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Advice for finding discontinued film
Hello,
I'm particularly fond of Konica Minolta Centuria Super NH, a big part of it may be that I have a DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 II and the two go together so well. Unfortunately, since Konica Minolta is out of the film business, I've been having a hard time finding left over stock. I did a little nosing around on Google and found some that seems to be for sale from the site PhotoSuperia.com. However, the site's English is a little dodgy and like a lot of photographic supply vendors owned by some other holding firm with a physical address in Brooklyn (maybe). I've never bought anything from a photography speciality site before, and I was just wondering if in general these places are fairly reputable, or often sham businesses and risky to give a CC# to. If there's any other place someone can recommend for finding discontinued film in bulk, I'd be very much obliged! Thank you for the advice! |
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I can't help you about picking a good site.
However remember you can get a limited use CC# from your CC company. That way you can control how much money they can suck out of your account if they are flaky. Have a good day. William -- Message posted via PhotoKB.com http://www.photokb.com/Uwe/Forums.as...-35mm/200710/1 |
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"HeroOfSpielburg" wrote in message oups.com... Hello, I'm particularly fond of Konica Minolta Centuria Super NH, a big part of it may be that I have a DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 II and the two go together so well. Unfortunately, since Konica Minolta is out of the film business, I've been having a hard time finding left over stock. I did a little nosing around on Google and found some that seems to be for sale from the site PhotoSuperia.com. However, the site's English is a little dodgy and like a lot of photographic supply vendors owned by some other holding firm with a physical address in Brooklyn (maybe). I've never bought anything from a photography speciality site before, and I was just wondering if in general these places are fairly reputable, or often sham businesses and risky to give a CC# to. If there's any other place someone can recommend for finding discontinued film in bulk, I'd be very much obliged! Thank you for the advice! The Google map site finds no such address in Brooklyn and PhotoSuperia is listed in Manhattan under 47 st Photo, which I wouldn't trust as far as I can throw them. But 47st Photo does have a ware house in Brooklyn on Court St, which is nowhere near Willoughby Ave. I'd forget it. Bob Hickey |
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"HeroOfSpielburg" wrote:
I'm particularly fond of Konica Minolta Centuria Super NH, a big part of it may be that I have a DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 II and the two go together so well. Unfortunately, since Konica Minolta is out of the film business, I've been having a hard time finding left over stock. I did a little nosing around on Google and found some that seems to be for sale from the site PhotoSuperia.com. However, the site's English is a little dodgy and like a lot of photographic supply vendors owned by some other holding firm with a physical address in Brooklyn (maybe). I saw some Centuria on sale at Hunts Photo and Video when I was in there yesterday. While they don't list it on their website, you may wish to give them a call at 800-221-1830. -- Michael Benveniste -- Spam and UCE professionally evaluated for $250. Use this email address only to submit mail for evaluation. |
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On Oct 5, 9:04 pm, HeroOfSpielburg wrote:
Hello, I'm particularly fond of Konica Minolta Centuria Super NH, a big part of it may be that I have a DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 II and the two go together so well. Why would it be any different from any other film? |
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Annika1980 writes:
I'm particularly fond of Konica Minolta Centuria Super NH, a big part of it may be that I have a DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 II and the two go together so well. Why would it be any different from any other film? What kind of question is that? All films are different, and if you happen to like one particular kind it's only natural to want more of it. |
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On Oct 8, 2:56 pm, Toni Nikkanen wrote:
Annika1980 writes: I'm particularly fond of Konica Minolta Centuria Super NH, a big part of it may be that I have a DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 II and the two go together so well. Why would it be any different from any other film? What kind of question is that? All films are different, and if you happen to like one particular kind it's only natural to want more of it. My question concerned his statement that the scanner performs well with that particular film ("the two go together so well"). Why would it perform well with that film and not Reala? There is a popular thought that some films scan better than others, but I've never heard a case of one scanner preferring a certain type of film. It might also be interesting to know what software he is using to scan with. |
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Annika1980 writes:
My question concerned his statement that the scanner performs well with that particular film ("the two go together so well"). Why would it perform well with that film and not Reala? There is a popular thought that some films scan better than others, but I've never heard a case of one scanner preferring a certain type of film. It might also be interesting to know what software he is using to scan with. While I think Konica-Minolta scanners handle Reala very well, I guess it could still be that they are even better with Konica-Minolta's own film when it comes to getting correct colour due to the orange mask of color negatives. That's just a guess though. I think I scanned one or two rolls of Centuria 100 with my K-M Scan Elite 5400 II and they turned out nice, but didn't shoot equivalent shots of the same scenes with Reala for comparison. |
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On Oct 9, 2:30 am, Toni Nikkanen wrote:
While I think Konica-Minolta scanners handle Reala very well, I guess it could still be that they are even better with Konica-Minolta's own film when it comes to getting correct colour due to the orange mask of color negatives. Yes, scanning negatives is always a crapshoot anyway. Since I also own a 5400 I might try a roll of the Minolta film if I could find it. |
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Thanks to everyone for the discussion.
film when it comes to getting correct colour due to the orange mask of color negatives. That's just a guess though. I think I scanned one or two rolls of Centuria 100 with my K-M Scan Elite 5400 II and they turned out nice, but didn't shoot equivalent shots of the same scenes with Reala for comparison. In my experience, this is correct. Just as different types of film stock manifests different characteristics in print, the same goes for scanning. On first scan, the color balance of the Centuria is a lot more natural and gives a lot more vivid blues that makes the picture feel cooler. However, when I scan Kodak SuperGold 400 shot in the same lighting conditions, the scan usually comes out with a sort of unnatural yellow wash that really degrades the depth of of the picture. I suppose I could set up a custom profile with some correction for the curves and apply it when scanning the Kodak, but I'm really so fond of the tonal separation I get from the Centuria I don't want to mess with much else. I haven't tried scanning Reala yet. I will definitely take a look at that next time, though. |
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