For clarity, KodakAlaris hasn't owned that business for some time. After a detour into ownership by the now defunct Sino Promise Holdings, the ownership of that business and manufacture of Kodak branded chemicals is now in the hands of a USA based corporation, Photo Systems (of Unicolor fame)...
FWIW, Keith Canham is actually the only source for a number of products and sizes, because his business is the only source authorized by KodakAlaris to organize and place orders for them.
Sadly I recently had an email from Film Photography Project to the effect that this all means they have to discontinue their respooled Vision 3-derived products for still cameras.
The thing is....in my case at least....it won't make me purchase more proper Kodak-Alaris products because they...
Who knows exactly, other than the parties involved. I expect it varies depending on markets, geography, local distributors and a variety of other factors.
It varied by market back when Kodak was in its heyday - what applied to the USA which differed for Canada which differed for the UK, or...
Does Eastman ship their film to Alaris for re-shipment? Or does Eastman dropship directly to Alaris' local distributors? Now that Alaris was bought by a California investment company, are there any changes planned, like buying Eastman's film division? I believe Alaris USA is right next to...
...of the Kodak "lifers" - people who started with Eastman Kodak or one of its international subsidiaries many years ago, and stayed with KodakAlaris through all the massive changes.
KA still has a few repositories of that institutional "culture" - arguably one of the most valuable assets they...
No wonder we get fleeced ... even a 30% markup at each stage (that would be low), means than Eastman Kodak's $10 film costs us consumers $21.79 (or $28.56 if EK also add 30%). I can see that one middleman is probably needed, even two, but they are making a fools of us with three.
However if you have a good idea for another distribution option - i.e. are offering to become another local distributor customer for KodakAlaris - then they will be happy to hear from you.
Eastman Kodak only sells to KodakAlaris.
KodakAlaris only sells to local distributors.
Local...
Is this for still film?
If so, KodakAlaris deal with all customer contact. They have the worldwide rights for distribution and marketing of still films, and are charged with any "end user" concerns.
Here is their website contact link: https://corporate.kodakalaris.com/contact#film
The...
I agree it's not much of a hypothesis, but it's the only thing I can come up with. I don't see how this would result from a processing error. It doesn't look like backing paper offset issues. It's not a scanning artifact, evidently. For a light fogging problem, it's far too regular.
The only...
That would happen only if the same tariffs are applied in all the countries that make film. If the US has tariffs only, then more Americans would buy Kodak as foreign film costs more. But in the UK, for example, the prices remain the same as they were for both Kodak and British film.
Prediction: US analog film buyers will be heading more to Kodak/Alaris products, EU and Asian film buyers will return more to EU/UK & Asian. So there will be more products available for each in each market? So it could be pushing prices back downwards ( in the end/ as long as tarriffs hold on)...
That was exactly my point. Alaris is busting EK's b***, of a $20 Ektar roll EK is not getting even close to $10. Not even close. So a dollar of increase in production (at worse - if EK is importing all of the ingredients and have to pay their people more because tariffs will bring inflation to...
...have reliable information that indicates that it is generally true. Eastman Kodak has been struggling with major increases in their input costs, along with availability issues, and each such factor is something that management's policies require them to incorporate in their price to Kodak...
The end price is very sensitive to production costs.
As well as the very substantial costs of distribution.
All of which will be at the very least disrupted as trade is disrupted.
I doubt that every component Kodak uses in film production is made in USA, so production price WILL go up. Good news is that Kodak film price is really not dictated by production costs, but by Alaris markup.
Consumers outside USA living in countries that will employ retaliatory tariffs will, of...
That gives some incite into how old my replenished XTOL is. I still have some unopened bags if XTOL from Kodak left. Also that gives credence to the effectivity and effectiveness of the StopLossBagsTM that I recommend.
Matt do you know if Ilford went through a similar merry-go-round of supplier issues during this timeframe? Your description of these supplier/quality issues (which are not Kodak's fault entirely but of course damage customer confidence since their name is on the package) and my personal repeated...
...than was Eastman Kodak, although by that time they had stopped doing the manufacture themselves.
After the bankruptcy in 2012, it was KodakAlaris, but of course they too weren't doing the manufacturing.
When Tetenal went bankrupt, KodakAlaris had to scramble to replace many of the chemical...
...time Xtol has produced thin negatives for me was several years ago -- also with Fuji Acros -- but that batch of Xtol was recalled by KodakAlaris/Sino Promise, so discovered to be a problem.
I have a bag of the newer Xtol from Photo Systems, so I hope it is OK.
I have started doing a quick...
I remember that now, it's coming back to me, the backing paper needed to be changed, the old paper was acting like a carbon paper so to speak. It wasn't all that long ago either if I remember correctly, wasn't it around 2013 or maybe a bit earlier? Not that it matters now, it's all fixed. I do...
...involved were doing at the time - the effort was massive, it cost a huge amount of money, it nearly forced both Eastman Kodak and KodakAlaris out of the 120 film business, and the final result was a proprietary replacement for the old style of backing paper that is a closely guarded trade...
...came up with a plan to keep most of Kodak's film business operating - the marketing and distribution businesses that were eventually KodakAlaris - and to allow the other parts of the business to keep operating as well. Those other parts included the remaining, relatively small part of...
Eastman Kodak is the one with the issues.
The 220 equipment was worn out, and the minimum order requirements for the leaders and trailers were many years worth of supply - far more capital tied up than the corporate management would agree to.
Tied up capital concerns motivate everything.
The...
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