Re: [APML] Latest film reviews

["Jim Ives" <flyboy9990@earthlink.net>]

Howard I'm interested yes if you can find some.

Jim Ives
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Edin" <hedin@grapevine.net>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 12:30 PM
Subject: RE: [APML] Latest film reviews


>
> > The old Royal Gold (RG?) 200 was a good one but only availability
> > is via ebay it seems and I must be dense but cannot be sure I have
> > found the right version that is considered good.
>
> Keith, I have been so happy with RG200 I have spent time researching this.
>
> Based on my experience the RG200 'good' version is marked Royal Gold
Select
> 200 and has an expiration date of 11/2003 or less. Further, the film
bottle
> has a markable label on the top lid. The 12/2003 - (up to 4/2004?)
> production that is labeled Royal Gold Select 200 may be the new emulsion
> (not Select) and does not have a markable label on the container lid. I
have
> not tried hypering that version so I do not know for certain. It is not
> clear to me if Don's film test used this or the non Select version.
>
> The Royal Gold 200, not select, certainly is different. The negative
carries
> the identifier of RG200-3, vs RG200-2 on the good stuff.
>
> I have been hypering the 'good' version in the cassette with my model 600
> tank as follows: 1 hour warm up to 50c under vacuum. Two flushes with
> forming gas, then 3 hours at 50c w/+5 psi. The film will have a slight
> blueish cast as previously noted by Tony. Going past optimum hyper turns
the
> rebate a slight brownish cast and happened when I accidentally did a roll
> for 4 hours in my tank. This is using a hand pump: YMMV with a real vacuum
> pump.
>
> I have managed to collect a couple dozen rolls by visiting local
pharmacies
> (Osco, Walgreens, etc). They do not seem to rotate stock very well. Many
> stores do not sell much of the 'premium' film which works in our favor at
> this moment. I was told by one store owner that they (Osco?) will drop the
> Kodak Royal Gold line since they don't sell much. I even found RG200
Select
> in one local food store (Dillons). Forgive me if you have already explored
> this method of finding film. The disadvantage to this method is they get
> $5.30 a roll.
>
> In the past month I have checked around 10 drug stores and almost half had
> some stock of the RG200 I was looking for. Always get a strange look when
I
> ask them to go through any Select on the shelf and tell me the expiration
> date.
>
> I have been debating how much I should buy. In my area another 10 or more
> stores need to be checked. If I run across more is anyone interested?
>
>
> /howard
>
>
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