Bartek Cierlica

Not so long ago, I used Agfa Geavert, probably XT125. It was about 12-14 y.o. We didn't do any sensytometrical tests. Just assumed, that it lost about 4-5 f/stops so we exposed it as a ISO 3. We could only shoot from 11AM till 1PM, only in sunlight (winter, snowy exteriors). And indeed we managed. On telecine the colorist couldn't believe his eyes. There was no green layer, just a bit of red and blue. The density was different from left side of the stock to right. It was looking more less like a cross process with a bit of LSD look :-)! Try to find a project that You can experiment and just do it. That's my opinion. And overexpose! As much as You can.

Thx. Yep, I am referring to the master Positive. Basicly I heard that this is a way of achieving big amounts of copies wich are looking like they would be skip bleached in positive (skip bleach in positive is usually more expensive than normal processing of positive). I just wonder, indeed, I am writing my master degree work :D , if there is any visual difference between skip bleach on positive and skip bleach on master positive? You know any lab that can do it in Your area?

Anybody heard about NEC process? I heard it is available only in LTC lab in Paris. It is about making a skip bleach on interpositive. Did anyone of You had anything in common with it? Is the effect closer to skip bleach in positive or skip bleach in negative? What are the costs, any differencies in visual effect from tradicional skip bleach? I heard that it was used on "City of lost children" by Darius Khondji 1995.

In my opinion 5219 is a film stock made especially for the digital postproduction. Eterna 500T is comparable with 5218 Kodak Vision 2. If You are going through DI, go for 5219. If you are going to make an optical print I would suggest eterna or 5218, if You need 500T. cheers!