ADOX Sheet Film Production?

[brbo]

CM II was meant to be 100% in-house affair as far as I understood.

 

[ADOX Fotoimpex]

I just saw this today when I logged in to write the update about the film cleaner: We have had issues sourcing sheet film base for the past 6 months. There are no plans not to coat sheet film again but supply chain issues and vanishing components sometimes through us back further than we think. Usually we manage to implement a security net after something like this happens but when its the first "blow" we need to stand back up and resort things. So, yes, we hope to manufacture sheet film soon again but, no at present we have no coated raw film to cut from.

 

[retina_restoration]

I just saw this today when I logged in to write the update about the film cleaner: We have had issues sourcing sheet film base for the past 6 months. There are no plans not to coat sheet film again but supply chain issues and vanishing components sometimes through us back further than we think. Usually we manage to implement a security net after something like this happens but when its the first "blow" we need to stand back up and resort things. So, yes, we hope to manufacture sheet film soon again but, no at present we have no coated raw film to cut from.

Thank you for the update, although I wish it was good news. I have one box of 5x7 CHS 100 II left and I will use it wisely.
Best of luck, I hope Adox can provide us with sheet sizes of this fantastic film again some day.

 

[JWMster]

Ditto re: "Thanks for the update... I wish it were good news". Let me add a suggestion that Adox might want to post news on its site or Instagram, Bluesky or wherever... 'cause the last news on the website is April 11th of some unknown year, and yet a lot seems to come and go unnoticed. Maybe Adox could even have a broadcast email list like many websites: "Follow us....." links. Whatever.

FWIW, I have shot quite a number of 120 Adox rolls and will attest that even the smallest detail in manufacture - the 120 reels and canisters - is handled 1st class. Yes, you pay more, but it's one-of-a-kind and top quality, bought for the difference and the quality control - not as a concession to our strained budgets. Hope you guys get things sorted out and run some 5X7 again as a format where "things just make sense" and the movements nicely divide into quadrants on the ground glass.

 

[retina_restoration]

Maybe Adox could even have a broadcast email list like many websites: "Follow us....." links. Whatever.

Adox does produce an email newsletter: https://www.adox.de/Photo/adox-newsletter-sign-up/
I don't know how frequent they send out a newsletter, but it's there if you want it.
They also have an Instagram presence: https://www.instagram.com/adoxphoto (and Facebook, if you want it) and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/adoxphoto

That's a pretty good web presence. There are links to the latter three feeds on the bottom of any of Adox's web pages.

 

[Jan-Peter]

Here I find the Adox 4x5" film:

ADOX CHS 100 II 10,2x12,7 CM (4x5 INCH) / 25 Blatt - fotoimpex.de Analoge Fotografie

CHS 100 TYP II *Neuer Film - Made in Germany* Der ADOX CHS 100 II ist ein orthopanchromatischer Schwarzweissfilm mit klassischem Korn und tonwertoptimierter ...

www.fotoimpex.de

Jan-Peter

 

[Hassasin]

Any updates on sheet film production ?

 

[Trond]

Any updates on sheet film production ?

Available again now. I ordered CHS II sheet film from Fotoimpex last week.

 

[retina_restoration]

Available again now. I ordered CHS II sheet film from Fotoimpex last week.

Yes, but only 4x5, which has been available periodically all along. The 5x7 and 8x10 have been AWOL for a long time.

 

[Hassasin]

Available again now. I ordered CHS II sheet film from Fotoimpex last week.

There is no new batch being made, they announced lack of substrate supplier and looks like this is still the case. I'm actually after 9x12 and 6.5x9 which was on regular supply when coating was on going.

 

[Trond]

There is no new batch being made, they announced lack of substrate supplier and looks like this is still the case. I'm actually after 9x12 and 6.5x9 which was on regular supply when coating was on going.

4x5 was unavailable for some time too. I've no idea what's up with the other formats unfortunately.

 

[Hassasin]

4x5 was unavailable for some time too. I've no idea what's up with the other formats unfortunately.

When they coated master rolls for cut film, they cut them to all sizes. Hopefully Adox will join in with an update.

 

[ADOX Fotoimpex]

We are still out of master material, because we could not source sheetfilm base for the past 6 months. However it has been shipped last week and we will do a testrun next week. Depending on the outcome we can make a production schedule.

 

[Chuck1]

Looking forward to anything you have to offer

 

[retina_restoration]

We are still out of master material, because we could not source sheetfilm base for the past 6 months. However it has been shipped last week and we will do a testrun next week. Depending on the outcome we can make a production schedule.

Good news! I hope things go well.

 

[MrSidecar]

We are still out of master material, because we could not source sheetfilm base for the past 6 months. However it has been shipped last week and we will do a testrun next week. Depending on the outcome we can make a production schedule.

Count myself in on the ones eagerly waiting for CHS-100 II in 5x7 format…

Hope the tests have been a success!

 

[retina_restoration]

We are still out of master material, because we could not source sheetfilm base for the past 6 months. However it has been shipped last week and we will do a testrun next week. Depending on the outcome we can make a production schedule.

Five months have passed - any news?

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Is there any chance ADOX will re-enter the sheet film market? I have a few boxes of 4X5, but I'm curious whether the company is less and less about film and more and more about chemistry? Does anyone have a sense for this?

I really don't know. My own use of 4x5 is almost zero. In fact, I haven't used my 4x5 cameras in years and won't for some time. 4x5 has no advantage over MF. no boost in imagequality;just more cumbersome.

 

[DREW WILEY]

View camera have a number of features which typical MF cameras simply do not. Yes, you can put roll film backs on them, but focus and composition is quite a bit easier with full size 4x5, plus you've got a lot more enlargeable content in the neg or chrome. Unless you're making small prints, the quality distinction in enlargements is palpable. Sheet film also handles better in the darkroom. Slower operation isn't necessarily a disadvantage; it's makes you more carefully weigh you composition. For the same reason, stepping up to 8x10 over 4x5 accentuates both the advantages in content and disadvantage in slower speed of operation.

I shoot and print all the above. The best format is always the one you have with you on a given day. When it comes to what is worthy of a frame on the wall, well, that's a more nuanced question.

That said, we're not lacking an excellent selection of sheet film at the present, but are faced with dramatically increased pricing, which might further reduce its demand.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I really don't know. My own use of 4x5 is almost zero. In fact, I haven't used my 4x5 cameras in years and won't for some time. 4x5 has no advantage over MF. no boost in imagequality;just more cumbersome.

I very much disagree. No advantage? No boost in image quality? If that were true no one would be using 4x5. And does your medium format camera have lots of movements like a 4x5?