I won’t be buying it due to the owner’s… objectionable behavior is a nice way to put it.
Yup, the film (Aerocolor) is still current in the Kodak catalogue. I've seen the 35mm versions - I have a few rolls of the Luminar, but have't developed any yet - but I have not yet seen it available in 120. Until now.
Undeveloped photographs are always perfect. Once developed, not so much.
I don't know. I think it's just a dead end.
Nah, they're always better after they've sat awhile. Better flavor, if you will.Undeveloped photographs are always perfect. Once developed, not so much.
One of the joys of home developing C-41 is that you have to batch the rolls (or at least I do). Just 3 more rolls and I'll have enough. I don't shoot color that often.
This is not speculation, this is a known fact. I even have an email from Kodak discussing the fact that this film is still made.
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Am I reading it correctly that a five inch wide 150 foot roll is about $600?
Am I reading it correctly that a five inch wide 150 foot roll is about $600?
Yes, but min order is 10, so really it’s $6000 for 1,500 ft of 5” film.
So a week's worth of film.
If you shoot through 4,500 4x5 or 2,570 5x7 sheets in a week, you have some serious talent.
Sreda Photo Labs produced a batch of their Aerocolor IV in 120 format a few years ago and now Catlabs is apparently doing the same. Kodak has Aerocolor IV in medium format size, they have facilities for packaging it into 120 type rolls and there is market for this film. Why don't they make it?
I was wondering why they don't do this.Kodak does not package Aerocolor IV
I was wondering why they don't do this.
they don’t want to use the very limited finishing capacity they have on such a film
I doubt that anyone can sell 3 kilometres of Aerocolor packaged as type 120, which I understand is the minimum order from Kodak. Most likely, we are getting some surplus rolls from military or aerial surveys. I heard Aerocolor (and other aerial films) store well, so the film we get is probaby expired or close to it.the folks buying it are willing to buy a large chunk of the master roll and package it themselves
Thank you, that answers my question.
I doubt that anyone can sell 3 kilometres of Aerocolor packaged as type 120, which I understand is the minimum order from Kodak. Most likely, we are getting some surplus rolls from military or aerial surveys. I heard Aerocolor (and other aerial films) store well, so the film we get is probaby expired or close to it.
That is actually only about 7.6k rolls, so you could totally sell that in a few years.
I won’t be buying it due to the owner’s… objectionable behavior is a nice way to put it.
Same here.
Sidebar, your honor - who/what is the objectionable thing? I missed something...
One thing puzzles me a little: if these black and white and color aerial reconnaissance films are so great, how come no one respooled and offered them to the unsuspecting public before? Think of the decades of creative photography that have been lost due to the unavailability of these films.
Perhaps that's the result of genius thinking that was finally inspired by a desire to save a dying technology. But whatever the reasoning, why would folks who cling so desparately to film criticize and complain... and not even try it?
One thing puzzles me a little: if these black and white and color aerial reconnaissance films are so great, how come no one respooled and offered them to the unsuspecting public before? Think of the decades of creative photography that have been lost due to the unavailability of these films.
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