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I agree there are a lot of alternative " facts" on line. Honeywell put the squeeze on a all the major camera makers, over autofocus patents, however better technology was soon developed. It was an expensive but short lived hiccough. Polaroid used their own infrared system from the start. These...

Sony provided sensors to Minolta as they still do today for a vast majority of camera makers. Canon were the only major camera maker not to do so. However both Minolta and Konica were very large on the world scene of office copiers, only second to Ricoh, who were the wold leaders for many...

Maxxum was only a name that they used in the USA nowhere else, I doubt it was a factor, it was the dynax in Europe and a alpha in Japan. Cameras while not totally loss making, were not pulling their weight as a business.

I interesting factoid Konica Minolta is now the leading A3 multi function device colour printer supplier They are also leading contenders in office systems and professional digital printing world's, with a turnover of around $8billion. They sold and handed over their entire camera and related...

While selenium toning is very effective and gives good archival qualities it is a very nasty poison indeed.

PanF and Neofin blau is highly recommended as a combination. One slow inversion per minute, (two at most) is better. Followed by a light tap on the bench to dislodge bubbles...Also strictly 20 degrees Neofin blue is exceedingly sensitive to agitation. Mostly I used componons, Though we had a...

Neofin blau is not really a fine grain developer, though it is usually called such. As it has no effect on the grain at all, if you look at the grain of the developed film under a microscope you will find that the grain is Sharp and well defined. But as the recommended films are inherently...

Excellent detail for hand held As this is a compensating developer you should not see highlight blow out, in fact the highlights should never fill in. It would suggest two things, too much agitation and/ or not enough dilution. For compensation to work the developer in the highlights should...

Interesting however I have only used the original commercial offering from tetenal. In the sealed glass vials. Which only had three ingredients. Did a bit more searching and the current version is very different in make up. Neofin Blau (or Neofin Blue) is a high-acutance black-and-white film...

I used incident light readings. Never had a problem Neofin blue is not a low contrast developer it a compensating one that is a big difference. There are very few films it works properly with, all are very slow films if you can get them. Where did you get the formulae for Neofin blue?

Yes neofin blue was conceived for use with single coated film with inherently fine grain. Unlike conventional fine grain developers it does not reduce grain by solvent action or by softening the outlines of the grain.. but simply maintains their inherent fine grain structure. This is why only...

Back in the fifties we got even greater actuance and compensation using Adox R14 or R17 single coated film with tetenal neofin blue. (The modern version of this has been reformulated and gives as slight film speed enhancement)But like the original has a shelf life, once mixed in minutes rather...

Excellent tonal ranges and detail. That is an interesting modern pyro formulation. Better for digitisation than wet printing.

Not that far from me I live in Greenfield.

The filter has lightened the grass and put more tone in the sky,usually a yellow green is more effective. For general shots like this. No doubt you will collect more filters as time goes on.