Sal nails it.
Good faith positive thinking, although admirable in itself, will have absolutely nothing to do with the final outcome. While it might feel good to believe otherwise, the reality is that forces far more powerful than all of us adding a few extra rolls per year will end up determining EK/KA's film future.
Go Ferrania...
Ken
That's an interesting post, Matt.
When exactly was the last time a fully dedicated commercial-size film coating line was built from scratch? And by whom?
Everything I've heard about has been either overly huge and apparently couldn't be downsized enough, or was originally part of someone's R&D operations and was repurposed, or was hopelessly antique and running until it quite literally fell apart, or has already been scrapped.
I seem to remember reading that Kentmere, sometime before the Harman acquisition, had either a new, or an expansion of an existing, line constructed. But I don't know its eventual fate, although I could make a guess.
Do you know something the rest of us don't?
:w00t:
Ken
Sal nails it.
Good faith positive thinking, although admirable in itself, will have absolutely nothing to do with the final outcome. While it might feel good to believe otherwise, the reality is that forces far more powerful than all of us adding a few extra rolls per year will end up determining EK/KA's film future.
Go Ferrania...
Sorry Ken, obviously I have offended you as you have not replied to my PM's.
If you're referring to Kodak's current color negative films...
And there is always Lucky lurking in the background. Who knows, they could turn their color machines back on and make 1990's "Kodak" films again.
The best color print films ever made are still available today. If we buy them they will stay.
From their FAQ: Dead Link Removed[h=2]What film formats will you produce?[/h]To begin, we will manufacture 35mm and 120 still formats, as well as Super 8 and 16mm cine formats.
These four films are just the start. We are, in fact, designing our new factory to be flexible enough to produce almost any film format ever created. We will be looking to you, the users, to decide what's next.
Let's have some drum roll...
...for the next announcement:
Film Ferrania to start production on the following formats:
135
120
16mm
Super8
From their FAQ: Dead Link Removed
A bit more: http://petapixel.com/2014/08/27/ita...rania-start-manufacturing-film-mid-september/
Nothing better than good news!
If I tell you where the 16mm camera is you'd be sorry.
HiRoger
My sympathies too but the people who use them need double or single perf 16mm film and Ferrani are certainly doing double perf.
So they are dancing in street too.
And I need to stay away from the shop selling it.
Now all we need is for Stone to get them to do 4x5, which would need a different base.
Id like mono 35mm 400 or 1000 foot cans... there are at least two suppliers today but...
Noel
I'd love it in 4x5 too, especially if it's less expensive than Provia.
Sheet film is the exception to my "within reason of market prices for other films is fine" feeling. Color sheet film is just ridiculous. Whenever my lenses suit I use a rollfilm back when shooting color on my view camera. 6x7 is large enough, I still have movements, and both film and processing costs (since I no longer do my own color) plummet. But my shortest lens for my 4x5 is 90mm which becomes a normal on 6x7 so if I need a wide angle I either shoot sheets or am out of luck.
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