So, who is coating your film?
Jim B.
Jim B.
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So, who is coating your film?
Jim B.
First I want to thank you for providing support to the film community. I don’t want to nit pick your samples because it is not the same as looking at prints. I really don’t care if you drum scanned them or used your I phone. I didn’t see D-23 developer listed, but I can figure it out on my own. My main concern is that this will be another boutique film that sells at a premium that will go by the boards after a year or two. So all the time testing and refining will be for nothing. Most of us have had enough of the re-boxing and re-branding. Most of us would would feel much better if you would come clean and tell us that this was “our idea” and we had XYZ make it. There is no need to be coy. As far as marketing is concerned I think you are making a big mistake not offering sheet film. That makes me wonder just how serious you are about being in the film business. I shoot mainly Ilford film and if you are going to price your product competitively I will buy some for testing. But if you think that this should sell at a premium to Kodak and Ilford then I’ll pass.
I am pretty sure what is coating our film, who is in charge of accounting.
I am pretty sure what is coating our film, who is in charge of accounting.
Your answer is confusing. I'll try again, is CatLabs coating this new film? Or have you hired somebody to coat it for you? This is not a negative question. I'm just curious. There's no shame in admitting that some other reputable company is coating your new film.
Jim B.
While I would eventually like sheet film too (I have stopped shooting 4x5 temporarily. My old Tech III is just something I no longer want to fool with working around failed mechanics in places and more tape than leather on the bellows - I will buy a new 4x5 camera and get back to it in earnest once my current darkroom build is complete in a few months. At any rate, the thing is of course that sheet film requires coating on a very different base. Whether there are other technical problems with selling it in sheets I wouldn't know of course, but an entire different base run could be just financially not feasible given the comparative sales of sheet film vs. 35mm and 120.I think you are making a big mistake not offering sheet film.
It's not confusing; it's a JOKE based on the old "Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third" Abbot and Costello routine. It was a way of saying he doesn't want to say. There can be multiple reasons for this including possibly an agreement with the company doing the coating not to divulge it.
It's pretty dang funny, and such a classic that it's been modified for all kinds of other versions in the years since it appeared in the late 1930s. Position references are to American baseball, of course:What CatLABS meant by it was clear to me, but the link with an American comedy joke had completely escaped me as a non-American. Thank you very much for the clarification!
I am pretty sure what is coating our film, who is in charge of accounting.
We are working on Euro distribution, for now you can order directly from us with very reasonable shipping (for larger orders).
I would hazard a guess that doing so, which might only set you back 2-3 seconds, might answer most if not all of your questions here.i take it you did not bother to follow the link and check the actual price ?
As a mater of fact I didn’t.
Our film is not made in china, but this does not mean that all labor for profit is not exploitative, not sure how to draw that line....as long as it is not made in a forced labor camp. I have to draw a line there.
The Kodak 400 speed BW film is nearly double the price of our film. If we charged that much for something i would certainly hope we could provide similar levels solidity to our documentationI do wish you would offer some more solid documentation like Ilford and Kodak does.
just checked. for 10rolls shipping would be a whopping $32. So when do "larger orders" start?
Roger nails this one on the head. We looked into this and unfortunately found that a sheet film version is not feasible here for several reasons.At any rate, the thing is of course that sheet film requires coating on a very different base.
Your enlightenment is nearing completionEDIT:
I just read the reference to Abbot & Costello, who I do not know either.
At any rate, the thing is of course that sheet film requires coating on a very different base.
Yes.
The best example to compare to is pre 2000's TXP 320, though the spectral sensitivity is not quite the same, so perhaps this is more of a feel than anything scientific.
So its a 320 ISO speed film...
The more you order, the less expensive shipping becomes, for example, if you ordered 100 rolls, the price for shipping would come down nearly 65% relatively, per roll.
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