[LargeFormat] A better way

[Rich Lahrson]

Hi Karl,

     I had a Calumet basket line with replenishment and nitrogen burst.  But

this is not too practical for non-commercial use.

Rich Lahrson
Berkeley, California
tripspud@transbay.net

Karl Wolz wrote:

> I'm gonna go out on a limb her to say that ALL pro labs use
> replenishment systems.  Way more stable than a fresh mix every day.
> Unless there is a contamination problem, they use the same chemistry for
> years at a time.
>
> Yes; I used to run QC on a K-14 machine.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net] On
> Behalf
> > Of Rich Lahrson
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 9:02 PM
> > To: largeformat@f32.net
> > Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] A better way
> >
> > Hi Dave!
> >
> >      That's a 50% savings.  Plus I'd consider running some tests for
> the
> > chemistry.  I'm not sure if the pro labs use replentishment type
> systems
> > or not.  If you have a steady amount of film to process and can
> develop
> > and working routine, you'll have the advantage of potentially less
> hassle
> > and faster turn around time to see the result.
> >
> > Rich Lahrson
> > Berkeley, California
> > tripspud@transbay.net
> >
> > "Hornford, Dave" wrote:
> >
> > > Locally the small Agfa kits are $16 and will do 9 or 10 sheets (4x
> > > 35mm). I tend to shoot in blocks of 8, so I expect an average
> consumable
> > > cost of $2 per sheet. The local price of E6 is $4.
> > >
> > > I didn't price the Kodak kits -their capacity is much larger and I
> would
> > > have to store up my slides, negating any transitory $ savings.
> > >
> > > (Dave's photographic accounting rules: Deny or misstate all capital
> > > expenditures. Include consumables in the groceries - therefore
> > > photography is free. Similarity with accounting practices of major
> > > American corporations is merely coincidental)
> > >
> > > Dave Hornford
> > > "Where do you store the time you save?"
> > >    --- Anon
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Les Newcomer [mailto:lnphoto@twmi.rr.com]
> > > Sent: August 7, 2002 8:53 PM
> > > To: largeformat@f32.net
> > > Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] A better way
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > As an experiment I tried Agfa's E6 kit, it was easy & quick & the
> > > > chemicals are cheap. The mistakes are mine.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > With my contract with the Detroit Water Dept, I have to give them a
> > > slide of each print. With the help of a Manfroto copy stand, bulk
> > > tungsten film a radio slave and a motordrive on my x-700 Minolta I
> can
> > > crank out about 400 prints an our.
> > >
> > > Getting them process has usually takes two days. I've often thought
> of
> > > processing it myself, but the Kodak E-6 kits were expensive if you
> > > didn't have a lot of through put and I could see having exhausted on
> kit
> > >
> > > and having 3 more rolls of film to do.  Then there was the mounting
> of
> > > 600 or so slides.  In the end I let them do it and I get some sleep.
> > >
> > > les
> > >
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