Re: Research question: Plus-X Reversal

From: Freya (email suppressed)
Date: Sat Jan 23 2010 - 15:05:19 PST


I didn't even know that ever existed. It sounds fantastic!
Shame it's gone.
Who says you can't miss what you never had.

love

Freya

--- On Sat, 1/23/10, Mark Toscano <email suppressed> wrote:

> From: Mark Toscano <email suppressed>
> Subject: Re: Research question: Plus-X Reversal
> To: email suppressed
> Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 8:37 PM
> I was thinking maybe Fred meant the
> 7361 b/w reversal print stock, which is indeed discontinued,
> so if you want to make prints from reversal b/w, you have to
> either make a dupe neg or use Plus-X or Tri-X as print stock
> and do it yourself or with an accommodating lab...
>
> mark t
>
>
> --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Freya <email suppressed>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Freya <email suppressed>
> > Subject: Re: [FRAMEWORKS] Research question: Plus-X
> Reversal
> > To: email suppressed
> > Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 11:13 AM
> > Not sure if I am misunderstanding
> > you. I can't imagine that you mean that Plus-X
> Reversal is
> > obsolete because it has been replaced by colour neg
> or
> > something, given that you sensibly point out that all
> the
> > different technologies, new and old, are a canvas of
> > artistic possibilities from which an artist can
> choose.
> >
> > However if you meant that it is obsolete in the sense
> of
> > being no longer available, (You say "where art tho?")
> I
> > should point out that thou art still available from
> Kodak as
> > ever. Kodak have even recently updated their publicity
> still
> > in fact:
> >
> > http://motion.kodak.com/US/en/motion/Products/Production/Black_And_White_Films/7265.htm
> >
> > (For some reason for the first few seconds I thought
> she
> > was cutting her toenails!)
> >
> > Even more suprisingly Tri-X Reversal is also still
> > available in 16mm too!
> >
> > They are both available in 100 and 400ft roll lengths
> and
> > they are also both available in Super8 still too.
> >
> >  I encourage anybody with the resources to do so
> to shoot
> > some. It looks amazing! Really beautiful and an easy
> way to
> > add some magic to your film.
> >
> >  Sadly I expect if I shoot anything this next
> year it will
> > probably be video, but we shall see what transpires!
> :)
> >
> > love
> >
> > Freya
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> > > This is not to say that each person must
> consider
> > every new
> > > technological development an "advance." Some
> might
> > have no
> > > use for 3-D, or Imax, or multi-screen events.
> But
> > every
> > > technological development is an "advance" if all
> it
> > does is
> > > open up a new possibility. Unfortunately in some
> > cases
> > > "advances" eventually make older possibilities
> > obsolete.
> > > (16mm Plus-X Reversal, where art thou?)
> > >
> > > Fred Camper
> > > Chicago
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> >
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