Re: Sources for wet plate collodion chemicals

Thanks for valuable information.

Milenko,

British Columbia

----- Original Message -----
From: "Best, Dianne" <dbest@hydro.mb.ca>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 4:59 AM
Subject: RE: Sources for wet plate collodion chemicals

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Zentena [mailto:zentena@sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:01 AM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Sources for wet plate collodion chemicals
>
>
> On Tuesday 30 August 2005 10:01, Best, Dianne wrote:
> > I got a price quote from Anichemia on a bunch of different wet plate
> > collodion chemicals and did a per-unit comparison with JD Photo Chem
> > and Photographer's Formulary (including conversion to Canadian
> > dollars) and Anichemia is certainly price competitive. The only
> > negative for Anichemia, being a lab supplier, is that their standard
> > packages tend to be larger.
> >
>
> Are you saying a similar sized package is a similar price? Cool.
> The more
> choice the better.
>
> Nick
>
>
> Yup, that's what I am saying - price per gram or ml (or whatever) is
> comparable. On some things one source is a little more, less on other
> chemicals. Of the 5 chemicals I priced, Anachemia was cheapest on two of
> them but all three were "neck to neck" in pricing though Anachemia's
> standard package size is often 2 to 5 times larger than the other two
> (which makes sense).
>
> Anachemia has outlets in B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec.
> The do, however, have a $75 minimum order for counter sales (at least
> here in Winnipeg).
>
> Choice is good, especially when you consider shipping costs!
>
> Di
>
Received on Wed Aug 31 12:48:13 2005