Kodachrome green of summers and makes the world like a sunny day, oh yeah!....
Seriously though, I am glad to have been able to say I used it. I just wish I could find a processor to process it as a BW film. I have a roll my late father in law had stashed away in a drawer and it's important enough I don't want to practice on it.
As I'm sure everyone is aware, Kodachrome is a formula and brand name that belongs exclusively to Kodak... Requests for its resurrection should probably be directed to Alaris.
7 days in Kyoto.... I shudder to think how many rolls of film I'm going to blow through.
These are good problems to have, as I said in another answer. The truth is that we have plenty of competition, including two of the biggest brand names on the planet. We must win customers the "hard way" - by making products and selling them one at a time. And until we HAVE products to show, all bets are off. I will say that we may have to institute a limit on purchases - especially if we see folks buying film for the sole purpose of reselling it on eBay or the like... But such a limit will we temporary and only if absolutely necessary to ensure the largest number of people get some new film for their cameras.
-Dave
800/3200 ASA color reversal (chrome)
If we make an emulsion, we will produce it in all relevant formats. All film is made into "jumbos" and those are then cut into 35mm, 120, 8mm, 16mm, etc.
Better yet - an 800/3200 tungsten film since low light is often tungsten....
and then I woke up...
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Make that 400 speed E6 film, and that 800/3200, and if it's of even reasonable quality you will have a captive market. There is NO competition in E6 faster than 200, and effectively very little in any speed faster than 100. I still have frozen Provia 400X but will probably exhaust it next year, hopefully just in time to start shooting Ferrania 400!
And to echo what many others have said, welcome to APUG!
Okay, back to E-6 - not Kodachrome. Any chance of an EIR style film? It doesn't necessarily have to be truly IR sensitive (though that would be nice), more along the lines of a Lomochrome purple, but in a reversal rather than negative film. If I recall correctly, EIR required the use of a yellow filter to filter out the blue, then recorded greens as blue, reds as green, and IR as red after reversal processing. So maybe swap the dye couplers in the red-sensitive and green-sensitive layers?
Ive seen rolls of Ferrania Solaris chrome 100 on ebay and on the lomogrphay forums.
I expect its the same film stock as Scotchchrome 100, but are you able to confirm this?
This appears to be the last ferrania branded E6 film stock, so was wondering if there had been any changes since the 3M Scotchchrome product or if it was indeed the same product with the solaris brand. Looking on the web archive, Ferrania technologies last listed this product in 2001.
Regarding E6 labs, do you plan to list E6 labs on your website where people can process your film?
As an example, we only have a handful of labs processing E6 in New Zealand, i can only think of 3 labs, 4 maximum.
120 is usually coated on an acetate base that's thinner than the one used for 35mm; some medium format cameras have trouble with a thicker base. So ideally, 35 and 120 need to be coated on different master rolls. Will you be set up to do that?
Dave, do you see a gap in the marketplace for an ultra-slow E-6 film (e.g., 6, 12, or 25 ISO)? Fuji canceled their 25 ISO reversal film some time ago and I, personally, would love to shoot ultra-slow reversal 4X5 and 6X7 shots.
Infrared chrome? I can't say that this product has come up in conversation, although Nicola and I are both big fans of color infrared films... Consider it punted down the field for addressing at a later date.
Dave, do you see a gap in the marketplace for an ultra-slow E-6 film (e.g., 6, 12, or 25 ISO)? Fuji canceled their 25 ISO reversal film some time ago and I, personally, would love to shoot ultra-slow reversal 4X5 and 6X7 shots.
The great thing about the "Little Boy" coater is that it is highly flexible in terms of changing base or emulsion. That said, I will add this question to my list for the factory team.
In a best case scenario, we should be able to viably produce products that sell in the tens of thousands.
Thanks, Dave. A very Ilford-like answer, which I'll take! At least it's not a "No" answer. I never got the chance to try color IR either, because when it was available in 35mm, I was either shooting digital, or couldn't find a lab to process it. Then when I returned to film, there was only one guy cutting it down to 120, and I didn't have a camera that was capable of 120 (okay technically I still don't, it uses 620, but I've rerolled a few rolls of 120 onto the 620 spools). There are a couple IR-capable B&W emulsions on the market (Ilford SFX, Rollei Retro 80S, and Rollei IR400S - I prefer the 400S.). I'd love to see an HIE or Efke Aura style film, but that can wait 'til we get that high speed E-6 film! For the moment, my B&W IR needs are met.
So long as Fuji makes Velvia 50 in 35mm and 120, I'm good with slow reversal film.However, I can understand the desire for a slow reversal film in sheet film sizes.
So long as Fuji makes Velvia 50 in 35mm and 120, I'm good with slow reversal film.However, I can understand the desire for a slow reversal film in sheet film sizes.
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