[rollei_list] Re: Film

  • From: Horace Trovato <horacekenneth@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:35:44 -0400

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.
> >
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