Re: [APML] Expired Film Replacement

["Don Westergren" <westergren@netzero.net>]

Fred,

Take Bill Matill's offer of the Supra400!  Your PJ400 isn't going to do well
unless you hyper it.  Unhypered, it is a poor astro film.  Even hypering it
isn't enough.  Hypering and aging for 4 months in a dry cold freezer works
best.  All that is something you can't do before you leave Saturday.
Supra400 wokrs great unhypered, but doesn't gain from hypering (so there's
no point in hypering it).

Your are out of luck looking for great astro color negative films.  There
aren't any in production.  You said you don't shoot slides.  Well, slide
film is the only color film available that works for astrophotography.  Both
E200 and Provia400 in 35mm and 120 sizes.  You don't hyper these films, but
can get increased sensitivity by push processing them, either +1 or +2 at
the expense of increased grain and contrast.

Have fun at TSP.  I was there 10 years ago and loved every minute of it.

Don Westergren


> "fl.lusen" wrote:
> >
> > Philip,
> >
> > Thanks for the response.  Unfortunately I leave for TSP very early
Saturday
> > morning.  Not enough time to run any tests.  Should have thought of this
> > before but did not think about it till the recent thread.  Just checked
the
> > dates this morning.  Hopefully someone else will chime in with the
current
> > film choices.
>
>
> Freddy,
>
>
> Just because you are a great guy ... :^) I will be glad to donate a box
> of Supra 400 (The Great Stuff) from my stash of 400 rolls <laughs> The
> weather is never going to clear here in North Texas so its either give
> some to you or start imaging clouds ......
>
> But you could stop being a curmudgeon and try a roll of E200 .... pretty
> darn good film for Astro work.
>
>
> Let me know if you want some Supra ....
>
>
> Phillip .... nice to see you posting .... not many are imaging medium
> format with a 12.5" R/C !
>
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Bill
>
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