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Posted by Doug Clifford on July 27, 1999 at 04:49:33:
In Reply to: Seattle FilmWorks posted by Bryan on July 26, 1999 at 23:49:06:
: I just got 20 barely used cameras ranging for pocket size to heavy manual ones form my grandfather when he died and he had all this film from Seattle FilmWorks about 11 roll's amoung other film i shot a roll and took it to the drug store and the sign said no Seattle FilmWorks what makes this film so special that Kodak labs doesnt process it
Seattle FilmWorks buys film originally intended for use in the movie industry and respools it into 35mm film cannisters. This film is color negative film (yes, movies are shot on negative film) but it cannot be processed in the chemistry used for processing consumer color negative film (known as the C-41 process.) The movie film has an anti-halation backing which dissolves in C-41 chemistry, contaminating the chemicals and the rollers in the processing machine. Minilabs and other labs which have processed Seattle FilmWorks film have learned this expensive lesson the hard way. That's why they won't process the Seattle FilmWorks film. My advice is throw the film away, or send it to Seattle FilmWorks - however their processing costs more than the typical drug store or minilab.
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