PE had said in the past that there were Kodak guys lurking in this forum, but didn't participate, or reveal their identity. For a long time, this forum had been very hostile against Kodak, so this didn't really help.
Real or not I can see the difference between Ilford and the Kodaks. All I really care about are the two main staples of photography: film and paper. Someone else will always manage to fill the gaps of the other elements. However, I do believe that Kodak (Sino) will make B&W photo-chems less...
Right on.
I'm rolling Kodak 5219 through a Century Graphic because I can. I use a DSLR when I need clean repeatable results. I don't shoot film for it's wonderful reliability. I'l apt to mess it all up one way or another when it comes to film. That's the joy in it for me.
Ain't that the truth
...chemical manufacturing capacity.
Carestream in Colorado. Sino Promise may still have a partial interest in Carestream's plant, because KodakAlaris originally did.
Ilford is merely a brand owned by Harman, because Ilford itself went bankrupt.
And most of the Ilford branded products are...
Is that true with motion picture chemistry?
If I understand you correctly, Sino Promise is now the group that pics up the phone, chats to chem. manufactures, and says, "Please make X-tol for us, under these conditions?"
KA will still call up EK and say, "Please make up some Portra 400." Sino...
Potentially by KodakAlaris insisting on being paid for its product.
Tetenal was a big distributor of Kodak branded colour paper and photo chemistry. And at the end, Tetenal wasn't paying its bills.
They have all 120 stock they wish, C-41, E-6 and B&W. Their problem is; need to have too many choices. They cannot stick to one product no more than two weeks, starts itching; we need more, new labels, new names, and better be cheaper otherwise we cannot afford the newest smart phone and look...
There's a bit of a difference in this time. KodakAlaris has sold the entire photo chemical and color negative paper division to the largest distributor of these products. All color chemistry is manufactured in China, I believe that the manufacturing of ALL Kodak labeled chemistry will come from...
...event - the bankruptcy of Tetenal - that initiated all the current problems, I would not be as supportive of their current incarnation. KodakAlaris' attempt to diversify their sources of manufacture are, I would suggest, evidence of their dedication to quality.
When you take into account...
I think you miss the point. You couldn't care less. Likely most people here on Photrio couldn't either. But we are the outliers. Let me tell you, the people who want to buy colour film in medium format aren't shooting Hasselblads, Fuji 6x7 or even Pentacon 6......they're shooting Holgas and...
...and colour chemical production (and colour paper production) were divested to the Kodak Limited pension plan, which incorporated KodakAlaris to hold and run those businesses. KodakAlaris just recently sold the Kodak branded photo chemicals business and the colour paper business to Sino...
...never the same because it was run by suits. Oh, the company today is huge and does wiz-bang business that I used when I was running a university research laboratory, but it isn't a company to be loyal to. Kodak/KodakAlaris/Sino Promises stopped being the Aldrich Chemical Company a long...
Matt as you know I'm a little slow. I think it's my looming 65th birthday in 11 months and way too much CP-5 Formalin fixer in my formative years. Playing with Mercury from old thermostats probably didn't help :cry::redface::blink:
...& Sullivan (a stretch), Arista (I think) and whoever else I am missing are all supplier/manufacturers that provide alternatives to Kodak/KodakAlaris/Sino Promise that meet my needs. I bought a crappy batch of xtol (first purchase of xtol ever) and while I don't regret it, I am also over the...
That's great. These two developers are a commodity in the United States. Point I'm trying to make is, if Arista can produce quality products, in volume to replace the Kodak's screw up. Don't expect to come in at twice the price. Foma makes beautiful paper but I've never considered their...
ADOX Fotoimpex is donating their time to help us, so how about stopping posting wild speculation and conspiracy theories and letting ADOX spend their time supporting us.
With its present troubles, there would seem to be no better time to bring out a replacement for Xtol which another video said you were working on. Can you say what the progress is on your Xtol equivalent?
Thanks
pentaxuser
We have never produced for KodakAlaris.
All powder chemicals made by ADOX in the new factory can be identified by the aluminum bags with oxygen barrier.
Apart from this we have a chemical and photographic QC on all outgoing batches.
Reversal film makes sense in a world where everyone scans. It's unforgiving. But when you can buy a Nikon F5 in good shape for 300 bucks, you can let the camera do the thinking.
Infrared makes sense because they could charge 20 dollars a roll for 35mm and have ZERO competition. Kodachrome...
I doubt Kodak is after to re-produce the exact same look of Kodachrome. However Kodachrome is too important brand to be just like that flushed and lost in past. I'd bet £10.000 on the re-introduction of (according to the new age) well saturated Kodachrome 25 ASA as E-6. The guy from Alaris made...
...course, I directed mine to an individual, along with copying it to the general email address in the Facebook posting as well.
As for the KodakAlaris footer, I expect that their entire email system is still on the KodakAlaris servers, and will be there until the entire system is migrated...
...Kodak Company manufactured films? Edit: I've just checked my e-mails and have received a response. Oddly there is this in the e-mail:
[CAUTION: This email originated from outside of KodakAlaris. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is...
at least they responded !
so far they have alerted the general public of a faulty product so they don't have potential troubles and they have responded with a well crafted email.
It sounds like the users of their products are in good hands.
I sent an email to <ProPaperChem@kodakalaris.com> on Jan 1, 2021 and got a Reply on Jan 4, 2021. The Reply asks for my phone, email, mailing address, and where I bought it - and promises to send a replacement to me by mid-February. There was no request for proof of purchase, and no request for...
...Regarding the current XTOL product you have in your care, please feel free to dispose of it as there is no need to return this to us at KodakAlaris.
We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you and that our product did not meet expectations. Rest assured that your replacement...
...release the tight but unusual phase 'trade concern' in a sea of gibberish means that they don't want us to know what the problem is.
Has anyone heard back from KodakAlaris about their 'trade concern' Xtol, yet? Even a 'thanks for your email, more details are forthcoming' type of response?
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