[rollei_list] Re: [rolleiusers] Argomania
- From: David Sadowski <dsadowski@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:41:51 -0600
Yes, this film was generally marketed under the name 5247 or some
such. There were numerous problems that made using this film
impractical in a still camera:
1. The film has much lower contrast than conventional neg film
2. The film was designed to be shot at one shutter speed (the speed of
a motion picture camera) so there were reciprocity problems
3. The film was designed to be shot under tungsten light
4. The film did not have an anti-scratch coating, unlike regular 35mm
still camera film
5. The film has some nasty sort of black junk as a backing that has to
be completely stripped off prior to development, otherwise it wil ruin
your chemistry
The labs like Seatle Film Works that sold this bought it for next to
nothing (leftover movie film) and you pretty much had to return it to
them for processing. That's where they made their money.
Because of these sorts of problems, results were generally miserable
and it was the bane of minilabs. People would bring the stuff in all
the time and you would have to send them away, and explain why. I
forget whether there were any sorts of frame numbers.
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