Re: FS4000 vs SS4000plus (thick fuji film base)

[Arthur Entlich <artistic-1@xxxxxxx>]

In our lab, we had a "Lady Schtick" triple layer teflon coated blade 
head mounted just in front of automated printer, which shaved off any 
excess thickness from the film base.  Left the film baby-bottom smooth.

Art

byard pidgeon wrote:

> Some sheet films came in "thin" and "thick" base, maybe still do...but
> doesn't it seem likely that 35mm films would come in only a very narrow
> range of thickness, because almost all of them will be sent through
> automated developing and printing machines, so a variation of thickness
> great enough to cause focusing problems would be likely to infuriate the
> processing people, and would be noted by the photo magazines, and would kill
> or seriously maim sales???
> 


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