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RE: [OM] Seattle Film Works (was films)

Subject: RE: [OM] Seattle Film Works (was films)
From: "Mike Stephens" <mike1964@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:33:30 -0500
I remember reading that their "new" film (since they changed
from the old red canisters) is made by Agfa.  Can't remember
where I read this.  FWIW.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Couch
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:29 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Seattle Film Works (was films)
> 
> 
> SFW has had variable quality, but the film is fine. It is 
> C-41 and has been so
> for many years! It is standard C-41 film and can be processed 
> anywhere. I have
> gotten good results with it myself. I don't use it (or any 
> print filem) for
> critical stuff, but for snapshots, family stuff, ect it is 
> fine. I like it
> better than most of the consumer grade print films I have 
> tried. Greenspun has a
> lot of good information, but much of it is very outdated. 
> Film stocks in
> particular have improved dramatically over the past few years.
> 
> Jim Couch
> 
> "Daniel J. Mitchell" wrote:
> 
> >  Philip Greenspun doesn't like them either, for whatever 
> that's worth.
> > http://www.photo.net/photo/film a fair way down says:
> >
> > "Films to avoid: [...] Anything derived from movie stock, 
> e.g., Seattle Film
> > Works. Movie film is lower quality than photographic film 
> and it is also
> > non-archival. Your memories will fade very quickly if you 
> don't keep your
> > processed negatives in the freezer (which is what movie 
> studios do). [Note:
> > normal color neg film will say "Process C41" on the 
> canister. If it says
> > "Process ***something else****" then you've got movie film. 
> This is why the
> > junk that Seattle Filmworks respools cannot be processed at 
> your local
> > minilab.] "
> >
> >  -- dan
> 
> 
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