Re: Cirkut Processing

[Scott Davis <sddavis@xxxxxxxx>]

jamiehy wrote:

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> >Bear in mind, a roller processor like Durst Presto is doable at $2,000
> >
> >SS
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> The durst printo works fine for prints, bu I don't know how it would work
> with c-41 -if the times and temp could be handled by the machine. One would
> have to check.
>
> I found a local place with a roller transport who was willing to try
> running cirkut film through  on a no risk to them basis, and it worked just
> fine.The place was "Great big pictures" which prints from conventional negs
> /transp. to mural size pictures for museum display. They do a nice job.
> They don't really have an interest in printing cirkuts though, which I can
> understand. I suggest looking at all the local labs in your area to see if
> anyone is running a large roller transport machine.They are out there. Or
> doing Ron's method.
> Jamie

            I already know that I can't get a local lab to run very wide film.
Most of the labs up here in the woods run only 35 mm; I've had trouble
convincing one to run 120, and even then they refuse to proof it.
            We soup our own b/w cirkut film in a hand cranked aerial film tank,
and that seems to work fine, but I can't do that for anything wider than 8".
I'm also not sure that I would trust a commercial job to the wash basin method
without a lot of experimentation.  Seems like there should be a simple
solution.....

Scott