good commercial B&W labs:

 

www.mylab.com

 

www.bestlab.com

There is no equivalent slide film to negative film, because they behave in a totally different way, but for what you are trying to do, in my opinion, the best slide film to use would be Fujichrome Astia 100F.

The best in my opinion, Fujicolor Superia Reala, and Fujicolor NPS 160.

These two are excellent B&W "only" mail order labs:

 

http://www.bestlab.com

 

http://www.mylab.com

I recommend these two B&W mail order labs:

 

http://www.bestlab.com

 

http://www.mylab.com

 

All they do at both labs is B&W exclusively, and they do it pretty good.

Certainly, Fujicolor Reala is not considered a "Professional" film but it happens to be, in my opinion, the best 100 ISO speed negative film available.

 

The only difference on using a "Professional" lab instead of a "Consumer" one is, as others have already pointed out, the higher level of quality and consistency they offer.

 

Now, I have sent rolls of 35mm Fujicolor Superia Reala to Wal-Mart "Second Day" lab requesting a Photo CD with my order, and so far the quality has been very good, great prints and great scans in the Photo CD, I highly recommend this as a cheap option.

Thank you for the information, Andre.

 

I have contacted Lumix through email, but it's been weeks and I'm still waiting for a response.

 

I also contacted Balcar in France, and Mr. Michel Quemper their Service Manager, replied few times but he hasn't replied to my last email, where I ask him if I can purchase some flashtubes directly from them.

 

I will call that place in Chicago that you suggested next Monday to see if they have the flashtubes I need.

 

Again, thank you very much.

I am looking for Balcar U-Head flashtubes.

 

I need the Balcar 30401 flashtubes, which is the "U-shaped" flashtube

with the long thin wire legs for the older Balcar U-Heads (made

before 1991). It measures 115mm in length, which is about 4 1/2

inches (from the top of the flashtube to the end of the thin wire leg

connectors), and it has a separation between the thin wire leg

connectors of 27mm, about 1 1/8 inches. Apparently, the generic

number for this flashtube is FT/56, and the Lumix code number is 353.

 

I also need the Balcar 30448 flashtubes, which is similar to the

30401, but it has "banana type" connectors instead of the thin wire

legs. This one measures 106mm in length, which is about 4 1/4 inches

(from the top of the flashtube to the end of the "banana type"

connectors) and it has a separation between the "banana type"

connectors of 30mm, about 1 1/4 inches. Apparently, the generic

number for this flashtube is FT/58BP, and the Lumix code number is

691.

 

I contacted a company called Lumix in Lyons, France (www.lumix.fr)

that seems to make and/or distribute these flashtubes I need, but

they never replied back. If you know of any other source where I can

find these other than Calumet Photo, please let me know.

 

Or If you have them available, email me with details, please.

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

Antonio Plaza.

As others have already suggested, for slides use Fujichrome 64T Type II, for negative use Fujicolor NPL 160.

This is getting very funny...

 

Every time a new film is launched, or an old film is replaced by a newer improved version, someone here comes with comments like "they had to replace that film because one of its components was generating tons of toxic waste", or "they are launching those films because film is dying and time is running out...".

 

I read the first one here, few days ago, in a thread talking about the replacement of Fujichrome Velvia 50 with a newer improved version, Fujichrome Velvia 100 (not "F"). Fujichrome Velvia 50, by the way, is Fujifilm's best selling transparency film, and doesn't generate any more or less toxic waste than the rest of films in the world, they are replacing it with a new improved emulsion that they think is better. Now, we are going to have three Fujichrome Velvia films, the already available Velvia 50 (being discontinued by the end of the year), Velvia 100F and Velvia 100. Is film really dying?.

 

Now, this "film is dying so they had to release these new emulsions...".

 

To me, this only proves that film is still being used, there is a future for it, and there are still companies like Fujifilm Co. in Japan, willing to improve their existing film emulsions. Obviously, film is far from dying, and the fact that some here bought "digicams" doesn't mean the whole world sees "digicams" as the only way to produce good photographs.

Both are basically the same film, one is the "amateur version" only available in 35mm, the other the "professional version" available from 35mm up to 120.

If you shoot 35mm, the only one available as far as I know is Kodak Portra 100T, and they have it in Adorama and B&H Photo Video for US$6.95 a roll. This film is also available in 120, 4x5 and 8x10.

 

If you shoot 120, 4x5 and/or 8x10, there is also Fujicolor NPL 160, which is the one I use, it is an excellent tungsten film, I highly recommend it, but is not available in 35mm format. They also have this in Adorama and B&H Photo Video.

James, I don't know where you are, but if you are in the USA, you can contact Sinar Bron, they are the distributors in USA for Broncolor, the URL as follows:

 

www.sinarbron.com

 

If you are in Europe, contact Lumix at:

 

www.lumix.fr

 

They both should have the flashtubes, domes, capacitors, etc., in stock for the Broncolor Impact units.