Brian Pritchard

Sorry to join in so late. The main problem with altering the development time on all colour films is the fact that the three layers respond differently giving you colour mismatch. for example green shadows and magenta highlights. As David says altering the contrast of black and white separations is the correct way to go photochemically. Brian

I am sorry go have to announce the death of Roland (Rex) Ebbetts at the age of 97 on the 13th March 2022. He was managing director of Filmatic Laboratories until his retirement in 1988. He was a cameraman for the Army Film Unit during the Second World War. He worked as a for MGM as Print Manager after the war before moving to Filmatic as Technical Manager. He was president of the BKSTS during the early 1970's. Brian

We have digitally printed editions just arrived and we have been able to reduce the price. It is £50 post paid to Uk addresses and £65 post paid to overseas addresses. You can order it from: www.localeastanglianbooks.com Brian

It is Emulsion Number 501 Roll16 Cut 1. The 2000 ft rolls would have been cut into 2 parts before cutting down to 400 ft lengths Brian

I am interested to know what you feel about the future of 3D. I am also interested to know if you think that the current necessity of wearing glasses has contributed to the loss of interest in 3D films. If 3D was available without the need for glasses would it encourage the production of 3D features? It is also important to know if the addition of 3D to a film other than those made with mainly special effects makes a contribution to the increase in its audience? I would be grateful for any opinions you have. Thanks Brian

I believe they used hot foil printing to produce coloured sub-titles. Brian

David, I am glad you have ordered a copy; I hope you enjoy it. Sorry to be so late to reply, I am just about retired now so I don't check the forum very often. If anyone has a problem with the book please let me know and I will sort it out. I don't want to get involved with Amazon, we sell the book at virtually cost so I don't want them taking a share. You certainly don't want to pay $238 when you can get a copy for £60. Brian

Just to let you know that we have a few digitally printed soft-back copies available. They can be purchased from www.localeastanglianbooks.com Brian

I have just checked a copy of the Kodak Price list for 1977. It does show 5302 available with both pos and neg perfs. It would be worth developing a section of your film as there could well be other information printed as a photographic image. Possibly a stock manufacturer, perforator number and strip number for example. Brian

I don't believe that Kodak used ink edge printing on 5302 (B/W Fine Grain release positive) and it would not have edge numbers a it was a pos stock. It is possible that 5302 could have been produced with neg perfs but it would be unusual. Kodak duplicating stock 5366 (Fine grain duplicating positive) always had a 'D' prefix to the edge number. Incidently the horizontal line between the perfs indicates that the base is safety. Brian

We printed 400 copies. We are not going to print a 2nd Edition, we would have to order the same number for it to be economic and it is likely that we would get left with most of them - we are talking about £10,000 and as we published it ourselves we can't afford to risk that amount of money. We are not planning to sell PDF copies. Brian

Just to let you know that all copies of our book have now been sold and it is out of print. Thanks Brian

Hello David You can't bleach reversal back to negative, if you bleach it you will end up with clear film. You should ensure that the film has been correct washed and then store it in cool, dry conditions, the colder the better. If the film is stored in very cold conditions you should always allow it to warm up before opening the can to avoid condensation. If possible it is good to rewind the film to the other end regularly, once a year would be good. Brian

This is part of the C41 kit that is used for processing Kodacolor, Fujicolor, Vista and so on, stills film. The kit comes as a 1litre or a 5 litre set of solutions. There are three parts to the developer, two parts to the Bleach-Fix and 1 part to the stabiliser. Normal processing is at 38 degrees C. Here is the processing details.

Flashing the positive will give a tinted print - that is the whites are coloured and the blacks remain black. Films were sometimes screened using a coloured filter over the projector which gives the same effect. Toning colours the blacks and the whites remain white. You achieve toning by printing a black and white negative with coloured light. A tinted and toned print has coloured highlights and coloured shadows. There are samples of all three on my website. Brian