From: Sandy King (sanking@clemson.edu)
Date: 01/01/04-03:00:45 AM Z
Again, thanks to all for the additional information.
The platinum heresy thread and this exchange, in spite of a rough and
unexpected start, has really been useful to me. I am right now
finishing an article on kallitype that will be put up on one of the
on-lines photography magazines in 10-14 days and the exchange of
information regarding Pt/Pd versus kallitype has really helped to
focus my attention, which has lead to a significant revision of my
original introduction of the article on the pros and cons of the two
processes.
Sandy
>Sandy, Much of the cost estimates that I see are based upon metals
>salts and some components. Sure, the more you by the better the price.
>Where you buy is also a consideration, for the paper, brushes, tape,...
>The bottom line is " do you love what you do"... The cost is not so
>much or a real part of why most of us are doing the things we do.
>Right?
>
>My last purchases were Pt @ 13.00/gram, Pd @ 10.50/g, I make my own
>developer, and ferric which cuts cost a bunch. A purchase of 140.00
>dollars worth of supplies to make ferric oxalate, produced nearly 2.7
>liters, and I sold some of that so it truly was nearly free. I love
>what I do... it it not so expensive as to stop me from doing it. Heck,
>coated silver paper is almost 2.00 a sheet.
>
>Have fun and love what you do.
>
>Eric Neilsen Photography
>4101 Commerce Street
>Suite 9
>Dallas, TX 75226
>http://e.neilsen.home.att.net
>http://ericneilsenphotography.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Carl Weese [mailto:cweese@earthlink.net]
>Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 6:00 PM
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: Re: Just Kallitype Now, was Re: Platinum Heresy, was Re:
>Satista
>
>Sandy,
>
>Last time I ordered I think I got 25 grams of Pd salt and 10 of Pt
>(because
>you mix them at different strengths that's more like a 5 to 1 ratio of
>final
>solutions) which has lasted me a long time. I'm sure the price was
>significantly lower than buying pre-mixed 25ml bottles. My cost estimate
>is
>a little higher than Clay and Kerik because I figured for a 20% platinum
>print, and it looks like I'm using a bit more solution per square inch
>on my
>current favorites (Stonehenge and Lenox) than the papers they mention.
>My
>other favorite, Masa, would use nearly 20% less, and I've plenty of
>successful 12x20's on it, but I'd hesitate, to say the least, to try
>this
>Japanese tissue at 20x24.---Carl
>--
> Web site with picture galleries
>
> and workshop information
>
> http://www.carlweese.com
>
>> From: Sandy King <sanking@CLEMSON.EDU>
>> Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:29:50 -0400
>> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> Subject: Re: Just Kallitype Now, was Re: Platinum Heresy, was Re:
>Satista
>>
>> Hi Clay, Carl, Kerik,
>>
>> Thanks very much for the cost information. Actually the cost to make
>> a Pt/Pd of that size it is quite a bit less than I would have thought
>> so I still have my breath!! By what you say price would appear to
>> range from about $8-14. I will have to quite honestly say that is
>> less than half of what I would have expected.
>>
>> Cost to do the same size for the platinum or palladium coated
>> kallitype, and this is based on the price of the B&S Platinum
>> Solution #3 or Palladium Solution #3, purchased in the 25ml bottles,
>> which are same price to me, would be about $3.50, not counting the
>> cost of the silver nitrate and ferric oxalate, which are minimal.
>> That is less than half of the lowest real Pt/Pd figure but still the
>> difference is not as much as I thought. Is some of the difference
>> due to the fact that you fellows are buying the palladum and platinum
>> in larger quantities? I see that there is a real price advantage to
>> buying the stuff in larger quantities and I am assuming that you
>> probably buy it that way?
>>
>> Sandy
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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