Would the Clayton Low Contrast developer work for this? I believe this film could be great for Minox and sub-mini camera users --- "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Gigabit film is a microfilm (most likely made by Agfa). Their > developer > is an extremely low contrast developer essential to tame the > high > contrast of the microfilm. There's nothing new about such a > combination. In the 70's there was a company that sold such a > combination under the name H&W Control. > > While such combinations can yield virtually grainless prints > with > extreme detail there are some problems. =20 > > 1) The contrast of the negatives, while lower than normal for > microfilm, > is still higher than what is considered normal for continuous > tone > negatives. This makes them difficult to print and is the most > serious > drawback. > > 2) The film has little or no exposure latitude requiring > exposures be > bracketed. =20 > > 3) Lens faults are emphasized because of the lack of grain in > the > negatives. In fact, unless you have a really high quality > lens, your > prints will appear less sharp than if you had used a > conventional film > such as Efke 25. > > 4) The film and required developer are expensive. 35mm > microfilm is not > perforated so the user is locked out of any alternative source > of film. > Gigafilm has the film perforated especially for their sales. > > I have not tried this latest incarnation and have no > inclination to do > so after previous disappointments. Perhaps Gigabit has > overcome the > inherent problems. H&W went out a business after the initial > flurry of > interest waned because of basic dissatisfaction. > > Jerry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Emmanuel > Schnetzler > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 8:52 AM > To: PureSilver list > Subject: [pure-silver] Gigabitfilm > > > Hi all, > > I was reading the Zeiss newsletter yesterday and they are > talking about > the=3D > Gigabitfilm: > http://www.zeiss.de/C12567A8003B58B9/ContentsWWWIntern/17EF1FE449AD3F64C > 125=3D > 6F2C002B7DBA > http://www.gigabitfilm.de/html/english/menu.htm (poorly > designed > website...) > > Looks like it's been out for a while now (no 120 though, > unfortunatelly). A=3D pparently it was reviewed in the British > B&W > magazine, which I receive, but=3D I missed it. I'll have to > look for it > when I'm back home. > > Does anyone know anything about it? JandC are selling it in > 35mm. > > Thanks! > > Manu > --=3D20 > ___________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com > http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and > logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when > you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > ============================================================================================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and > logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password > you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.