[rollei_list] Re: B&W film developing NOW Agfa Wolfen Color Film
- From: Marvin <marvbej@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 16:56:53 -0400
FWIW I now recall that the Agfa Wolfen slide film I used was Agfacolor UT18–
18˚ DIN, not 50 ASA, although they were the same speed.
On May 13, 2014, at 3:06 PM, Don Williams wrote:
> At 01:48 PM 5/13/2014, you wrote:
>> My local camera store in Forest Hills, Queens, imported some E.German stuff
>> in the late ,50s--early '60s. I used some Agfa Wolfen (not yet Orwo)
>> Agfacolor UT 50 color reversal film. It wasn't too good and processing was
>> slow because it had to be sent to Germany (West, oddly) but it was
>> definately an Ossie product.
>
> I lived in The Netherlands in 1963 and eventually switched from Ektachrome 64
> to Agfachrome 64.
>
> I liked the saturation better, but more important was the fact that I could
> drop a roll in the mailbox in Leiden after work and receive the processed
> transparencies at my home the next day. I believe they were actually
> processed across the border and the European mail system was (probably still
> is) a wonder.
>
> My Ektachrome from those days is pink but the Agfa stuff is pretty good.
>
> As I gradually moved from 2 1/4 to 35mm in later years I moved to color
> negatives because the resolution had improved to just about match
> transparencies and I could get processing at CostCo, complete with a preview
> page and a CD.
>
> DAW
>
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