[PRCo] 616 negatives

[Bob Rathke]

I continue to get B&W prints made from 616, 120, 4X5" and other large format negatives
through a camera store here.  They send them to the Qualex (Kodak) Custom Lab. I know
of several stores in the Chicago suburbs that use the Qualex lab.  It takes about 10
days, and the B&W prints cost more than comparable size Kodacolor prints, but the
results are good.

Bob 8/2/01

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"Fred W. Schneider III" wrote:

> He used to trade prints with scads of people.  Unfortunately, A) there
> is no longer a camera store in Pittston; B) Kodak no longer makes
> contact papers for 616 size negatives, 3) Kodak no longer makes any
> contact papers except in a very limited number of contrast grades (2 and
> 3 or 2, 3 and 4) -- the very high contrast and low contrast papers have
> joined the dinosaurs; C) Non one has made 616 and 116 film for thirty
> years, and other tools that went with it, such as negative carriers for
> enlargers and printing machines are no longer manufactured.  This simply
> means that you cannot take a 616 negative to your local camera store and
> even get it printed any longer And people like myself who can handle
> them are getting older and more tired.