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This is just me, but I've been sorely disappointed every time I've had B&W commercially processed.

I use D76 probably 90% of the time(my other developers are Rodinal and TMAX) but really any...

I'm a happy user of the SP-445.

As said, it's easy to load and it can be inverted or otherwise agitated like a roll film tank. It's comparable in price to the Patterson tank, which I bought and...

Funny, but unexposed 35mm TMX and TMY look the same as pretty much all other B&W emulsions and also give the same colors when washing.

If the pink dye were so integral to the spectral response of...

Only here can you start talking about TXP and end up with someone talking/speculating/arguing about TMY.

Mark,

Don't worry, I wouldn't dream of doing it at home! I do have the appropriate safety equipment and know how to do it in a proper lab environment. I do also have training in organic synthesis...

I'm itching to "get my hands dirty" with wet plates and tintypes, but I've hit a bit of a road block with the collodion.

In general, all the reagents needed are NOT an issue for me. The Br- and...

My experience with TXP is limited to a few(in date) 4x5 sheets and a few expired 220 rolls. It is a different film from TX, but you can also see that in many ways they are similar. The amount of TX...

Well, my D76 usually goes bad before I can use all of it, so that's no great loss.

Aside from that, what do I have to lose to go out and fart around in my front yard for a half hour? I can do...

Thanks guys-that's what it will be!

I'll report back with what I get.

I have a couple of holders I bought that had film in them. In fact, I bought enough from this source that I started checking them all in the dark before cleaning and putting the holder into...

I've seen your list more times than I care to count.

Once again, explain to me why if Kodak is really trying to "kill" the LF market when the prices on two emulsions often discussed are lower now...

Yep, Kodak is really squeezing the large format market hard.

In fact, so hard that in July. 2015 Freestyle listed TMY2 at $129.53 a box(143.99 retail). Right now, in May of 2017, the same box...

I know I've said this a bunch of times, but when I got into LF I started with emulsions that I was already comfortable with in roll film.

I bought a box of TXP, but when I bought that I went on...

I agree that TXP is a superb film, but just know that if you've shot TX in roll film, this is not the same film. It's similar, but not the same.

I shoot more TX(in terms of square footage) than...

I have never shot Acros in any form, but none the less am sorry to see the loss of yet another large format emulsion.

To be honest, my only use for Fuji for a long time now has been for...

One of my other hobbies-my 1970 MG MGB.

Shot on some Velvia that expired 20 years ago in a Speed Graphic with a 135mm Raptar. I caught this as I was leaving work one evening and a storm rolling...

Apple actually had an uncharacteristically frank and open discussion last week about the future of the MP line. They basically acknowledged how badly they messed things up with the traschcan, and are...

Thanks for the additional information, but I'm still really curious about what sounds like a really nice set-up.

I'm guessing you're running dual processors, but Intel doesn't even make a 16 core...

Time to complete an operation doesn't scale directly proportionally to the number of cores. More cores certainly speed it up, but you still have a bottleneck in distributing the operations across the...

Interesting, and thanks. I need to put together an order from him, as I want some 4x5 Velvia 50 also. I can't count on my stock of the original stuff(now about 40 sheets) to last forever. I have an...

For scanning(V700, Coolscan 5, Sprintscan 35 for SuperSlides) I use a PowerMac G5 dual 2.7 running both OS X 10.5.8 and 10.4.11. Obviously, the Coolscan is my workhorse for 35mm while the V700...

The points have no relevance outside my point that I don't think what smaller companies do can be directly compared to E-K. Both of those comments had to do with the scale of the operation that E-K...

I can't believe I'm entering into this debate again.

But, again, I'll argue that you can't necessarily compare E-K manufacturing costs to those of Ilford and Foma.

Spare repeating the same...

Once again, do you know that what's true for Ilford or Foma is also true for Kodak? I posted my thoughts on why it very well might not be.

Kodak is the oldest film manufacturer around and has...

IMO, Provia is still quite "punchy" compared to the now long gone Astia(which was a beautiful film in the right scenario, but not something I ever shot more than a couple of rolls of).

I've never...

At the risk of once again driving myself crazy...

Do you know this to be a fact?

I'm speculating, but I'd venture to guess that 80% or better of what gets coated in building 36 is on an...

Interesting.

I'm 29 and have only been interested in photography since sometime in 2005, so I missed a lot of the good days of film(although it's all I've ever used seriously).

I'd never...

In the US, Freestyle(Arista) sells both C-41 and E6 kits that are very economical. I haven't looked at the C41 kit, but the E6 kit is 3 bath(as opposed to the 5 baths of the old Kodak kits) and uses...

Thanks for the information on Ektapan. Like I said, I have probably 100 sheets to play with(spread across 3 boxes) so I have a lot to try.

I'll take your developing suggestions as a starting...

Well, the first round with 35mm Rollei 400 hasn't been developed yet, but I'll already call it a partial failure.

I loaded a roll in my F3, set it to ASA 12, and went to work just walking around...

I'm still at the LF Newbie stage, and I've chosen to stick to films I've learned and know well in roll film form.

That's why I've been shooting a lot of FP4+, which I've shot fairly extensively in...

Well, I did get my R72 this week along with a few rolls(no sheets yet) of Rollei IR. It's a nice sunny day and we are starting to get some foliage(along with nice green grass), so I'll see what...

I need to get my results together and published.

In any case, I gathered up a bunch of filters(specifically colored filters but also stuck in a few different "UV-class" filters today. These...

I recently picked up a Bronica S-series system(with an S2a and C body). These bodies are interesting in that the focusing helical-while removable-is meant to stay with the body and the lenses are...

By the way, I have long argued that a strict UV filter is unnecessary because optical glass(depending on its exact composition) goes opaque somewhere in the 350-400nm range. In the lab, our...

Not too long ago, I bought an "Ebay special" R25 in 67mm since I couldn't find one in the used drawers at the local shop and figured for the $5 it cost it was worth a try.

I have ready access to...

Oh boy, I can tell this is going to be a fun adventure.

Thanks again everyone for all of the advice. I do generally carry a changing back with me at least if I'm trekking out in the field. I've...

Thanks guys.

I found some explanation on HIE as to lack of an anti-halation layer being part of the problem in 35mm since it could allow(as I understood it) the leader to act like a "light pipe."...

I know this is mostly academic since Kodak HIE is now gone and I never took the inclination to shoot it when it was around. I'm taking an interest in IR photograhy and have ordered some of the Rollei...

I'll be reading with interesting-I may take the day off work and head down to "ground zero" in Hopkinsville.