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Topic: Processing Ektachrome E-160 super 8
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James N. Savage 3
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1375
From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted March 05, 2008 11:52 AM
Thanks so much for the replies.
Yes, Yale really let me down on this one. I don't think they even posted a warning. I had been on their web site a few months ago, and it was still "once a month and $20 per roll.
Rocky Mountain is rediculous. $48 per roll (with postage), and, worst of all, 12 months to wait. I just called them to see if they were coming close to a processing date, and they just said, "plan on 12 months".
I will definately be looking into NANO labs. Of course, I prefer not to have to send film out of the country. Like sound striping. No one in the U.S. is striping anymore, so I started using ATV in England. The price was good and service was excellent.
Fortunately, this is my VERY LAST roll of E-160, so I won't have to deal with this problem after this.
Thanks again!
James.
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James E. Stubbs
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 104
From: Portland, OR
Registered: Apr 2007
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posted March 09, 2008 01:28 AM
There is a lab in Canada still processing EM-26 films. Exclusive Film, 50 Portland St. Toronto: EM-26 daily, VNF-1, old rolls older EM 25 (ME4) process scheduled once a month. Tel: 416.598.2700. Give them a call to check on this for sure.
I've not used them But I've heard that they are good. I have several E-160 sound films and process them at home in E-6 Chemistry w/ good results. The rem-jet layer makes a huge fargging mess however. So I only process them at the END of the chemitry life cycle. Then I have to take a tooth brush to my LOMO tanks clean them out. Plus you have to scrub the black goop off of the backing at the end of the film. It's really not so bad to do. Just a bit of a time consuming extra step. The first time I processed an EM-26 film was as an experiment of a 21 year old exposed cart that was found in a camera and stored God knows how. It was quite yellowed but still quite viewable with decent color. Most of the yellow could be fixed in transfer. I've asked Martin Baumgarten about the color shift and he says that can be compensated for a fair amount in processing. My sound films have been stored frozen, so when I get around to exposing/ processing them, I'm sure they'll come out just fine.
Martin also processes these films by special request, by hand. But his site is offline now, so he may not be doing this anymore. Martin W. Baumgarten 18 Elm Street Plattsburgh, New York 12901 U.S.A. E-Mail: Super8mm@aol.com Tel: (518) 561-6312
Cheers,
-------------------- James E. Stubbs Consultant, Vagabond, Traveler.
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