To make it even more confusing there was silver 80% and copper nickel. When I was a kid I bought the 1967 centennial coins, beautiful coins.
To make it even more confusing there was silver 80% and copper nickel. When I was a kid I bought the 1967 centennial coins, beautiful coins.Canada ceased silver production of coins after 1968. I have a few quarters and dimes dated 67 and 68 that are silver. My mum started collecting them like mad when word got out.
Perhaps two new films. One a reintroduction of a discontinued film, the other something new.
https://kosmofoto.com/2021/01/kodak...vEhMpui7Z3joQykhUBI-Cc6Yj-vJWFmK1xtkDdQaZKQIQ
Offering a greater variety of 35mm roll lengths would be fairly simple, if retailers believe they would sell.
Matt, you hit the nail on the head. The prices in the US are so much lower, because there is, practically, no wholesale distribution in the United States, B&H and Adorama etc. buy in such enormous quantities, that, the factories, in order to control fixed costs, make "take or pay" contracts, with volume triggered rebates back to B&H etc. Until recently B&H didn't charge state sales tax, let alone a 20% VAT.
I would be willing to wager that film is one of the most profitable segments of these enormous online retailers. Kodak, gave in years ago and cut out there local dealers, Fuji started it and Kodak followed. Direct sales to anyone that met the volume minimum requirements . I remember when B&H had Kodak films "made overseas for foreign markets" "film produced in the USA and spooled in some foreign land" and "Good, wholesome American made, American spooled". B&H joined the Professional Products Network. Dealers, that displayed the 55° F limit sign. And at the same time sold imported goods priced different, came in different packaging etc.
Freestyle started way back buying odd stuff from everywhere and packaging it. Now they distribute Foma products in North America, have their own line of sundries, chemicals etc and have enough education business that they can survive in a virtual duopoly in the US.
Kodak is selling every bit of Ektachrome they can make, thus Fujichrome Provia F is the inexpensive, B&H must have a take or pay contract with Fuji on Fujichrome . A couple years back B&H had a sale on close dated Fujichrome 35mm it was something like 5 or 6 bucks a roll. I filled a corner of my freezer. Now it's 3 times that. Shouldn't complain because without these kind of chicken or the egg, type of contracts, we may not have Fujichrome at all. i.e. Acros.
Regularly people post that the costs of [fill in whatever brand you think is expensive] is priced high because the manufacturer is greedy. That company does not have a corporate goal to make a huge profit nor drain your bank account, they are covering their costs so that they can stay in business. The companies are working on very thin profit margins. It helps no one when someone claims that the prices are "outrageous". If one finds a product that costs less, than buy it but do not complain the company has priced the film to financially ruin anyone. If you have irrefutable proof that any company is raising prices to only line its pockets, then come forward and post it, but do not post statements like "The cost of TriX is just one step away from pricing itself out of the market." unless you can prove it.
I doubt any of their color negs in other lengths would sell all that well, except maybe bulk roll. Far and away, 36 exposures outsells pretty much everything else. In consumer film, again, far and away, ColorPlus 200 and Gold 200 are the big sellers. Portra 400 in pro films is number 1, followed by 400H, then Portra 160 and 800. Everything else is a relatively distant slow seller, at least for my sales stats.
I can actually say what I wish which is my opinion, yours is different. If you disagree with MY opinion, then walk away and accept others have different opinion to your self. That is exactly what I am going to do. As a final note look at the price of other manufacturers charge for similar materials. Ilford are doing quite well thank you.
I'd take gold 200 in 120 in a heartbeat, though I'm doubtful as outside of Lomography, they haven't had any consumer grade films in 120. BW would be easier to get to 120. I'd take P3200 in 120 in a heartbeat as well, HIE would be nice, as would plus-x. I'd love to see P3200 in 4x5 sheet. That would be so awesome for pinhole. A consumer color 800 speed would be great too, though, again, outside of their single use cameras and Lomography, I've not seen any historically speaking. Just take the 800 speed that goes into one use cameras and put in a standard roll and release it. They actually have a fairly large number of 800 speed color emulsions, I've seen emulsion codes as high as GT-800-5 come through my lab and as low as GT-800-3 and have no doubt that their is a GT-800-2 and 800-1 out there.
To make it even more confusing there was silver 80% and copper nickel. When I was a kid I bought the 1967 centennial coins, beautiful coins.
People pay > 20€ for Velvia 50 135, so...... HIE is plausible - it made the transition over to B-38, but I suspect that the sensitising dyes would make it very very expensive today and short lived on the shelf - would you pay USD 20+ for a roll?
People pay > 20€ for Velvia 50 135, so...
zebra stripes on Kodachrome indicated K14, while K12 was still in circulation. the early C-41 kodacolor II also had zebra stripes to help sort it from the C22 Kodacolor X. Kodak did all sorts of things like that to help get the right film on the right line.
Process included or not was indicated by the edge print. black lettering on a coloured background, or colored lettering on a black background. I think it was the black lettering was the NON included. and of course the ' code would indicate which region would have to pay the shot for processing.
Hold up... we haven't heard about the elusive new S8 camera for years. Pretty much everyone accepts it as something that died... silently. Kodak just stopped talking about it. Last thing I saw were some skateboard videos from 2018 I think.The Super 8 Camera and the Super 8 Processing Service are Eastman Kodak and not Kodak Alaris things though. In terms of the camera, the pandemic did quite a bit there, and we actually had the prototype on hands early this year. As far as I understand the pandemic halted the mass production of the camera since the prototypes were made in the EU and the final camera will be made in the US. In terms of E6 chemistry, I figure the Tetenal bancrupcy and the MBO caused an issue there too, since Kokak Alaris chemistry isn´t made by Kodak but several other manufacturers and since the sale of the paper and photochemicals division not even their thing anymore.
We do need a basic understanding of how difficult or easy, and how costly, it might be to do certain things at the Kodak factory.
which seems somewhat more likely than Panatomic X
True IR film...I've read that HIE was only possible to produce because the US military used to buy so much of it.
Infrared Ektachrome (EIR), with the data sheet linked here, was process E-6 and made well in to the 2000's (data sheet is from Sept. 2005). I really wish they'd bring it back, and yes, I know it wouldn't be cheap.
Realistically, if it went before 1990, no chance. 2000, highly unlikely. Anything withdrawn from 2002-5 onwards is about the feasibility limit for re-introduction as that seems to have been the point by which everything seems to have transferred over to current technology compatible with B38.
Then I would like the come back of "NC" and "VC" lines for Portra. New unified Portra films are a good compromise of both but I miss the saturation of Porta 160 VC and the soft touch of 400 VC. Unlikely to happen but this is a new wish list for Santa, right?
I really miss more some Fuji color films than any of Kodak, like Reala (my most desired come back film) or 400X (best slide film ever for me).
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