Recent content by dkirby

You can usually find 100' rolls of Kentmere for ~$80 somewhere (for example link, though currently out of stock) which comes out to ~$4.55/36 exp roll, compared to the $7.99 price for 36 exp rolls currently on b&h. Additionally, B&H should be having their BILD expo soon. Last year they were...

Heads up P30 seems to be coming back to distributors. It is back in stock at several places, including Freestyle. B&H lists it as "temporarily out of stock, expected availability 7-14 days." Screenshots attached. B&H had previously listed P30 as "discontinued," so this does represent a change...

I simply can't disagree more with this. I have captured a lot of good images that have made people happy, that I enjoyed taking, and, frankly, that made me money, in situations where there's "not enough light to well-expose an ISO 400 film" - and plenty of others have done it better than I have...

Yes - all at EI 3200. I've edited the original post to include that. Thanks!

@dcy you asked "what makes [people] prefer t-max 3200 to delta 3200." Paul Howell's quote above matches exactly with my experience. T-Max 3200 (often called "TMZ" which I'll use going forward since it's shorter) definitely has finer grain than D3200. The other main difference is that TMZ despite...

I agree that I would not shoot any of the 400s at more than 1600. But just FYI Tri-X is currently cheaper here in the US (OP's location) than non-bulk-rolled HP5

I shoot a fair amount of events in available light and my experience is actually that T-Max 3200 > Delta 3200 in terms of the result given. So, the lower price is just a bonus. I use Microphen for it, which has an advertised shelf life of six months, and comes in 1L amounts, which gets you 10...

I think you underestimate how much digital projection outstrips film in terms of practicality, cost, and durability through the course of a theatrical run. "Real" projection is tons of fun - and I'm happy I get to experience it a few times a year with movies like Sinners, but in terms of...

FYI we have a new instance of a "limited edition" version of P33 becoming available in an Italian store. Posted on Instagram this morning: The photograph doesn't seem to have anything to do with the announcement, besides the fact that it is generically film-themed. Their website doesn't seem to...

It begs the question on whether with recent cost increases Kentmere is pricing itself out of its range. Often described as the "best budget film" and yet it no longer really plays in the budget category price-wise. $1 more for Tr-X in 135...but this may be a discussion for another thread.

Yikes. I don't want to derail the conversation, but as I never really followed the Orwo stuff, could someone provide a succinct summary of what happened as it might pertain to Ferrania's future? I was under the impression that at least some Orwo films were readily available.

I think what makes the Ferrania saga so interesting is that there is a market for their films. For example, the site I linked to earlier is now sold out of their 2029-dated "pilot run," less than 24 hours after I shared the link here. Probably a total coincidence, but evidence either way that...

Maybe not totally... This Italian shop has just (in the past week) listed P33 in stock, with a listed expiration date of July 2029, which would suggest that it's newly produced (I have stockpiled a significant amount of Ferrania since it started becoming scarce and haven't seen anything with an...

Mentioned in a Kodak earnings call in August 2023. Quoted in multiple articles ie https://kosmofoto.com/2023/08/eastman-kodak-committed-to-making-film-as-long-as-there-is-demand/ Here's a transcript of the full call...

Unfortunately I have identified many errors and omissions committed by AI here - for example, it charts 17 productions from 2024 that shot on film including Dune Part 2 which shot digitally and was distributed on film. (I was slightly confused because although it charts 17 on the bar graph it...