one must rember that Kodak was basically arm twisted to spin off their Still Photo Business to KodakAlaris, which was suposed to fund the Kodak Limited pension plan.. that did not work out and alaris was taken over as an asset when the UK pension board bailed out the Kodak Limited pension...
However some estimates, place the peak sales at lot higher at 960m rolls, such as this one;
https://www.ignitionframework.com/story-of-kodak/
And kodaks alaris 2018 annual report they said 17 millions 35mm rolls were produced in 2017
If Kodak has trouble fulfilling Fuji's orders that doesn't really mean that they've sorted out their confectioning bottleneck. And I'm pretty sure two substantial price increases from Alaris in one year was the deciding factor in the availability of Kodak film in stores. It could mean that...
Don't forget - it is only KodakAlaris who has "custody" of and responsibility to maintain the film datasheets,.
KodakAlaris no longer has any involvement with the chemical datasheets.
The 2016 T-Max developer datasheet does not include times for 1 + 7 and 1 + 9 dilutions.
It is only the 2016...
I wouldn't put it like that, really.
Keep in mind that the chemistry business was sold off several years ago (ditched by Alaris to Sino Promise in 2019 off the top of my head), so it really isn't "Kodak" anymore except by name. Having said that, a change in quality is not necessarily a...
...Inc. has is the need to do the background work to create updated datasheets - there really hasn't been anyone with the resources to do that since before KodakAlaris did some editing of the old ones back in 2016, and there have been a lot of changes in the manufacturing environment since then.
...is Photo Systems Inc. , historically known for Unicolor products, who were previously doing some of the chemical manufacturing for KodakAlaris - particularly after Tetenal went under for the first time.
Here is their Kodak chemicals product web link: https://kodak.photosys.com/
If I were...
This is true re the cost being the thing that switched people right. Once labs caught wind of ecn2 processing being a need, a remarkable amount invested in addition machines like the Jobo ATLs and modern versions.
All to ensure they could adapt and offer ECN2 for the new film. The shortages in...
The Alaris and Eastman Ektachrome have slightly different antihalation and other filter dyes in the film. If you develop these films, you will see that the movie version will color the water dark green, if a prewet is done. It will then color the first developer magenta. Alaris stock will just...
We still photographers seriously need slides. But Kodak is Kodak, and their connection to the movie world is well known. It is much less used than Vision3 in motion picture, but reversal stock is still used.. What i find strange, is selling Alaris 135-36 version for about 28-30 € a roll, when...
KodakAlaris actually initiated the process of bringing it back, and the differences between the films only relate to the distribution, the packaging, the edge printing, perhaps the perforations (I'm not sure about that) and the instructions to motion picture labs about the differences when...
I do agree. But as the photofinishing industry went to scanning, and printing with a laser or LED to negative paper, positive paper became obsolete. The prictures can be easily inverted to negatives when printing digitally. Also, in some countries, inkjet printing is popular (USA). In Europe...
Cinestill have Eastman Kodak manufacture in bulk large rolls of ECN2 compatible film stock that is essentially the Vision films without the additional remjet, and then Cinestill either has Kodak attend to edge printing and perforating and packaging for them (at a price), or they contract with...
...marked as Cinestill - that only happens when Kodak themselves make it for them.
So am I right in thinking now Cinestill are basically KodakAlaris v2 and have just contracted from Kodak / agreed to use their Vision3 emulsion without a remjet layer added right.
I hate the smoke and mirrors...
When Eastman Kodak and KodakAlaris came to the mutual decision to bring Ektachrome back, they took the opportunity to design in some changes. Some of those changes related to changes in availability of some of the constituent ingredients that come from 3rd parties. Some of those changes...
Thanks Your explanation of what the poster said may be a more balanced way of defining the theoretical effect of pressure on price but as yet he hasn't replied so we don't know if any evidence in his experience exists
I haven't see any as yet and while in theory more makers = more downward...
I'm willing to bet that they do know, and that the answer is "virtually nothing". Not all that much Phoenix has been distributed so far so logically, it wasn't even possible to put a dent in Kodak sales that way.
If there's going to be a price effect, it'll manifest itself once a (truly)...
It was probably meant in the way that every additional supply of the goods will ease the pressure on price. Alaris or resellers didn't lower C-41 film prices because of Phoenix, but we also don't know if there has been less of a demand for Kodak films because of Phoenix. I'm pretty sure even...
...films of the ISO 100/21° class in resolution (like Fomapan 100).
Unfortunately it has become extremely expensive here in Europe due to KodakAlaris counterproductive pricing policy.
Hm, I have never had any problems in that regard with Delta 100 in 135 and 120 formats with my Kaiser...
...damage being seen now as a result of the newer CT scanning security systems.
Apparently film that is distributed through the standard KodakAlaris controlled distribution to authorized distributors has the benefit of updated handling that is not subject to that type of scanning - other...
Actually, the quality problems started out when it was in KodakAlaris' hands and their contract manufacturer Tetenal suddenly went bankrupt. The rushed attempts to replace Tetenal with mostly USA based manufacture did not initially go very well.
If we are citing manufactuers' film tech sheets as the source of advice about stop baths, there may be reasons to question that. It is possible to go overboard in viewing tech sheets as sacred texts to be followed to the letter.
Although neither Ilford nor Kodak says it, there are people who...
I was looking around the other day and I thought I might give Kodak Flexicolor a try since I have only used Tetenal kits for C-41, but I can’t seem to find any online shops that sell it in Germany. Is there any website to buy it and not bother with KodakAlaris?
Which actually means PhotoSys needs to, as neither Eastman Kodak nor KodakAlaris have any involvement any more with still film photo chemicals, other than (Eastman Kodak's) licensing of the name.
...version that also offered self-replenishment capabilities (and was apparently more expensive to make). That continued even after KodakAlaris took over distribution and marketing. The datasheet still says that, but then the datasheet still references T-Max RS developer, which is no longer...
Not necessarily; after all, Alaris has the exclusive distribution rights to Kodak camera film and we seem to be surviving despite that situation.
Keep in mind that Cinestill's role in bringing back Kodak chemistry has most likely been crucial, in the sense that it wouldn't have happened if...
This doesn't say anything about how well or poorly the "Alaris setup" works. It's a given that the output Kodak C41 film is insufficient to fulfill market demand, so regardless who does the distribution, someone will be without film. Moreover, your argument implicitly assumes that your personal...
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