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- From: jay@metran.UUCP (Jay Ts)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: Velvia processing
- Message-ID: <343@metran.UUCP>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 13:40:37 GMT
- References: <1992Dec24.050053.18805@panix.com>
- Organization: Metran Technology, Tampa, Florida
- Lines: 18
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- fhd@panix.com (Frank Deutschmann) writes:
- :
- : Is there a (visible) difference when Velvia is processed CR-56
- : (whatever that is, new Fuji thing it must be) rather than E-6?
-
- CR-56 is Fuji's reverse-engineered E-6 process. I have been informed by
- a Fuji USA Technical Support rep that the two processes are virtually
- identical.
-
- I don't know how accurate that information is, but for most of us, it
- doesn't matter; Fuji's CR-56 chemistry is simply unavailable in the
- US. Maybe the differences (if any) are so insignificant that Fuji
- doesn't deem CR-56 worthy of importation here. Maybe if they did, it
- would cost more. Who knows?
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