New Ilford film being Introduced

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I think film related, the graphic shows the bottom of a 35mm canister in the upper left, the bottom right is the bottom of a 120 roll and the upper left would be a box of LF film..
 

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According to their Instagram story today, they will be releasing something new on 10-24-19. The teaser shows an outline of 135, 120, a 4x5 sheet and a smaller sheet format. I wonder what it could be, they already have pretty much the entire ISO range covered. I would love to see another color option but I doubt we'll ever see Ilford make a color film...

Here's the link while it's still up: https://www.instagram.com/stories/ilfordphoto/?hl=en
 

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Hopefully, it's not a "new and improved" version of one of their existing great products.
 

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markbau said:
Hopefully, it's not a "new and improved" version of one of their existing great products.
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I agree

I must be an old curmudgeon because I HATE WITH A PASSION this kind of Twitter-tease marketing. If an announcement isn’t being made I’d rather hear nothing until the announcement is made.

The guessing and speculation and rumors that result is really annoying.
 

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I can't read it without being a member of Instagram unfortunately. At what time on the West Coast was it announced? Not casting any doubt on you but it seems strange that it should issue such a teasing message with little substance in it and I can find nothing, not even a hint on Ilford's own site

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I don't use Ilford film (I do use their fiber-based paper and chemistry, however), but any new film announcement from a major player is considered good news in my book.
 

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pentaxuser said:
It seems strange that it should issue such a teasing message with little substance in it and I can find nothing, not even a hint on Ilford's own site
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That is the trend in the industry...

Kodak Alaris has been announcing via Facebook only.
(Mirko from Adox promised to put all kind of announcement on their own site too.)
 

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Not sure how they can improve on their B/W films... filling a speed gap, perhaps? 50, 100, 400, 3200... Maybe 1600? What I really want is an IR film that is at least 820 sensitised or beyond. SFX is "okay" but...
 

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Andrew O'Neill said:
Not sure how they can improve on their B/W films... filling a speed gap, perhaps? 50, 100, 400, 3200... Maybe 1600? What I really want is an IR film that is at least 820 sensitised or beyond. SFX is "okay" but...
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A true 1600 film. Was neopan 1600 true or just a pushed 800 film?
 

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dutchsteammachine said:
A true 1600 film. Was neopan 1600 true or just a pushed 800 film?
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I used it often when I lived in Japan, and shot it at 800 for "normal"... one stop more than box speed, just like most 400 speed films I use.
 

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Andrew O'Neill said:
Not sure how they can improve on their B/W films... filling a speed gap, perhaps? 50, 100, 400, 3200... Maybe 1600? What I really want is an IR film that is at least 820 sensitised or beyond. SFX is "okay" but...
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This puzzles me. They have everything for 50, 100, 125, 200, 400, 800-1000 (aka 3200) speeds, plus infrared sensitive medium... Pan F50+ can be pulled to EI25 as well. What else can they introduce that will be worth introducing? Film is somewhat niche product nowadays and they surely wouldn't make a niche product WITHIN niche product...
 
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Color film my friend.
 

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farmersteve said:
Color film my friend.
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I was thinking the same, scrolling down to read all posts before adding mine.

So, let's make bets

Of course, they could also bring back Ilfochrome... ??? (I wouldn't bet on that one, though...)
 

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It's difficult to see any holes in Ilford's B&W film offerings...and the images do suggest this will be film. If Ilford have said that it's not colour film, then it's presumably a new film or a significant update on one or more of their existing films. FP4++ or Pan-F Super ?.....or HP6 ?
 
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