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AW is correct. We have a soft pre-order from them for the next batch that will begin shipping very soon. As we have noted a number of times in the past, finishing 135 film is and will remain a very tight bottleneck in production until we are able to do it in-house. The options for 135 finishing...

In fact, the majority of the work we have done internally over the past year was to ensure that our film is consistent across batches (and to minimize waste). Since we do not run the coater 24/7, we only make batches - so to speak. But of course there needs to be no difference between a roll you...

OK, I understand your sarcasm in the second #2 point. Apologies for not seeing it regarding re-badging, but I think we have different definitions of the word "re-badge."

It is really quite different. We could, of course, offer shipping globally from the US, but that would not be so good for customers because the shipping fees would be excessive. And international shipping from the US is also quite unreliable in terms of tracking and confirming orders. Unless...

Exactly. We will be doubling production of master rolls in phases throughout this year. With each doubling comes a round of testing to ensure consistency and quality - but so far, so good!

Actually, our main interest is with end users. Resellers are extremely important and we plan to support them in ways we haven't seen for many decades in the film business - but even they would admit that the most important people are those who buy the film and use it. You are entirely correct...

I must say that I sigh quite a bit in any given work day.

Yes, quite small. It's me, for now. But in fact we are mostly doing sales ourselves - direct to customers and to shops. Except in Italy where it's a mix. A long-standing distributor approached us a long time ago and we were happy to get a small amount into shops all over the home country...

Hi, As our shop says, the initial limitation to North America is temporary and because our production capacity is quite limited. It's difficult for me to think of how we could have said this more clearly or simply. And I really don't understand what you are saying about "another re-badge" -...

I think that's a good place to end this thread. Charles, can you please shut it down?

I can easily separate the art from the personality of the artist. I worked in the music business for many years and I learned that artists don't necessarily possess great interpersonal and/or social skills. The ones that did, I admired all the more - but it was very very rare.

Many many thanks to everyone for +1-ing the "quietly wishing you great success" post!

There is nothing suspicious or mysterious about what we are doing. Also, comparing what might happen in Egypt with our reality in Italy is not really valid for a variety of reasons. Volunteers would simply not help us in any way at this point in time. In fact, there is not really anything that...

I'm not really qualified to speak directly to the technological differences. It is my understanding, however, that film factories are very similar on the surface, but completely different when you get into the details. If I were to pick one thing that (I assume) is the biggest difference in a...

Hi Sal, I appreciate the sentiment but I'm not interested in ignoring anyone. A lot of the negativity directed toward us is irrelevant, but I need to keep my ears open for the occasional kernel of truth.