Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-06 Thread Graywolf
Sorry, http://www.apug.org/forums/home.php graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- Mark Roberts wrote: Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sure they have. The guy that owns J&C Photo often posts over on the analog photography use

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-06 Thread Graywolf
it to the Holga, Ansco, and Argus boxes. - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: "Graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-05 Thread Henri Toivonen
Mark Roberts wrote: Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sure they have. The guy that owns J&C Photo often posts over on the analog photography users group . apug.com appears to be the Asia Pacific Utilities Group :( It's dot org. /Henri

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Sure they have. The guy that owns J&C Photo often posts over on the analog >photography users group . apug.com appears to be the Asia Pacific Utilities Group :( -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-05 Thread Mark Cassino
s boxes. - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: "Graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 3:41 PM Subject: Re: Film Hardeners Sure they have. Th

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
--- Original Message - > From: "Mark Cassino" > Subject: Re: Film Hardeners > > Since I re-use the fixer, I don't want to add the hardener to it - > > and wind up with hardening fixer that I don;t want to use on APX > > after the CP is all gone. > >

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
--- Original Message - > From: "Mark Cassino" > Subject: Re: Film Hardeners > > Since I re-use the fixer, I don't want to add the hardener to it - > > and wind up with hardening fixer that I don;t want to use on APX > > after the CP is all gone. > > Mayb

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Mark Cassino" Subject: Re: Film Hardeners Since I re-use the fixer, I don't want to add the hardener to it - and wind up with hardening fixer that I don;t want to use on APX after the CP is all gone. Maybe make up a hardening bath, and harden

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-05 Thread Graywolf
- - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: "Frantisek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mark Cassino" Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 9:22 AM Subject: Re: Film Hardeners Saturday, February 5, 2005, 4:35:31 AM, Mark wrote: MC> Last year I really fell in love with Cl

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-05 Thread Mark Cassino
- Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: "Frantisek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mark Cassino" Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 9:22 AM Subject: Re: Film Hardeners Saturday, February

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-05 Thread Christopher Oliver
Why is it that there is such a cacophony of contradictory ideas regarding what is and isn't archival fixing. I poke around and find arguments about hardeners, number of fixer baths, water and acid stops, wash length. It seems given how long we have been processing film that there should be a r

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-05 Thread Mark Cassino
If you are using a non hardening fixer, you can just add hardener to the fixer if you like. Most films (I don't know the one in question) come pre hardened from the factory, and so don't need extra hardening. Hardening also makes the emulsion much harder to wash. As a rule, I use a non hardening

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-05 Thread Mark Cassino
- - - - Original Message - From: "Graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 1:03 AM Subject: Re: Film Hardeners Check Freestyle Photo, their Aristo.edu film is the same stuff as Classic Pan (Forte). Forte as I understand it was too eager to keep t

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-05 Thread Frantisek
Saturday, February 5, 2005, 4:35:31 AM, Mark wrote: MC> Last year I really fell in love with Classic Pan 200, and shot a ton of it. MC> It hasn't been available for several months. In response to a recent email MC> to classicpan.de, I've learned that the company that makes it is insolvent, MC> ho

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-05 Thread Frantisek
Also, did you find out you need to use a hardener? We have developed the film without one, in normal conditions, without any problems AFAIK. OTOH, I no longer remember if the ClassicPan is the exact one made by Forte as FortePan (I seem to think it was, but I am not sure now). fra

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Mark Cassino" Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Film Hardeners Last year I really fell in love with Classic Pan 200, and shot a ton of it. It hasn't been available for several months. In response to a recent email to classicpan.de, I've learn

Re: Film Hardeners

2005-02-04 Thread Graywolf
Check Freestyle Photo, their Aristo.edu film is the same stuff as Classic Pan (Forte). Forte as I understand it was too eager to keep the plant open and was letting buyer of large quanties have super deals, and some of them were not paying for the stuff in a timely manner. So their problem was m

Film Hardeners

2005-02-04 Thread Mark Cassino
Last year I really fell in love with Classic Pan 200, and shot a ton of it. It hasn't been available for several months. In response to a recent email to classicpan.de, I've learned that the company that makes it is insolvent, hopes to be back,maybe will be in the spring. OK - so I have 5 roll