Kodak has given every indication that their film will continue to be made and they are even promoting it. I think there may have been some talk about selling the division that included film to someone who would continue manufacturing it. Horace On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Emmanuel, > > I'm primarily interested in B&W film, E6 doesn't seem (yet) to be a > problem. I used Kodachrome and Velvia a lot before in both 120 and 35mm, > Kodachrome is gone now, but Velvia has gotten even better (less circus > like, still fine grain and excellent color). > > How does FOMA and ADOX compare to Agfa APX100? That was my standard for > years, I love the long rich greyscale and tones it produces. > > Can anyone comment on the future of Kodak films? The national > importer/distributor has been doing their best to kill it here, jacking the > price up 3x and feigning unavailability for years (starting many years ago) > when it was obviously available everywhere else... I'm not even sure it's > for sale here anymore. I should check tomorrow and see. > > Thor > > > On 19. mars 2013, at 17:41, Bigler Emmanuel wrote: > > > Le 19/03/2013 16:15, Thor Legvold a écrit : > > > >> Supply seems to be dwindling. > > .... > >> Thoughts? > > > > You forgot FOMA in the Czech Republic, many friends here in France use > > FOMA film (mostly because in large format like 4x5" and 8x10" FOMA > > film much more affordable than Ilford film; the difference also exists > > for 120 rolls). > > And ADOX in Germany, fresh film has been recently coated by ADOX, the > > demand seems to be sufficient for having a self-sustainable industry. > > > >> Thoughts? > > > > As long as there will be 120 film for my Rolleiflex, I'll continue to > > use it ;-) > > > > I'm very confident as far as B&W flm is concerned. Fresh microfilm has > > recently been coated by Agfa Mortsel to meet the demand of long term > > and high reliability optical data storage. But this is microfilm, > > high-contrast, not continuous-tones ; eventually you can process it in > > special low-contrast brews, or in caffenol. > > http://caffenol.blogspot.fr/ > > http://www.caffenol-cookbook.com/ > > http://photochemical.wordpress.com/ > > > > And as far as color images are concerned, if B&W film supply is granted > > for the future, we could always use the 3-color RGB process from b&W > > film like Henri Gaud in France ;-) > > http://trichromie.free.fr/trichromie/ > > > > Henri Gaud is currently doing experiments in 3-color (actually : CMYK) > > carbon prints. But this seems to be a very difficult printing > > technique. > > In France, Atelier Fresson is maintaining a proprietary color carbon > > printing process, but the production is very small, and costs for a > > single print, very high. > > > > -- > > Emmanuel > > > > --- > > Rollei List > > > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in > the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > >