major Film makers fuji, kodak, Ilford...how many rolls are they making a year?

[fotch]

As Bollywood production expands, it uses more and more Fuji film stock even though Fuji stock represents a minor fraction of cinema films produced. It nevertheless decreases Kodak production and increases Fuji production.

IDK what that does to the overall balance.

PE

Why do you think this is? Price?

 

[Photo Engineer]

I really have no idea!

PE

 

[cmo]

I do. I asked an indian producer, and he said they prefer the colors of certain Fuji films (don't ask me which).

No.

It's the economy, stupid.

In a country where the annual income is still below $1,000 and specialists earn $300-400 per month a low price is THE brownie point.

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Taking a note:

Need to get some big rolls of Fuji motion picture film, have it cut down to 136/36, invent a good name "Bollywood Color 100" maybe? and earn a fortune.
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[andrewkirkby]

Wouldn't rem-jet backing prevent it being processed in normal processors? Cine processors have an alkaline prewash to remove the rem-jet and carnuba wax coating on the back of the (camera) film

 

[cmo]

Wouldn't rem-jet backing prevent it being processed in normal processors? Cine processors have an alkaline prewash to remove the rem-jet and carnuba wax coating on the back of the (camera) film

No problem. I will blame the customers

It seems that some precautions must be taken:

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

So, it's probably better to process these films at home in C41 because some labs might not quite like Remjet sludge in their tanks. Officially these films are to be processed in a process named ECN-2, and there are movie labs in many countries, but their prices are not really compatible with amateur photographer budgets.

On the other hand, Fuji even has an ISO 500 Reala, interesting....

 

[andrewkirkby]

"user error"

 

[srs5694]

Wouldn't rem-jet backing prevent it being processed in normal processors? Cine processors have an alkaline prewash to remove the rem-jet and carnuba wax coating on the back of the (camera) film

I don't interpret any of the posts in this thread as advocating use of ECN-2 (motion picture) film for still photography; it's just that an awful lot of the stuff must be manufactured to satisfy the movie industry.

That said, some people do use it for still photography, either with C-41 or with ECN-2 processing. If you're interested in experimenting, (there was a url link here which no longer exists) has information, including a mix-it-yourself ECN-2 developer formula. As stated in that thread, results are likely to be low in contrast and color saturation compared to most C-41 films, and as you point out, you'll need to remove the rem-jet coating in some way.

 

[cmo]

The results look like they need some finetuning. I think the automated processors in the labs don't get the color right because there is no barcode for the make of the film so they cannot adjust filtering for the orange (or whatever) masking.

Is there any film without rem-jet backing at all?

 

[Sirius Glass]

"user error"

Operator Assissted Failure => OAF as in the oaf did this to my film.

Steve

 

[Worker 11811]

I don't interpret any of the posts in this thread as advocating use of ECN-2 (motion picture) film for still photography; it's just that an awful lot of the stuff must be manufactured to satisfy the movie industry.

That's what I meant when I said that. Kodak, Fuji, et. al. are still making a hell of a lot of film to satisfy the movie industry even when many people think the world has gone all digital.

Film in ALL of its incarnations will be around for quite a while.

"user error"

Operator Assissted Failure => OAF as in the oaf did this to my film.

"Error exists between keyboard and chair."

 

[cmo]

Talking about the risks of nuclear technolgy, there is a special term, 'maximum credible accident', e.g. a core meltdown plus a releae of radioactive substances. There is a similar set expression in IT when it comes to people using computers... (I just can't translate that german term into english...)

 

[Photo Engineer]

There is a similar set expression in IT when it comes to people using computers... (I just can't translate that german term into english...)

Sheisskopf comes to mind, which has a very direct translation!

 

[AgX]

I never came across this word before.

But one learns something new at Apug every day...

 

[erikg]

Any Indian films shot on B&W?

 

[Sirius Glass]

That's what I meant when I said that. Kodak, Fuji, et. al. are still making a hell of a lot of film to satisfy the movie industry even when many people think the world has gone all digital.

Film in ALL of its incarnations will be around for quite a while.





"Error exists between keyboard and chair."

Your computer? Your chair?

Interested readers want to know!

 

[Worker 11811]

Unfortunately errors occur between my keyboard and my chair all too frequently!

 

[lxdude]

Unfortunately errors occur between my keyboard and my chair all too frequently!

It is important to take bathroom breaks once in a while.

 

[Sirius Glass]

It is important to take bathroom breaks once in a while.

