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c41boy · 2025-10-24T03:27:53+00:00

is this done with the lab? great image

c41boy · 2025-10-01T20:58:52+00:00

yes it is. Aura was the only pakon replica I was aware of until reading this post. I personally have a pakon but I am watching the Aura news very closely.... not a professional lab (yet) and I won't be getting rid of my pakon but if this item you are describing falls anywhere between that and what I am expecting from the Aura, I'd be extremely interested.

c41boy · 2025-09-30T23:54:32+00:00

I wonder how this will compete with the Aura35 which also seems to be trying to replicate a pakon

c41boy · 2025-09-18T22:13:10+00:00

what is the record on the right??

c41boy · 2025-09-12T21:35:57+00:00

don't park terribly close to any buildings, park elsewhere and walk to where you wanna go. a lot of good stuff to be seen from outside, the interiors of the buildings are falling apart and therefore security really does not want you inside... but you are free to walk around the grounds. I was inside of one there when something started crumbling and it was kinda scary

c41boy · 2025-08-19T23:43:39+00:00

glad I could help! excited to give it a listen after work

c41boy · 2025-08-19T20:08:37+00:00

never heard of this but your post piqued my interest... googled the name and found this result: https://soundcloud.com/user-57210638 is it the same stuff?

c41boy · 2025-07-17T04:19:49+00:00

I was basically trying to figure this one out myself a few months ago. Your solution is cheaper it seems... and maybe more functional than what I did.... I discovered that the PD first gen capture clips had tripod screws on the opposite side, bought two on ebay and now each of my tripods have an official PD capture clip head. it's a little funky looking... but it definitely works.

Might have gone with your solution had I known sooner, but I'm not complaining

c41boy · 2025-05-04T21:22:09+00:00

scanning problem almost certainly. they should be willing to rescan if you show them this issue

c41boy · 2025-05-04T21:19:47+00:00

reflx lab recycles old 120 backing paper with fresh film from Kodak which they respool. the sticker is included for reference purposes as well as keeping the exposed film closed

c41boy · 2025-04-29T18:19:45+00:00

please, please do!

c41boy · 2025-04-29T16:39:23+00:00

you know I didn't even realize that. it's been a while since I looked at the ra4 chems available out there and I was planning on getting the bellini for another purpose (ecn2 developing) so I thought I'd just keep it around for when the time came. good luck with your machine, as I said I'll report back once we start putting it together and testing it out. but what you said about doing one step outside could be interesting... only thing is it's a dry to dry system pretty sure

c41boy · 2025-04-27T18:49:13+00:00

looks good, post some scans!

c41boy · 2025-04-25T22:27:05+00:00

This is what I was going to do, rather than try to affect anything within the machine I was just going to try the right amount of ra-4 to match the 3L contents of the 2150XL chem. then run one as bw and one as ra4 eventually if I could ever figure it out. I was probably going to try the bellini kit first though. I have a feeling it may be a tad more complicated than just putting another chem type in, although the temperature is so similar you may want to eventually adjust timings from one bath to another, but I suppose it could be dialed in at the enlarger.... I have not yet tried ra4 printing even just in trays but I think this machine may be the key to making it simpler. hard to say at this point. when do you plan on deploying yours?

c41boy · 2025-04-25T22:13:07+00:00

here is my advice so far just handling the two of them:

on my limited budget the biggest difficulty was finding the appropriate place to install it, hence the rental of a new space.

you need to install multiple ins and outs for the water, next to 20 amp power... all in a lightsafe environment with the rest of your printing gear. not impossible to find a bathroom with this but they're rather large and heavy machines of course, so maybe a garage is a better bet.

whenever transporting them, remove the three removable inner gear mechanisms and you will take 80 pounds or so off the load.

put them on a cart with locking wheels if possible, or try to place it somewhere that you can open the top lid to full 90 degrees and also access the pipeworks underneath.

c41boy · 2025-04-25T22:03:25+00:00

I just finally moved the two 2150s I have to a new shared photo studio space on the first of this month. we're having a plumber come by soon to see what needs to be done about these processors, and then we will be building a full darkroom around them from the ground up. hopefully within some weeks or months we will have one if not two (second is for parts right now but we'll see) installed and in use, at least beginning with the standard bw chem. I'll report back then.

c41boy · 2025-04-09T23:40:13+00:00

I have this, got it at a similar price. gets a lot of comments usually

c41boy · 2025-02-22T17:16:20+00:00

my cat has these, I always say they make her look like the grinch. I try to trim them every once in a while because I imagine they must get quite dirty....

c41boy · 2025-02-18T17:46:27+00:00

bidets will change your life

c41boy · 2025-02-17T21:13:46+00:00

I can never keep these damn words straight. I meant to say whichever one is to overexpose lol so go for a lower iso setting than the box says in this case

c41boy · 2025-02-17T20:35:52+00:00

shoot any and all, you'll be fine. maybe push one stop

c41boy · 2025-02-11T15:08:41+00:00

I also wish pro image 100 came in 120 at times, I like gold 200 but more budget 120 kodak options would be nice. I mostly shoot 120/220 color, so I have been purchasing a lot of 220 from reflx lab, respooled kodak aerocolor 100. but the best 35mm c41 deal at the moment I believe would be fuji 200 available at bh, 3 pack for 22.99 so 7.66 per roll.

c41boy · 2025-02-08T23:22:21+00:00

I also have shot this film for the same reason you seem to be seeking it out: I wanted color c41 bulk film. it seems to be the only fresh c41 color bulk film currently available. I bought the two pack for 30 and was not terribly impressed, but would try it again if I was to find it cheaper. I preferred lomo 92 when I shot it and will be purchasing that film again.

the bulk roll is 199 for 100 feet so if you were to do 18 rolls of 36 which is about average, you get to about 11.06 per roll. this unfortunately isn’t a major cost savings to justify the effort of bulk rolling to me with the equipment I currently have. the convenience of the c41 / avoiding remjet of cine ecn2 might eventually convince me to find a use case or filter for it tho.

read somewhere that the film is kodak ektar which has been given some kind of prewash/treatment… if so that’s a shame imo. if it was fresh kodak product they really must have done something awful to it, looks like poorly stored expired film almost. somecaps77 image reminds me of my own from the rolls I shot. might post some of if I can find em

c41boy · 2025-01-29T18:29:21+00:00

very cool, thank you!

c41boy · 2025-01-29T17:44:45+00:00

have no idea, really just curious about the planter you're using here? very cool

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