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It means that agfa gevaert doesn't produce colour film anymore, what's unclear?
It means that agfa gevaert doesn't produce colour film anymore, what's unclear?Its really unclear what that even means.
It would be really nice if we could see them restart production again, as it was a really good film.
I have no idea on the scale of their coater, but they were only the third company that was making colour film.
Now we are down to two, but soon we will see Ferrania again
I read that Rollei Chrome 320 is replacing CR 200. No word on who manufactures it.
http://www.firstcall-photographic.co.uk/blog
If Agfa have finished films for good, their staff and machinery may very well be valuable to Ferrania (if they can speak Italian) lol
A search doesn't yield much, if at all. In the german APHOG forum there was a little discussion and it may be somekind of old stock film given that really 320 E6 hasn't been around for? (FPP Retrochrome 320 anyone?) supposedly being mentioned in the Photokina stand of Maco. Something should be known by now.I read that Rollei Chrome 320 is replacing CR 200. No word on who manufactures it.
Ferrania should hurry up... if the Rollei CR320 is truly a brand new film it will then have nice colors (unlike CR200).
Inoviscoat bought the equipment from Agfa in Germany.What I understood is that Inoviscoat acquired a lot of equipment that belonged to Agfa. And that some agfa engineers moved to Inoviscoat. Inoviscoat might be the dark horse of film in the new era; i understood they coated/coat the Impossible film. Probably they are totally ready and able to coat an E6 film.
Ferrania should hurry up... if the Rollei CR320 is truly a brand new film it will then have nice colors (unlike CR200).
As for Ferrania, i don't think they lack any equipment, perhaps it's the opposite -- they have tons of equipment in storage preserved for future use.
Im referring to Agfa in Belgium that was still coating CR200 and CN200 films up to recently.
They were operating independently of Inoviscoat at the time.
Hurrying costs money that we quite simply do not have - and introduces the possibility for errors when you consider the size of our team.
For a clear and recent example, our team "hurried" to restore the both the 1917 slitter and "Baby" slitter. They were meticulous in the restoration and examined the cut rolls of base material quite carefully - but not using stringent (and time-consuming) QA protocols that would be in place were our team a bit larger.
Thus, the tiny flaws in the rubberized rollers became amplified during coating and were only discovered when we sent out sample rolls from the pre-production run.
We are certainly feeling urgency to ramp up to make enough P30 to meet demand that is already on the table - and of course to remain on schedule for color reversal in June/July.
But the simply truth is that we are not at all worried about competition. We welcome it wholeheartedly because, as I've said before, "a rising tide raises all boats" - and honestly, this is all we need to succeed.
Hurrying costs money that we quite simply do not have - and introduces the possibility for errors when you consider the size of our team.
For a clear and recent example, our team "hurried" to restore the both the 1917 slitter and "Baby" slitter. They were meticulous in the restoration and examined the cut rolls of base material quite carefully - but not using stringent (and time-consuming) QA protocols that would be in place were our team a bit larger.
Thus, the tiny flaws in the rubberized rollers became amplified during coating and were only discovered when we sent out sample rolls from the pre-production run.
We are certainly feeling urgency to ramp up to make enough P30 to meet demand that is already on the table - and of course to remain on schedule for color reversal in June/July.
But the simply truth is that we are not at all worried about competition. We welcome it wholeheartedly because, as I've said before, "a rising tide raises all boats" - and honestly, this is all we need to succeed.
Autochromes are a lot darker than slides using subtractive colors, so I am not really sure we want those except for curiosity value.
... this video) was on acetate ...
Well, sometimes defects are rather large as a percentage of a given coating. You may get only 50% good film out of a given coating run of a given product. It depends on product and varies with coater and company.
And, you cannot change from film to paper and back easily. Paper creates a lot of junk that must be cleaned up from the coater and the air, walls, floor and etc. This is dust that can mess up any film coating on the same machine.
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Im interested to know too.Ron, when Kodak starts it's coater, how much base material has to be fed through before they begin the actual coating?
why does the confusion still come on the "agfa" history.
Basicaly Agfa in Belgium was the old Geveart plant. there business was (and Perhaps still is) "industrial Films" (Microfilm, aero film, electronic circuit film, Graphic arts (Litho) film etc. These days everything they do has been on a Polyester base, although their Movie Film like AGFA XT320 (used for example for this video ) was on acetate..
The Consumer photo business was in Germany, and was sold off to a New firm going by the name of Agfa Photo. They used up all the raw materials and then closed the plant and went out of business, selling some of the equipment to Inoviscoat and some to other players. Ilford does have an Agfa Made 120 spooling machine but they had traditionaly bought most of their production equipment from the engineering department of Agfa., so I am not sure if it is an EX-Agfa Germany unit or not.
the CR200 and CN200 was Agfa Belgium made Areo film, and so was not really intended for pictorial use.
Inoviscoat does have some of the older technology from AGFAPHOTO, but they basicaly make what their clients contract them to make.
Whatever is sold under the Agfa Photo name these days is bought from Various suppliers.
Does the acetate has to be associated with the strange hair in the video ?
lol, this is hillarious!Just for something completely different.....
Got an e-mail from the Lomograpphy folks...
" In 2010, we bought the last ever Jumbo Roll of original 400 ASA film from some renowned Italian filmmakers. Then, ever the ones to experiment, we left the film to age like fine wine in oak casks in the Czech Republic. Thankfully, our crazy instincts were rewarded — seven years later, we went back to discover that this fantastic film still produces refined colors with a beautifully unique tone. It’s a one-of-a-kind Color Negative with an X-Pro feel and Tungsten overtones, and we’re so excited to share it with you! "
Sounds like they are running down on their stock of OLD Ferrania colour negative, to the point where it looks funky even by their eclectic standards. they are calling this " Color Negative F²/400 "
Has anyone else got a kickstarter email about updating your address for the rewards?
I had updated my address with the P30 survey that everyone got, so is there any need to respond to the kickstarter email?
Has anyone else got a kickstarter email about updating your address for the rewards?
I had updated my address with the P30 survey that everyone got, so is there any need to respond to the kickstarter email?
It was showing my old address, but I still have family living there, so no real big deal, I may as well correct it as long as it does not mess anything up.if the address in the email is correct, My understanding is you are good to go. One of their "messages" indicated that they plan to move the listing of Backers off the Kickstarter servers and on to there own Customer database system in the near future.
If your address in the E-mail IS WRONG, you Really should try to get it corrected
Just for something completely different.....
Got an e-mail from the Lomograpphy folks...
" In 2010, we bought the last ever Jumbo Roll of original 400 ASA film from some renowned Italian filmmakers. Then, ever the ones to experiment, we left the film to age like fine wine in oak casks in the Czech Republic.
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