Joseph Arkins (arkins@banet.net)
Tue, 09 Nov 1999 12:18:09 -0500
With regard to making color prints directly from color slides using the Fresson
proceess, wouldn't they have to work from separation negatives, as the dichromate
emulsion is not panchromatically sensitized? Just a thought.
Joe Arkins
NY, NY
Tom Sobota wrote:
> Dave,
>
> I know people who has worked with the Fressons, but I personally never did.
>
> I have been able to connect to their site right now. It is about noon here
> in Spain. Perhaps they shut it down at nights :-)
>
> It looks like they accept anything in BW or color slide, from 35mm to 4x5
> inches, and can produce B&W prints, duotones and cuadrichromies.
>
> By the way, if you click on the button representing an anglo/american
> hybrid flag, on the home page, you will get all the texts in english, no
> need to worry about your french :-)
>
> In the last page ("Tarifs") there are two columns for each color/size
> combination. One is HT (without taxes) and the other TTC (value added tax
> included). I think that this last is what you will be interested in.
> Transport and insurance costs don't seem to be included. You can use the
> Euro values as a quick and dirty approximation to US dollar values.
>
> It looks like you can just send your negatives or whatever by mail or some
> courier and receive back the prints, but I'd get in contact with them first
> about the details. All the contact info they have on their pages is a phone
> number and a fax, on the home page.
>
> Interestingly enough, they say that they use a high-powered UV enlarger,
> instead of using intermediate contact negatives. I wonder how will all that
> UV light affect your color slide. If I were you, I'd send a duplicate...
>
> In my opinion, they have always been open to the general public. It was the
> general public that didn't know about them...
>
> Bye
> Tom
>
> A 00.28 9/11/99 -0500, ha escrito:
> >> http://www.atelier-fresson.com/
> (...snip...)
> >But a few days ago I had access it briefly. I don't read French, so I don't
> >really know what it is talking about.... still good to surf through. Anyway,
> >it was said that it was hard to get a Fresson print and that you needed to
> be
> >able to speak French and somehow got introduced to the family. Now by having
> >their web site, does it mean they are opening the business more to general
> >public?
> >
> (snip)
>
> Tom Sobota
> tsobota@teleline.es
> Madrid, Espaņa
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