Light Lens Lab - New Film Project

[koraks]

A part of two updates coming up

That's interesting, but it seems not all content is working, yet:

The illustration for the variable width slitter seems to be taken from an instruction text/book on the topic of film manufacturing, and not something specific to your project, correct?

The illustration on the coating machine still seems to be in the same conceptual stage it was earlier. It still piques my interest due to the unique approach towards coating the emulsion. I'd be interested to see if that actually works in practice to the performance required in this application.

The ambitions are very commendable in any case; I wish you the best of luck in realizing them.

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

That's interesting, but it seems not all content is working, yet:
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The illustration for the variable width slitter seems to be taken from an instruction text/book on the topic of film manufacturing, and not something specific to your project, correct?

The illustration on the coating machine still seems to be in the same conceptual stage it was earlier. It still piques my interest due to the unique approach towards coating the emulsion. I'd be interested to see if that actually works in practice to the performance required in this application.

The ambitions are very commendable in any case; I wish you the best of luck in realizing them.

You mean you are not able to see the provided working machines videos? Working fine for me.

Marcelo

 

[warden]

You mean you are not able to see the provided working machines videos? Working fine for me.

Marcelo

The videos play properly here too.

 

[MCB18]

The illustration for the variable width slitter seems to be taken from an instruction text/book on the topic of film manufacturing, and not something specific to your project, correct?

The slitter is almost certainly an off-the-shelf machine, there are tons of different rewind slitters (the name of such machines) out there.

 

[Light Lens Lab]

The slitter is almost certainly an off-the-shelf machine, there are tons of different rewind slitters (the name of such machines) out there.

The slitter is from a booklet illustration from our planned design. It won't be an off-the-shelf machine, it will be made proprietary.

 

[MattKing]

This is what I see:

 

[MCB18]

The videos play properly here too.

Video shows up for me as well

 

[MattKing]

I'm told that the videos are available on Instagram. They are available on Light Lens Labs website directly.
Here is one of them (I believe):
https://cdn.shopify.com/videos/c/o/v/6efe010b02714dd4b3ef858eb12c372f.mp4

 

[koraks]

Here is one of them (I believe):

I'm told that the videos are available on Instagram.

This may be part of the issue; since moving away from Chrome, I also no longer sign in automatically to IG (which I had stopped actively using about a decade ago anyway).

 

[dokko]

the inline videos play ok on Chrome on MacOS without being signed in on instagram, so it's likely a browser compability issue.

 

[MattKing]

the inline videos play ok on Chrome on MacOS without being signed in on instagram, so it's likely a browser compability issue.

Same non-visible result on Firefox and Chrome with Windows 10 for me.
On Microsoft Edge, the image from the videos isn't embedded - there is blank space above the bar that shows video progress and the arrow to start the video - but if I do start the video, it appears and plays with sound.
So yes, a compatibility issue.

 

[Richard Man]

This project gives me joy. Keep up the good work.

 

[Jon Buffington]

win 10, chrome with duck duck go extension. Vids play fine on browser for me via the link posted on the previous page.

 

[pentaxuser]

Same non-visible result on Firefox and Chrome with Windows 10 for me.
On Microsoft Edge, the image from the videos isn't embedded - there is blank space above the bar that shows video progress and the arrow to start the video - but if I do start the video, it appears and plays with sound.
So yes, a compatibility issue.

When I started the videos, the bar showed the video's progress but nothing else but I did get constantly pestered to have a chat which as you know, Matt, is just not my style I just hate to engage

pentaxuser

 

[warden]

This is why you make sure your videos work for everyone: three days of discussing video compatibility instead of what is in the videos.

 

[Light Lens Lab]

The said part two in April, got a little bit delayed

Film Project Update III - New Emulsion, 2025 Goals

Hello Everyone, We want to continue with our film project updates. We are currently refining our third iteration of tabular grain emulsion. We successfully formulated and stabilized our third iteration of tabular grain emulsion. This emulsion features a finer grain structure and improved film...

lightlenslab.com

But it is here regardless!

 

[mshchem]

Very nice!

 

[halfaman]

We are also researching, developing and producing colour reversal films that consist of a dye-incorporating development process, commonly known as K-14
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I hope they are also looking for partners willing to do that process across the world. Sending my film to China for development does not sound appealing.

 

[foc]

We are also researching, developing and producing colour reversal films that consist of a dye-incorporating development process, commonly known as K-14

Very interesting. It will definitely bring joy to the "bring back Kodachrome" brigade.

 

[Agulliver]

If they are looking at manufacturing film that needs K14 processing....presumably they have access to a lab capable of performing the process. Which is interesting....because Kodak theoretically could manufacture Kodachrome, it's the K14 processing that's the big sticking issue.

I'll believe it when I see it, though.

 

[warden]

The said part two in April, got a little bit delayed

Film Project Update III - New Emulsion, 2025 Goals

Hello Everyone, We want to continue with our film project updates. We are currently refining our third iteration of tabular grain emulsion. We successfully formulated and stabilized our third iteration of tabular grain emulsion. This emulsion features a finer grain structure and improved film...

lightlenslab.com

But it is here regardless!

Thanks for the update!

 

[Crysist]

The said part two in April, got a little bit delayed

Film Project Update III - New Emulsion, 2025 Goals

Hello Everyone, We want to continue with our film project updates. We are currently refining our third iteration of tabular grain emulsion. We successfully formulated and stabilized our third iteration of tabular grain emulsion. This emulsion features a finer grain structure and improved film...

lightlenslab.com

But it is here regardless!

I have nothing else to say other than hell yeah to these fast and excellent results! The ambition of this project is very appealing and I'm excited to see the progress you make! Especially with these goals!!

 

[mshchem]

I'm hoping for "peel apart" 60 second Kodachrome prints.

 

[Agulliver]

The B&W test shots in the latest update certainly show a lot of potential. This is very fast progress!

Any Polaroid compatible peel apart film is welcome, including B&W. I'd also be interested if they ever do std 8mm or super 8 motion picture - though currently I am very happy with Foma's offerings.

 

[Light Lens Lab]

A rather short one, and long, long overdue updates... But we are changing the post output from seasonal/monthly to weekly/bi-weekly!

Film Project Update IV: Finishing And Packaging

Hello Everyone, We want to bring updates to our film projects. As summer has progressed, we have made several progress in preparation of our film project. One of our main goals is to manufacture our components in-house, including film canisters, spools, backing paper, and packaging, by...

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