or
the photographs which made a very rewarding record of their holiday. Along
with Eric was one of most newest members to Area 11, Mr. C. Brown who
presented (all to few) some excellent female model slides which of course
was “ALL” in the best possible taste” and had our friends from Area
15 requesting how they could get membership to Area 11.
To complete Area 11’s contribution to
our meeting, Eric ran a few minutes cassette tape message from Ron
Knowles, whom you know has just gone through operations on his eyes. It
was a very moving talk on Ron’s experience of the period when he was
unable to see very little, the trauma of the operation and the joy of
being able to see things clearly again. Things still are not perfect, but
with time and proper glasses for general viewing and reading all should be
well. The Central Committee would like to wish Ron well for the future
‘and thank him for his continuing efforts during this difficult period
in keeping his column “Here & There” going for all Our interests.
The final presentation of the day came
from Area 9 Leader, Bob Lewis. These were main l3 CRX100 taken on a
holiday to Rhodes, but also contained a sample of the latest Barfen
CRXl00) which we suspect now is Konica rather than Fuji. Two slides taken
with the same lens showed the different colour balance of the films. Since
the meeting I have come into a 15m length of this film and on making them
up into cassettes the different colour of the emulation was apparent. The
Fuji based film has a yellow/Kaki colour while the old Sakurachrome and
now Konica has a dull grayish appearance so it is obvious that the CRX100
is Konica0 There is nothing wrong with Konica film, indeed it
is excellent, but the thing is that CRX100 users will buy this ‘film
because of it’s much cheaper price and then find on processing that the
colour balance isn’t what they expect. Likewise Barfen still package the
film in the CRX100 carton with all the same technical details, which
leaves one wondering how they stand in the Trades description Act. Many
members find that their own ‘home Brew’ will process CRX100 perfectly,
but not Konicachrome, so while kit users wont have any problems, except in
the colour balance, home brew uses may have bought a supply which may be
lost in processing If you have bought the latest film stock, please make a
test strip first to find out the correct processing times to match this
film and your camera settings and of course keep us informed of your
results.
Arid so, the third Didcot meeting came
to an end. Once again it was nice seeing old friends again and this time
meeting some new ones. Many thanks to everyone for coming so far in quite
nasty weather. Time seemed to pass all to quickly and having been kept
busy with preparations and. seeing that refreshments were ready on time, I
didn’t have the time to talk to individuals as much as I wished, but I
enjoyed the day and hope that everyone else felt the same. Perhaps we can
get together once more next year.