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Subject: [OM] Re: OT - Buy an old camera with film sill inside
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:55:21 -0400
Walt, I'd suggest checking with Dale Labs for the Seattle Filmworks stuff.

http://www.dalelabs.com/

You may want to call them to make sure they can still handle what you
have.  Very helpful folks as I recall.

hth/ScottGee1


On 6/28/05, Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> That might work for the Kodacolor II, since it's C-41, although I'm not sure 
> how thrilled the guys at my neighborhood shop will be to see a roll of 120 
> film so old it may be brittle and/or stuck to the paper backing.
> 
> As for the Seattle Film Works stuff, I understand that film, being movie 
> stock ends and pieces, requires special processing.  And surely this outfit 
> has gone down the drain by now!  I tried their stuff way back in the '70s and 
> was totally underwhelmed.  The Rocky Mountain folks will process a roll at a 
> flat $29.85, with a six- to eight-month turnaround, but with no option for 
> develop only at a reduced price.
> 
> Probably doesn't matter, though.  Now I can't find it.  Could it be that I 
> have actually discarded something?  Maybe there's hope for me getting out 
> from under all this clutter yet!  If I do come across it, I may try Piers' 
> suggestion and just soup it in some D-76 and see -- Anyone?  Anyone? -- what 
> develops.
> 
> Walt
> 
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: ClassicVW@xxxxxxx
> >
> > Just get them developed, not printed and see if anything is there.
> > My Fuji regional outlet store charges about $6 for developing AND printing
> > 4x6 color negs.
> >
> > George S.
> >
> > hiwayman@xxxxxxx writes:
> > Although I'm mildly curious about what's on them, I'm not curious enough to
> > spend $28.85 per roll to get them processed.  Now, if the film had been 
> > black
> > and white, of course, I could give it a go myself.  But, then, if a frog had
> > wings...
> >
> > Walt
> >
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