(...) ave had to have known that starting an open questions thread like this would bring out all of the bizarre wish list products that only had a market of one. Especially here on APUG. Color infrared? Right out of the gate? Really?
(...) I would not have contributed to the KS project if I felt they could be so easily pulled off the critical path by distractions. They won't. That's why I gave them my money.
Oh and CF are NOT "required." What is required is a certain level of energy efficiency and they manufacturers are already bring out other technology bulbs, including halogens, that meet the requirements.
I hate CFLs and will be glad to rid my house of all of them as alternatives become available.
I would have no problem if Ferrania was open to special order contracting for smallish runs of unusual products for a customer like Lomography. I expect that they are the sort of market where false colour IR for pictorial use would be very successful.
It all depends on how flexible their production facilities/procedures are.
It would be a different thing if people were asking for the high reliability/scientific tool EIR that Kodak made for purposes other than pictorial use.
I've pretty much replaced them with daylight-balanced LEDs, which blend with daylight on film just fine. The initial cost is still high, but they should last longer than CFLs, and the energy use and heat output are smaller. Another plus that I realized when moving earlier this year is that you can also transport them to a new house safely, since they are made of plastic and metal. Movers tend not to like to move glass bulbs, if they can avoid it, because they get all over everything, if they shatter.
I would not have contributed to the KS project if I felt they could be so easily pulled off the critical path by distractions. They won't. That's why I gave them my money.
I agree (mostly) about not getting sidetracked. But while I'd like to see another alternative in 100 E6, because, well "another film, yay!" the 400 speed is needed more, IMHO, because there isn't one on the market anymore. THAT I am eager for. 800/3200 I'd have never thought of if they hadn't said they planned it, and I'd like it but all things in their time. I'll be happy with 400.
False color IR, well...have a digi modified if you really want to do that. Heresy, but the easiest and probably best path.
And engineers hate that for the same reasons that soon-to-be new mothers suffering though horribly painful contractions hate it when their husbands excitedly proclaim "Let's have another!"
Not the sort who typically bite off more than they can chew. Everything must be carefully planned and executed, as well as being repeatable, process-driven, quantifiable.
Does anyone know who makes the stuff for lomography?
In 120, grain size is less of an issue, but projectors and mounts are much more expensive for 6x4.5, 6x6, and 6x7.
It is made by InovisCoat in Germany: http://www.inoviscoat.de/
InovisCoat is run by former Agfa engineers from the German Agfa factory in Leverkusen.
They bought emulsion making and coating machinery from the closed Leverkusen factory, scaled it down, modernised it, and started operation in 2009.
They are producing e.g. colour films, BW film, BW paper for their several cooperation partners.
Here in this video (from min. 1 to min. 2:40) you can see parts of their production:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw4rttFGHiM
Running a "right-sized" factory for colour and BW photo materials is not a new idea......
Best regards,
Henning
Are they coating old Agfa formulations? If not, whose then?
Inoviscoat made or are still making the negative materials for Impossible.
They are making the negative materials for Impossible, and both the negative film base for the BW and the colour Impossible films.
Furthermore they are involved in the whole R&D of Impossible.
That is all official and published information by Impossible.
Best regards,
Henning
I didnt think the impossible project used negative films? All that instant film is a positive image is it not?
Well its good to see another company making colour film anyway!
I hope they will be able to continue producing AGFA emulsions if AGFA in Belgium ever closes.
So here's something that hasn't been mentioned yet (as far as I've read, I may have missed it): Reciprocity.
As in, the new E6 100 film, what is the reciprocity-failure like? Not just in seconds/stops, but more importantly in colour, does it get a colour-cast on it the longer it is exposed?
AFAIK there are no real good E6 films left for long exposures, they all go some weird colour (please tell me if I'm wrong, I'd love to know one that isn't). If one were released (either this 100 or the next 200/400/800 whatever) that could be used for minutes or even hours on end and retain the same colour, that'd be great for setting up for star-trails etc.
So here's something that hasn't been mentioned yet (as far as I've read, I may have missed it): Reciprocity.
As in, the new E6 100 film, what is the reciprocity-failure like? Not just in seconds/stops, but more importantly in colour, does it get a colour-cast on it the longer it is exposed?
AFAIK there are no real good E6 films left for long exposures, they all go some weird colour (please tell me if I'm wrong, I'd love to know one that isn't). If one were released (either this 100 or the next 200/400/800 whatever) that could be used for minutes or even hours on end and retain the same colour, that'd be great for setting up for star-trails etc.
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