Re: medium format etc

["Sandor Mathe" <sandor.mathe@xxxxxxxx>]

> From:          j.sundstrom@xxxxxxx (Jan Sundstrom)

> infrared@xxxxx,Internet writes:
> >>Are there any 70mm
> >>cameras out there for less than $1000 U.S.A. dollars?
> Mamiya 6 might still be a bit to expensive, but in Sweden you can get
> an M6 plus the 75mm lense for $1150 (second hand), maybe it's cheaper
> in the US?
> I get the impression it's a good camera, and pretty modern compares to
> that 50's equipment you're mentioning.
> 
> 
> >HIE is a normal B&W process film (use developers such as: D-76,
> >HC-110, Rodinal, ID-11, ... near infinitly long list).  
> 
> >Not C41! (which is the standard colour negative process).
> Right. Umm, I knew that, but messed up the figures.. :-}

Sorry, I certainly do not want to insult anyone's knowledge.


> 
> >> I go to Odenlab in Stockholm, and they charge me 4 times the normal
> >b/w
> >> -rate, although it's the same process
> 
> >Around here you'd get the same response from a retail type lab, B&W
> >processing costs way more than colour if they'll even do it
> OK, but the labs I've asked were b/w-only, not just any cornershop
> developers.
> There shouldn't be any difference to a normal b/w-roll...

The only remote possibility that I can think of is that they use night 
goggles and infrared illumination in their darkroom to "see" what 
they are doing while processing normal film, and they would have to 
turn all that off and "do it in the dark".   You can see I'm really 
stretching to find an answer.  I agree they should not charge any 
different.

Look at it this way, at that price it takes only 2-3 rolls to 
pay back the costs of your own processing tank and chemicals.  Then 
you get total control over your own negatives.  I really recommend do 
it yourself for all black and white film.
Sandor Mathe  -- sandor.mathe@xxxxxxxx
(905) 670-1225 x333  --  FAX (905) 670-1344
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