From: Alex MacKenzie (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Apr 19 2004 - 11:19:45 PDT
hi jeff
have you hand-processed with the new bleach, or machine-processed?
i wonder if there might be a difference.
i am hand-processing, using D-19 as first developer.
a
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Scher" <email suppressed>
To: <email suppressed>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: new kodak chemistry for black and white reversal
> I can only speak to the first question; which is yes, the old stocks
> look really great in the new bleach. You loose the contrast of the old
> stocks, but it's replaced by a beautiful spectrum of grays. Plus x
> really looks good; like the way negative BW is supposed to (but hasn't
> of late). It's great to have Blacks and whites and everything in
> between. I've also run the old 7277 (the discontinued 4X) and it looked
> pretty great too. Ran some Agfa st-8 and was really stunned at how
> handsome it looked. Kodak handed out a pamphlet about adjusting the
> speed you should shoot the old stuff at when using the new bath, but I
> ignored it and exposed at the old ASA with happy results. The new
> reversal stocks are very nice too. All in all I'd say the new bleach is
> a big improvement.
>
> Some bad news on another front though...I'm told by a reliable source
> that Kodak is close to discontinuing color Reversal (the VNF stuff).
> Mercury problems I'm told. There is talk about bringing back the old
> Ektachromes (the E6 stuff)
> but labs are grumbling... They would essentially move the still stocks
> (slide film) over to motion picture. This would be good news.
>
> Kodak was close to discontinuing black and white reversal before they
> came around to the new bleach. What saved it was loud protest from
> educators. Maybe VNF deserves the same.
>
> -jeff scher
>
> On Thursday, April 15, 2004, at 12:20 PM, Alex MacKenzie wrote:
>
> > has anyone dealt with the demands/requirements of the new more
> > environmentally friendly reversal bleach replenisher for black and
> > white
> > hand processing?
> > if you have any hints, please pass them on.
> > my understanding is that both tri-x and plus-x stocks have been
> > updated and
> > altered to accomodate this new brew.
> > so, questions are:
> > 1) can old tri-x and plus-x be effectively processed with new
> > chemistry, and
> > how (pushing/pulling)?
> > 2) can new tri-x and plus-x be effectively processed using old
> > chemistry
> > (homebrew of potassium dichromate and sulfric acid) and how?
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> >
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