Bathroom breaks cause leaks!

 

[lxdude]

Yeah but without them you'll get pooped!

 

[Sirius Glass]

Yeah but without them you'll get pooped!

I rather get GAS relief!

 

[David Grenet]

Wouldn't rem-jet backing prevent it being processed in normal processors? Cine processors have an alkaline prewash to remove the rem-jet and carnuba wax coating on the back of the (camera) film

As much as this thread has gone a bit OT I think, if you look at the Fuji datasheets carefully, you will find that the Fuji motion picture film lacks this backing and Fuji even say that the first bath of ECN-2 can be skipped.

 

[mrred]

The results look like they need some finetuning. I think the automated processors in the labs don't get the color right because there is no barcode for the make of the film so they cannot adjust filtering for the orange (or whatever) masking.

The orange mask is actually used to calibrate the colour. As far as I know, there is no reading of the barcode, or any other such marks.

 

[cmacd123]

I did a lot of Playing with ECN2 films many years ago, and I also occasionally shoot my home movies on 16mm colour neg, and have them "workprinted" by a small lab in Toronto.

The movie Negative is lower in contrast and saturation than film intended to make still camera prints. The old traditional process had the Camera Negative printed to a master positive (lab film) then to several Printing Negatives, and finaly to the release print. Anyone who has copied slides knows that you tend to pick up contrast at each stage so they start with a lower contrast original to make it easier to control.

Most films these days use the Digital Intermediate process where the negative is scanned and a new negative is made to print from after the film is edited in the computer. Both Kodak and Fuji make a special stock for this.

Most of teh current NEGATIVE stocks have the rem-jet. both Fuji and Kodak. when agfa made negative stocks they also used it. In a motion Picture processor, (or a Kodachrome machine) it is removed as the first step. You can leave it for home processing although you have to filter any solution you want to re-use and be careful to not get it on the emulsion side of the film.

Current print stocks have gotten away from the rem-jet as that eliminates a wash step, and water is hard to come by in Southern California where many film labs are located. for the same reason soundtracks are now Cyan, and every theater had to switch to newer sound heads that use a red laser or LED light source. The newer Digital tracks are also cyan.

All Kodak film production is now under entertainment imaging _ which changed its name again last time I heard. (the the Cash Cow division?) this is why they can afford to do things like use Vision Technology in the Ektar film.

AGFA still makes 35mm Movie PRINT film and sells it in some markets, the last time this topic came up on Cinematography.com The Asian Market was mentioned. As the figures earlier in the thread attest, even a small market of Motion Picture prints is a lot of square feet. The Print stock is all Polyester.

Kodak does say on there web site refering to their scrap motion Picture print division "Several million pounds of film are destroyed and recycled annually." Most Theatre prints are scrapped soon after the film leaves the theatres.

 

[David Grenet]

Most of teh current NEGATIVE stocks have the rem-jet. both Fuji and Kodak. when agfa made negative stocks they also used it. In a motion Picture processor, (or a Kodachrome machine) it is removed as the first step. You can leave it for home processing although you have to filter any solution you want to re-use and be careful to not get it on the emulsion side of the film.

I stand corrected. Must have gotten confused with the print stocks.

 

[Worker 11811]

Current print stocks have gotten away from the rem-jet as that eliminates a wash step, and water is hard to come by in Southern California where many film labs are located. for the same reason soundtracks are now Cyan, and every theater had to switch to newer sound heads that use a red laser or LED light source. The newer Digital tracks are also cyan.

Ugh! I had to change out an entire 20-plex. You have to just about gut the sound head to do it.
It took my boss and I two days to complete the job.

Most Theatre prints are scrapped soon after the film leaves the theatres.

Unfortunately a large portion of theater prints are scrapped as soon as they ENTER the theater! Most megaplexes hire teenage monkeys to work for minimum wage, nowadays.
I've seen entire three-hour features dumped on the floor. That's 15,000 feet of film trashed in less than a second.

Here's a picture of a movie projector where the operator started the machine but didn't check to be sure it was right before he left. He just pressed the button and went downstairs to chat up the popcorn girl. (The guy in the picture is the theater technician who was called in to clean up the mess.)


The moral of this seemingly off-topic story?... An hour's worth of movie film is almost 1,000 rolls of film for my 35mm camera.
As much as I hate to see film get damaged for no good reason, I have to admit that clowns like that keep Kodak in business.
And, as long as they are in business I can keep shooting pictures on film. Right?