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Back to Article<br /> It is too bad if they discontinue ERA 100. I picked up a 10 pack of the film in Oct 2005 while in Bejing. At 50cents/36 exp. I did not think I could go wrong and it is really a very nice film. I used a D76 type developer with it and got results similar to FP4. i did not find any excessive &quot;scratching &quot; problem, but I never squeege film, just a quick final rinse in Fhotoflo and hang up overnight to dry. It is a much better film and easier to get along with than the Lucky 100. The 400 is not bad, but the 100 is a miserable film to get good negs from.<br /> There is less and less black/white films&nbsp; available and we will soon see shortages of our favourite emulsions. Time to stock up and throw out the edibles and fill the freezer with film!<br /> Brian, thanks for the heads up on ERA and I for one would like to find out if this rumour is true. Maybe a bulk buy of ERA would be possible for Rf members in US/Canada?<br />Tom A

Didn&#039;t b. mattock try and arrange one some time ago? For me, I email a guy in S. Taiwan who messengers it to me overnight. I&#039;ve never bought in bulk from him, but I do know that he sells 4x5 sheets in bulk (by the carton...40 boxes per carton, 25 sheets per box). I&#039;m sure with enough leeway he can do the same with 35mm. Do you want me to contact him about it?

Greetings!&nbsp; I&#039;ve just finished processing my first test roll of ERA 100, and clipped the roll into three lengths to try development times in Ilford DD-X 1+4.&nbsp; I tried 8, 10 and 12 minutes development. I found I got the best results with 1 stop overexposure and 12 minutes development. <br /><br />Like Tom I didn&#039;t find any particular problems with scratches or dust, but I rinse the film only in distlled water and hang to dry overnight without any squeegee or fingers. <br /><br />Here&#039;s the best result from the test roll.<br /><br /><br /><br />I got mine from ebay seller isaac.chen, and paid AUD$2.70 a roll for 10, delivered, which is less than half the local cost of Ilford.&nbsp; I&#039;ll certainly stock up with some more.

RFF doesn&#039;t allow leeching so we can&#039;t see your photo. Use the &quot;attachments&quot; function under &quot;Additional Options&quot;.<br /><br />Yeah, I buy mine from issac, too. He lives just south of me in Tainan, Taiwan so I always get it the next day. He&#039;s very reliable.

I want to give ERA100 a good try (I don&#039;t have much medium speed film) so I just ordered twenty rolls from Isaac Chen through evilbay :

No worries. He&#039;s reliable. If you have a problem I can drive down to his place and rough him up a bit for ya&nbsp; ;D