The simple fact is that I have never used much Kodak film, on this side of the pond I prefered Ilford for many years, and never ever had any issues with their film, for the last ten years I prefered Fomapan film for the results I got with it, as did my clients, I have never, ever had any issues or problems with it. I tried Fuji film a few years ago. used a few rolls but didn't really like it, but no issues with it, Years ago, when Tmax was new I tried a few rolls, had problems, Contacted Kodak with no satisfactory results, Recently I tried a pro pack of Tmax, and every frame had the imprints on the film, so in over 55 years of photography both hobby and professional use the only film that I have had issues with has been Kodak, I tried in general to keep out of this debate, I personally do not need and have never needed Kodak to offer my own brand of creativity for myself and my former clients, Ilford and Foma do it for me, plus certainly of late over here Kodak is by far the most expensive Black and White film available by a large margin, so each to their own, It would be a sad world if we all used the same film chemistry and paper, I would add that I used to love some of the long gone Kodak paper such as Bromesko, lovely, and I never had a complaint about the material, as far as building partnership's I have very good relationships with Ilford, Foma and Adox, whose paper I use and again have never had any problems with, but if all I have ever had is problems with any brand of film, such as I have had on the few times I have used Kodak, then I feel that it is better, and was a better business propersition to use materials that have given me no problems and that I trust, and for me that is all I have to say on the matter, I wish Kodak well. it would a sadder world without Kodak film, but unless I am 110% sure that the problem is sorted, and in such a way that I can use their film in the cameras I use, then I will stick to the films I know and trust
Is there another thread blaming Foma or Ilford?
Never seen this on either Foma or Ilford, or read of any complaint, it seems that only Kodak films are affected, as far as I can tell, the only time I have used Kodak recently was some Tmax 400, I got a propack to try it for something special, and every frame on every roll was affected, wrote off three days shooting, had to do it all again, never again
I have no axe to grind, but the five films that were ruined by this problem cost me a lot of money, I still do some pro work for selected clients, I used Kodak film because I wanted something special for an old client and Kodak is very good film indeed, I was asked to shoot an heritage re enactment, needed great film and used Tmax 400, the event was un repeatable for one day only, I was being paid a very high fee, I could afford to as I am. even in the very restricated amount of work I now do, the only Traditional black and white worker in the channel islands, and charge a lot, when I developed the 5 rolls of 645 films every frame was affected, so I could not charge a fee, and have you ever had to explain to a client that there would be no pictures of their very special and very expensive event? I have ALWAYS said. on here and other forums that if a film brand gave me problems I would drop it like a hot potatoe, I tried to contact Kodak Alaris, by letter and Email, I am still awaiting a reply. I do not doubt that Kodak films are among the best, and if I am sure that this problem will not occur again I would consider using it again, if I can, if they don't make the print so light that I can't use it in my Red window cameras.
Thanks for that. I note that Colleen Krenzer was employed by a PR company and had a specific task in the above thread of clarifying what Kodak was selling. She was not a Kodak rep as such. Once she had done her task she had no reason to continue to participate
She had both "supporters and critics. She may have been upset by the Kodak critics but I imagine that PR people are made of sterner stuff and Kodak was not her company anyway.
Mr Mooney replied very fast, within 24 hours and suggested to send me 6 new pro packs t-max 400 (t-max 100 is not available yet)
I'm just curious here, but did Mr.Mooney say the problem was 100% resolved? I'd like to get back to using TMY2.
You are never going to eliminate the problem completely, because it involves interaction between the film, the backing paper, the ink and the affects of environmental factors and storage conditions.
Thanks Matt for the emulsion lot number. I wonder what the reason was for the change to the shitty backing paper? I hate it when these companies get an idea something might be just as good, but cheaper. I say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". I wonder whose covering the cost of all this film being replaced? The backing paper company or Kodak Alaris?
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