New Ilford products due to launch tomorrow (2021-09-18)

[AgX]

Does this basically not apply on all film manufacturers?

"We" are their guaranteed customers anyway. Why then not put emphasis on possible new or other clientele? Out of their point of view that makes sense.

 

[pentaxuser]

It is good that "ILFORD" are considering products that match their target market, but it also seems clear that some of the emphasis from the management buyout days of communication on this forum and to established darkroom workers seems to have been de-emphasised.

Tom. my impression is that by definition the old Harman Technology consisting of what was a brave management buyout simply disappeared when it was in turn bought out by Pemberstone and frankly Photrio members while valuable does not represent its future. Future consumers are needed and they largely lie elsewhere.

Do I miss the "old relationship" with Harman as epitomised by Simon Galley? Yes but that's just the way it is. Maybe for our sakes as consumers who need the new IlfordPhoto it is as well that it looks for other consumers

pentaxuser

 

[Lachlan Young]

It is good that "ILFORD" are considering products that match their target market, but it also seems clear that some of the emphasis from the management buyout days of communication on this forum and to established darkroom workers seems to have been de-emphasised.

Quite reasonably, they're not terribly interested in the sectors that all too often seek to make a virtue out of how little film or paper they really use.

 

[BrianShaw]

^^^^^^

 

[Pieter12]

This just showed up on Instagram...Ironic.

 

[Don_ih]

Ironic

I thought exactly the same thing when I saw it.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Good for Ilford!!

 

[Wallendo]

I will probably pick up a darkroom tent. My long-term goal is a physical darkroom with all the trimmings, but this is a way to get started in a walk-in attic at my home.

 

[mohmad khatab]

Too easy surely?It has to be Pemberstone's "big hit" for the 21st century i.e. the successor to Kodachrome, called Pembochrome
OK not as catchy a word as Kodachrome but this strange autumnal mist that surrounds this island tonight and reduces colours to a form of orthochrome has had an effect on my brain. I have been isolated with my fellow lighthouse keeper since the start of Covid. Photrio has been the only contact with the outside world and then it has mostly been the Soapbox

pentaxuser

Yes, my dear brother.
I totally feel for you and sympathize with you.
Your circumstances are very similar to yours.
I wish you well and that this period passes quickly and well.
- I don't think that this company has new products that can cause breathlessness.
She will announce a new gift for fans of her products, and I think that this gift will be to increase the prices of the products.
Hitting below the belt is what you should expect to happen to people you don't expect to do to you.
The story of French nuclear submarines is the best practical example.
But this life is always difficult.

 

[halfaman]

This just showed up on Instagram...Ironic.
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After seeing this picture, the tent is clearly not for me. Too small.

 

[Don_ih]

If you have room for this tent, you could always build yourself a 4'x4'x7' box using 2x2s and thin plywood. That would have solid walls you could install outlets in. You could build a light-trapped vent chamber into the top, which could also hold a recessed safelight. It wouldn't fit in the trunk of your car, though.

 

[removed account4]

"best in show award from digital camera world" that's pretty funny.
too bad the tent doesn't have an oculus to put in a small lens and make it an obscure

 

[bdial]

"best in show award from digital camera world" that's pretty funny.
too bad the tent doesn't have an oculus to put in a small lens and make it an obscure

That might be an easy mod though.

I've experienced times with no darkroom, and no easy way to set one up where I would have bought that tent in a heartbeat.

 

[unwantedfocus]

If you have room for this tent, you could always build yourself a 4'x4'x7' box using 2x2s and thin plywood. That would have solid walls you could install outlets in. You could build a light-trapped vent chamber into the top, which could also hold a recessed safelight. It wouldn't fit in the trunk of your car, though.

What material would you recommend? like a simple darkroom curtain or? I would be interested in the tent but its too small and way too expensive.

 

[Don_ih]

What material would you recommend? like a simple darkroom curtain or? I would be interested in the tent but its too small and way too expensive.

I was pretty much suggesting building a room. A room is really just a box.

 

[Craig]

Personally, I look forward to the 12 days of film calendar. It sounds like a bit of fun.

I received one of these, it was a lot of fun opening a window a day. It's 11 rolls of film in total and some surprises.

 

[foc]

I received one of these, it was a lot of fun opening a window a day. It's 11 rolls of film in total and some surprises.

Thanks for the update and happy new year.