Kodak planning to replace remjet on vision 3 films

[blee1996]

Has anyone seen the new remjet-free film by small respoolers in the US yet? It would be tempting to try some.

 

[Disconnekt]

Not in the US, but a shop in Belgium has some 250D & 500T in 35mm 36 exposure rolls for €10.99

Filmriss Cosmo 250D 135/36exp C41! (no remjet but ahu)

This film doesn't have a Remjet coating, but the new Kodak AHU coating, and can therefore be developed in the standard C-41 chemistry

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Filmriss Cosmo 500T 135/36exp C41! (no remjet maar ahu)

This film doesn't have a Remjet coating, but the new Kodak AHU coating, and can therefore be developed in the standard C-41 chemistry

oldcam.ccvshop.nl

 

[blee1996]

Don't know if it is news, AHU is officially launched

AHU Announcement

Kodak announces new film structure for VISION3 color negatives.

www.kodak.com

 

[mshchem]

Sounds like it's a cost savings for labs, once it's a done deal. I'm sure it's going to take some getting used to. Getting rid of all the carbon black will be a win for the environment.

 

[Raghu Kuvempunagar]

Don't know if it is news, AHU is officially launched

AHU Announcement

Kodak announces new film structure for VISION3 color negatives.

www.kodak.com

"addition of an anti-halation protective undercoat layer (“AHU”) on the emulsion side of the film, which washes away during processing"


Is this a silver AHU layer or a dye-based layer?

 

[Raghu Kuvempunagar]

"addition of an anti-halation protective undercoat layer (“AHU”) on the emulsion side of the film, which washes away during processing"


Is this a silver AHU layer or a dye-based layer?

Kodak Enhances Vision3

Kodak's redesign of its Vision3 film stock removes the disposable, carbon-based remjet backing and replaces it with an advanced anti-halation technology.

theasc.com

Does this mean that bleach bypass processing wouldn't be possible with the new films?

 

[koraks]

Does this mean that bleach bypass processing wouldn't be possible with the new films?

That's a good point. I guess it'll be possible, but you'll end up with an extra layer of density. May not be a problem if you scan the film if the density is somewhat limited.

 

[Raghu Kuvempunagar]

That's a good point. I guess it'll be possible, but you'll end up with an extra layer of density. May not be a problem if you scan the film if the density is somewhat limited.

Or maybe in movie production, bleach bypass is applied on the print rather than the negative in which case no adjustments in processing are required.

 

[koraks]

In movie production I think bleach bypass is (was) generally done on the original recording film. But I doubt many productions use it anymore. In principle, bleach bypass could be done on the print film, but I doubt this was done.

 

[Raghu Kuvempunagar]

In movie production I think bleach bypass is (was) generally done on the original recording film. But I doubt many productions use it anymore. In principle, bleach bypass could be done on the print film, but I doubt this was done.

"Skip-bleach techniques can be applied to the processing of the camera original negative, the intermediate positive (IP), duplicate negative (DN) or final print, or any combination of these stages."

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