It is cheaper to make Gold in 120 than have a new 135 confectioning line.All I can see is a total shortage of almost every 35 mm colour film stock, especially the cheap ones. Wouldn't it be reasonable to focus on increasing production numbers of those, instead of trying to "fill the gap" on the market by reintroducing same film in different format?
Yes, that makes sense, thank you.It is cheaper to make Gold in 120 than have a new 135 confectioning line.
The extra money made with Gold 120 can be used for this, though. The coating of the film is not a problem, putting it in camera ready cartridges is the bottleneck.
Sounds like something I will do as well, cause buying Portra/Ektar at their current prices for amateur photography doesn't make much sense to me, but spending "25% less than Portra" for Gold 120 is already an affordable thing.I don't shoot a lot of Kodak, but I am pretty sure I will for sure buy at least of box of this
Since when Kodak Gold is a professional film? It's really cool that Kodak introduced it in 120 but to call it professional is a bit of a stretch.
If you know this all very well, then you probably also know that the "Kodak Professional" films are still being sold by the consumer branch of Kodak.If only it was a matter of perception, then yeah. However I've shot enough Kodak Gold and Portra 160/400 in 35mm to have really seen the difference. Dynamic range, Vision3, colors. Calling it professional would mean that professionals are going to expect out of it what they get out of the Portra line. Kodak Gold is a consumer film, anyway semantics here play a part in revenue more than the product itself.
It is not the film that is professional, but the price will be ;-)Since when Kodak Gold is a professional film? It's really cool that Kodak introduced it in 120 but to call it professional is a bit of a stretch.
If you know this all very well, then you probably also know that the "Kodak Professional" films are still being sold by the consumer branch of Kodak.
It's all Kodak, coated in Rochester. Quality won't be an issue.
It is not the film that is professional, but the price will be ;-)
After all, Kodak also put "Professional" on their 400TX black and white disposable cameras.
Why should the needs of 135mm shooters be more important than the 120 users?
"...the most popular format with 90.7% of respondents using it. However, 120 wasn’t far behind with 77.6% of responders shooting medium format."
...i am sure that 120 and 135 are in the same order of magnitude.
This had me chuckling:
This had me chuckling:
"We are eager to see how our friends at the Carmencita Drop Points in Dubai and Japan shoot it with all kinds of different skin tones"
It never dawned on me that ther aren't people of color in Switzerland. LOL
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