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From: cmm@pixadv.UUCP (cmm)
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Subject: Re: Questions on films
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Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 13:01:28 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 22 13:01:28 1984
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>Who can tell me anything about this new "slides AND prints from the same
>roll" stuff?  Which do you actually get?  Slides, then they make you 
>prints with them just as could be done all along?

The only organization I've dealt with that processes and sells the file
is the Seatle Film Works.  They advertize in a suprisingly wide variety
of publications.  I have shot two rolls of their 200 ASA file, 5247, and
had them process it into slides and negatives (no prints).  The quality
seems to be quite reasonable, but I've not put a magnifier on the negs
and slides to look for grain structure et. al.  I shot one roll at 200 
and the other at 400.  The 200 appeared to have better color hue and
saturation.  I shot some very green scenes (algae scum on a swamp
setting), and the colors came back very true at 200 ASA.

The idea of getting slides from negatives could offer great flexibility,
since each slide could have exposure compensation individually controlled.
I don't think their default processing provides this compensation.

I have been told (although I've not tried them myself) that SFW is
very helpful with over-the-phone questions about film properties. 

My first impression of the 5247 film with SFW processing was that it amounted
to a lower cost way to get slides, since the processing cost was comparable
to Ektachrome processing while the film cost was lower.  After having the
film processed, and paying the postage and handling charges, I no longer
feel it is a cost-effective deal, just cost comparable.  People's taste
vary greatly though, and if you normally want prints, but also require
slides some of the time, their processing could offer significant advantages.

Some people like the quality so much that they shoot only the 5247 film.

I would like to know how the film is processed, since I'm now processing my
own films.  If anyone knows the emulsion type and processing characteristics,
I would be interested.

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