[LargeFormat] A better way

[Karl Wolz]

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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