Recent content by bfilm

There is no need to hark back to older versions of Kodachrome. There are countless examples of the beautiful colors that people love in pictures taken with Kodachrome 25 and 64. I agree that Kodachrome 25 was great. I never got to use it, as I was just getting started when it was still around...

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." --William Bruce Cameron, 1963 "Digital photography is a science and film photography is a chemical miracle." --Steven Spielberg, 2017

Yes, it was quite interesting to see. Although, it does seem like some of the complexity came from their desire to make the machines high-speed. There was mention of an older perforating machine. It is possible that a small volume maker could approach things a bit differently. Nonetheless...

Yeah, it's frustrating. I can't remember the exact words, but I remember someone high up at Fuji saying they will never abandon film. But it certainly seems like they are doing the bare minimum to honor that promise. At least they are still providing silver gelatin color paper, since they are...

And this is in addition to the investment and expansion that Kodak has made in recent years. It seems there is plenty of capacity to keep film going as long as people are interested. Now, we just need Fuji to give us (regular supply of) film again. At least Velvia and Provia.

The point is that not everything can be quantified.

One use I can see for CineStill 800T is that there is a unique and nice quality that you can get in skin tones using tungsten film + 85B filter. This is something many movies have made good use of over the decades, as they would often use the tungsten-balanced film even for the natural light...

This is along the lines of something I have mentioned before, that most people consider things almost solely quantitatively now instead of qualitatively, whereas the word quality should be a big hint.

As Eastman Kodak distribution gets more established, I could see them eventually ending the relationship with Kodak Alaris, whenever contracts allow. There is no point in having the Kodak Alaris intermediary if Eastman Kodak can eventually handle all of the distribution. I don't think CineStill...

I have wondered if there might be an agreement with CineStill Film that Eastman Kodak won't sell the motion picture film packaged for photography. If there is, of course it could potentially change at some point, but I have wondered if this might have something to do with it. Also, you can get...

Maybe so, but then they should do it. Like they do for motion picture film, and like they used to do for photography film. As I've mentioned, I am glad they are still making photography film. But at the same time, it seems ridiculous to release a film, that surely they have all the relevant...

I guarantee Eastman Kodak already has the information for data sheets. Sure, it involves testing, but that will have been done before they release a film. Heck, Harman manages to provide data sheets even for limited edition experimental films.

It seems to me that everything that goes into a data sheet would already have been figured out and prepared in the development, testing, and production of the film. It doesn't seem very complex or expensive to then put it into a PDF file.

I am glad that Eastman Kodak is still making photography film, but I find it very frustrating that there is a lack of any points of contact, detailed information about the film stocks, or supporting literature. It seems that without a predominant professional community, they no longer feel the...

There seems to be no way to contact Eastman Kodak about the photography films. Which is very frustrating. The website points you towards a phone number, that is a generic number the leads you through many recordings, eventually to give you a generic email that returns as no longer in use. So, I...