Harman/Ilford ULF program

[spoolman]

Does anyone know what film sizes, both sheet and roll, did not have enough interest in them to qualify for the 2013 version of this program?.

Doug

 

[Simon R Galley]

Dear Doug,

We made virtually everything, off the top of my head only 1 roll film width was not made as we got zero orders, we made all the other roll widths eventhough we did'nt get the minimums in every case. We made all the sheet sizes as we always commit to do, even if its only one box, although for two requested sizes where we had the cutting masks manufactured no orders were received.

Many thanks to everyone that ordered and of course to our re-seller partners without whom we would not be able to service this special manufacture.

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited


Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited

 

[Sal Santamaura]

...for two requested sizes where we had the cutting masks manufactured no orders were received...

Which sizes were those? If the requests were made in public, we should probably publicly shame the requester(s) for not ordering any.

 

[Xpres]

I didn't get any of the 122 I ordered via ag... I even offered to up the order, but not enough it seems. I'll try next time.

 

[StoneNYC]

I didn't get any of the 122 I ordered via ag... I even offered to up the order, but not enough it seems. I'll try next time.

Yea, I know a bunch of people who ordered 122 so I'm surprised to hear "Zero" from Simon.

And a big thanks for the rest, but I thought the 70mm in both perf and non-perf reached their quota... Hmmm the lady even told me they were short only one of both so I "took one for the team" and bought one extra of each... Hmmm

 

[doughowk]

Any chance that Delta 400 would be available in sheet film sizes?
I use it in 120 size, and would like to standardize on it for all formats that I use.

 

[Simon R Galley]

Dear Doughowk,

Thanks for your question and valuing ILFORD Photo products, the DELTA 400 Professional Emulsion is not available on a sheet film base and no pland exist to dod so. DELTA 100 Professional is available in sheet film and has been part of the last two ULF runs.

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

 

[Tom Kershaw]

Hasn't Delta 400 been available in sheet format in the past?

Tom

 

[Simon R Galley]

Dear Tom,

It was many years ago and did not sell in the volume required to keep an acceptable ROI and as a matter of fact XP2 Sheet film suffered the same fate, but these items were withdrawn long before HARMAN was established nearly 9 years ago.

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

 

[Tom Kershaw]

I've never used much XP2 Super. Although I suspect it has its uses if B&W processing is not readily available or convenient.

Tom

 

[Simon R Galley]

Actually XP2 Super is more than just a 'convenient' film, it has more exposure latitude than any other monochrome film except possibly KODAK CN ( A chromogenic film like XP2 Super ) and it also scans better ( in our opinion ) than any other B&W Film.

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

 

[Tom Kershaw]

ICE should work with XP2 Super. I have used it for the exposure latitude and it does work well but I still prefer a silver negative for darkroom work.

Tom

 

[wildbill]

Here's a 4x5 xp2 shot from last year, expired 1998. I got a couple boxes when Ford Motors was cleaning out their film freezer several years ago. Good stuff with no visible base fog.