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 lot of good information, but much of it is very outdated.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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