That being said, under-promise over-deliver would've been a better strategy from the beginning.
I know... probably easier said than doneAlways good advice.
I was thinking this too. Sure the "hang in there" or "we tried more of what we tried last week" sort of posts would possibly clutter the site, but some write ups about the team members and their love for film and this project as well as some historical posts about Ferrania, the film maker of "olden days" would certainly enlighten many of us here who may not have even known we were shooting Ferrania stocks when we had a roll of Clark Color Labs film in our cameras 10-20 years ago!Exactly! There HAS to be ton of topics that can be explored!
Can Ferrania's revival survive this?
If not, will Kodak keep making Ektachrome afterward? Let the speculation begin!
Why not? It's an announcement directly from the manufacturer.I don't know if I can trust this...(-
That's the nature of capitalistic competition. What else could it be, beyond a scheme to sell more Kodak film and make more money?...I hope it's not a scheme to nip Film Ferrania in the bud. :-(
Just to be clear - we have absolutely no problem at all with ANY film company announcing new (or re-released) analog film products. As I've said before - there is no market without multiple players, and Kodak seems serious about remaining on the field.
How's the quote go? A rising tide raises all boats - or something like that?
Our latest update isn't so glitzy - but it requires no speculation:
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Let's hope you have a baby slitter for the 120 format soon!! My 6x7 cameras eat film like Jabba the Hut!!
Just to be clear - we have absolutely no problem at all with ANY film company announcing new (or re-released) analog film products. As I've said before - there is no market without multiple players, and Kodak seems serious about remaining on the field.
How's the quote go? A rising tide raises all boats - or something like that?
Our latest update isn't so glitzy - but it requires no speculation:
Dead Link Removed
I completley agree with you and the other replies.
I think this is the best news that I could wish for about Kodak re-introducing Ektachrome!
Firstly as mentioned, this will ensure more E6 labs survive, secondly, I want to shoot Ferrania anyway, but with analog photography, its good to use different films, I intend to shoot Fuji, Kodak and of course #1 is Ferrania!
If anything, kodak see the commitment that Ferrania is doing and see that there is the market for E6 films and also they see how this will benefit both parties looking into the future.
Firstly as mentioned, this will ensure more E6 labs survive, secondly, I want to shoot Ferrania anyway, but with analog photography, its good to try multiple films.
E6 is not in a healthy state at this time. If it is to survive into the medium-term, a huge lot of E6 film across all manufacturers that we currently have must be consumed. The fact that throughput is so small through commercial processors is worrying enough because the process is filthy and wears out machines; the more films going through them, the better their operation over the longer term. Once the machines are clapped out through lack of use, they are very rarely (if at all) replaced anew. It's cheaper and most cost effective in terms of business to simply dump E6 processing. I have seen this with many labs with their machines too far gone to be salvaged.
Processing one or two rolls now and then doesn't cut it. Twenty to thirty rolls in a fortnightly period, continuing, is a good improvement, but thousands of photographers should be doing just that. They are not. It's all talk, little action. All of that E6 consumption should be done now, not at such a time in the future intedeterminate another film should make an appearance (Ektachrome, Ferrania) and somehow, the world is saved!. Ektachrome would require expansion beyond the 35mm format to MF and LF where the take-up would be more appealing. How well Ferrania fares in a global market that so many (outside the wizened confines of APUG) would be challenged to recognise the name (if at all) remains to be seen.
Thanks for the update! Good stuff.
And I do remember VAXes very, very well. I have a bunch of DEC 3-ring binders (the actual manuals are long gone) and an RA-60 disk pack here somewhere.
Geez, if slide film can make a comeback, maybe the VAX can, too.
Processing one or two rolls now and then doesn't cut it. Twenty to thirty rolls in a fortnightly period, continuing, is a good improvement, but thousands of photographers should be doing just that. They are not. It's all talk, little action.
It is almost shocking that Ferrania has been able to get that old VAX and the process control computers to work again. I was around when that stuff was new and this is where I expected the whole project to come crashing down.
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