Kodak planning to replace remjet on vision 3 films

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Does anyone know when Eastman Kodak stopped producing cellulose triacetate, in-house?

 

[bfilm]

Does anyone know when Eastman Kodak stopped producing cellulose triacetate, in-house?

It was in 2013 that Kodak stopped making cellulose triacetate.

I think the main makers today, at least for the cellulose triacetate that is used for film base, are Daicel in Japan and Island Polymer Industries in Germany.

Daicel has been Fuji's supplier since the beginning. In fact, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. was originally spun off from Daicel in 1934.

Island Polymer Industries is the successor to the old AGFA and ORWO.

https://www.daicel.com/cell_ac/en/

https://www.daicel.com/cell_ac/en/triacetate/

https://www.islandpolymer.com/tac-for-photographic-purposes

 

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It was in 2013 that Kodak stopped making cellulose triacetate....

Thanks! That's a lot of good information.

 

[Raghu Kuvempunagar]

Has anyone done bleach bypass processing with the new Vision3 films? Any experiences to share?

 

[Fortepun]

Can't stop

 

[Fortepun]

Has anyone done bleach bypass processing with the new Vision3 films? Any experiences to share?

Nope, but this is what Kodak says: "The new Anti-Halation layer is a technically advanced formulation containing proprietary components and SILVER. This will result in significantly higher densities in a skip-bleach process."

 

[Raghu Kuvempunagar]

Nope, but this is what Kodak says: "The new Anti-Halation layer is a technically advanced formulation containing proprietary components and SILVER. This will result in significantly higher densities in a skip-bleach process."

Thanks so much!

 

[BHuij]

FYI I just developed and am currently scanning my first roll of Vision3 250D AHU (bought from Reflx lab in a roll of 36 as "320D AHU").

The only thing I changed from normal ECN-2 development was handling the remjet (or lack thereof). With the older 250D, I'd use Kodak's actual recipe for remjet removal bath as the first step, then rinse pretty thoroughly a few times until the water wasn't coming out gray anymore. Then after fixing, I'd unspool the film and gently rub off any remaining remjet with a gloved thumb in running warm water.

With this AHU stuff I just used a normal 2-minute presoak at temperature and developed per usual, also skipping the mechanical removal step after fixing. It looks exactly as good as the old stuff, and was simpler to process, which was my hope.

Anyone know where I can get more of this stuff? I don't care who is re-rolling it. Reflx lab appears to be out of stock. In the US but willing to ship from outside the country.

 

[Cholentpot]

FYI I just developed and am currently scanning my first roll of Vision3 250D AHU (bought from Reflx lab in a roll of 36 as "320D AHU").

The only thing I changed from normal ECN-2 development was handling the remjet (or lack thereof). With the older 250D, I'd use Kodak's actual recipe for remjet removal bath as the first step, then rinse pretty thoroughly a few times until the water wasn't coming out gray anymore. Then after fixing, I'd unspool the film and gently rub off any remaining remjet with a gloved thumb in running warm water.

With this AHU stuff I just used a normal 2-minute presoak at temperature and developed per usual, also skipping the mechanical removal step after fixing. It looks exactly as good as the old stuff, and was simpler to process, which was my hope.

Anyone know where I can get more of this stuff? I don't care who is re-rolling it. Reflx lab appears to be out of stock. In the US but willing to ship from outside the country.

Can we start a 'studio' and do a group buy? I'm out of 250D and I can't get my mittens on short ends right now.

 

[ChrisGalway]

FYI, ThisIsHowIRollFilm https://thisishowirollfilm.co.uk/ in the UK has AHU 250D at UK£12/roll.

There has to be lots of suppliers in the US!