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    Foma 100 New Recipe?

    Cant answer on reciprocity but as far as i know the green is only present on 120 & larger formats. I dont think they include the anti-halation layer on 135 rolls.
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    Cheap Fomapan alert

    If it's sold by Amazon EU they will deal with all imports and customs handling as part of the delivery cost they charge afaik. They do with international orders from Amazon USA too. In my experience, quite often items ordered from Amazon EU come from a UK warehouse anyway, and items ordered from...
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    RA4 tabletop Processors

    I print ra4 in open trays rather than with a nova processor, but dont see why it would need a running water supply for the ra4 process itself. You could take them out of the blix, put them in a tray or bucket of water so they're submerged, then remove them & wash as necessary in a different...
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    Bellini C41 kit, anyone used it?

    I prefer the tetenal kit just because i find the super short in time (and very smelly, maybe very concentrated?) seperate bleach bath of the belini kit a bit fiddly. They both work well though. I now use the fujihunt 5l kit. For volume it's more economical and can be mixed in smaller quantities...
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    Where can I buy a vegabox 667

    Unless it's really urgent, my advice would be to keep an eye out on ebay / gumtree etc locally for a complete enlarger than includes the vegabox, and unless you already have them, the medium format masks too. Most of the online 'spares' sell for stupid money. If you pick up the full kit, you...
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    Disposing of old photographic paper

    Not tried it, but I would think FB paper would be more successful than RC. On either, the emulsion side (chemical absorbent side for rc) isnt white until its been processed, and it darkens in colour if left out unprocessed in daylight so it wouldnt really work as an inkjet paper. I doubt the...
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    Test strip makers

    Card works just as well, and you can modify the size of the test strip to suit the print whereas with the gadgets they're always the same size. (ie, a 24x16 print i'd want a substantially bigger test strip than I would a 7x5 print). Only slight benefit is you dont run the risk of moving the...
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    Ilford contrast filters: full set vs half set

    If you're happy with additional contrast then the student kit may be sufficient for you. I hardly ever use 1/2 grades split printing (I prefer to start with finding a time for 0, then overlay the 5s rather than halving a 2.5 time), but use the 3.5 for single grade prints dodged & burned...
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    Ilford contrast filters: full set vs half set

    If you think you're likely to get into printing, yes, and honestly, the £20 is a tiny cost relative to the overall cost of shooting and darkroom printing film. Once you've got familiar with the process and tuned into what they do, there's a fair jump in contrast between the grades, especially as...
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    ID11 stock solution

    The stock is just the powder mixed up, either to make 1l or 5l depending on the packet you bought. I wouldnt try and part mix it, It keeps well as stock in full, air tight bottles. You can then use it as 'stock', and reuse or replenish if you wish, or alternatively you can then dilute the...
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    ECN-2 Processing Recommendations?

    Afaik, the reason N&T stopped processing stock from other suppliers is because they were getting a lot of very old (and poorly stored) film stocks spooled by other suppliers that were a nightmare to process and taking the flack for poor results as customers thought it was due to poor processing...
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    E6 Processing

    Jumping on the bandwagon a bit, but anyone know if any of these labs can still dev & mount e6 120 film? or is it just scan, cut & sleeve? Got my tastebuds tickled and quite fancy having a go, but feels wrong just to scan them and store them away.
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    Ilford vs kentmere paper

    They both do the same job, but they're definately not the same paper. In my experience , the Kentmere lustre has marginally less dmax (especially compared to the latest ilford mg), is slightly faster (ie, requires less expsoure time), and responds slightly differently to mg filters. However, if...
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    Daft question time, colour negatives in B&W darkroom

    They work just fine and with the right negative you can get good results in my experience. Different 'colours' on the negative can act as a colour filter and hence you get odd bits of local contrast (ie, something very green - magenta on the neg - can print very contrasty), but you can alter...
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    What do you look for in a film lab?

    I think you're right Chris. The standard for digital printing is generally 300dpi so if they're scanning for a print size of 6x4 based on 3:2 ratio you'd get a scan of 1800x1200 pixels. If the noritsu uses 250dpi then you'd get a scan size of 1500x1000 pixels. Fwiw, I'd much prefer it if...
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