Anyone know who's coating Silberra color films?

[Donald Qualls]

https://sreda.photo/goods/aerocolor_120
At ~$9 per roll (when converted from Rubles) plus delivery this might be within your budget. The site says they have 182 rolls available. The film is manufactured in 2020 and the expiry date is December 2021. They ship internationally and accept PayPal.

Thanks for this link. I'll seriously consider buying a few rolls of that -- hopefully they'll be able to give a good calculation of shipping cost, but since the Silberra is usually out of stock and these guys have stock, and with shipping diluted over 5-10 rolls, it shouldn't be too bad.

 

[AgX]

Ah-ha, that's why. I brought some rolls in 2017 of the Wittner flavour of it. I liked the results for the first couple ones, not the same quality as Fuji reversal but nice. Then all the other films were YELLOW. All my film is kept in the freezer and they were yellow long before the expiry date in 2018. Absolutely unusable. I still have a couple rolls and processing is not worth wasting on them.

This is interesting and sad the same time...

Here an extensive report on that yellowing of this reversal film (Aviphot Chrome 200):
https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...llei-digibase-cr200.85858/page-9#post-1866268

 

[twelvetone12]

It is quite sad indeed, I liked the film, it has its charm and nice warm colors. I will probably develop the remaining rolls as 9 thru 12 in my 8-roll e6 chem kit.

 

[mohmad khatab]

I have some 100 and 160 in 35mm for when the sun comes out again. Bought some Lomochrome Metropolis at the same time and working through that. Will be interesting to compare; but looks good to me.

This is great, you can buy what you want, this is your right.
You can buy any brand and any product and make comparisons between different brands, this is your right as a photographer.
Do whatever you want, you should have artistic pleasure as long as it is available.
I wish you more success and success in your photographic experiments.

 

[maybe2day]

Mike and Sully and the Abominable Snowman ?

 

[George Mann]

It would be interesting to see how this film performs at iso 80.

 

[Romanko]

It is also possible that Silberra 50, 100 and 160 is the same Aerocolor film from several batches with different expiration dates (most expired to fresh).

 

[mjbovee]

"
KODAK AEROCOLOR IV Negative Film 2460 is for general
use in medium- to high-altitude aerial-mapping and
aerial-reconnaissance photography. It is suited for
geological, pollution, archeological, crop and forestry
studies; traffic control; city planning; railway, highway, and
hydraulic engineering; oceanography; and remote sensing,
as well as other areas where photogrammetry is used.
"
Obviously Russia is doing a lot of the above so surplus film should be easily available. They also have capacity for cutting and perforating from wide rolls. I am not surprised if they spool it manually.
Sreda Photo Labs (SFL) is another Russian company that sells the same film but they are less secretive about it:
https://decisivemoment.com.au/kodak-aerocolor-125-120-film-sfl/
According to our local Australian supplier the film is fresh (produced in 2021).


https://sreda.photo/goods/aerocolor_120
At ~$9 per roll (when converted from Rubles) plus delivery this might be within your budget. The site says they have 182 rolls available. The film is manufactured in 2020 and the expiry date is December 2021. They ship internationally and accept PayPal.


I am waiting for someone to run tests and confirm this. I am almost certain that if you shoot the same scene on Silbera 50,100 and 160 exposing three frame at EI 50, 100 and 160, develop the negatives together and compare the results you would not be able to tell the difference between the three films. Extra bonus if Kodak Aerocolor 125 from SFL is also included in the tests.

Kodak Aerocolor is supposed to be developed using AN-6 process but can be processed in C-41:
https://www.kodak.com/content/produ...ls/KODAK-AEROCOLOR-III-Negative-Film-2460.pdf
Is anyone familiar with AN-6? How close is it to C-41? Does processing in C-41 affect colors, saturation, contrast and archival properties? Can C-41 film be cross-processed in AN-6?

A little further in the datasheet it is stated, "To achieve results like Process AN-6, extend the development time to 5’15” at 100° F (38° C)." This would explain the lower-contrast look I've noticed with "Silberra" film, as it has presumably been processed using the normal C-41 times.

Anyone know how the average Joe consumer like myself could get his hands on some Kodak 2460?

 

[Romanko]

Anyone know how the average Joe consumer like myself could get his hands on some Kodak 2460

I assume the price for the 9.5" x 440' roll would be slightly outside the budget of the average Joe consumer:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1135497-REG/kodak_1719137_aerocolor_iv_color_negative.html