New sheet film sizes to be announced

KenS

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• Oct 12, 2006

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I just heard a rumour that there were to be two new sheet films (both Kodak and Ilford as of now) about to be introduced to the marketplace.

Something about making better use of the film "chips" removed when the sprocket holes are punched out of 35mm and 70mm roll films. They are to be boxed in aproximately 10,000 sheet boxes, but without the interleaving. As yet, Fidelity has not indicated when their new sheet film holders will be available in either size.

Ken

 

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• Oct 12, 2006

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KenS said:

I just heard a rumour that there were to be two new sheet films (both Kodak and Ilford as of now) about to be introduced to the marketplace.

Something about making better use of the film "chips" removed when the sprocket holes are punched out of 35mm and 70mm roll films. They are to be boxed in aproximately 10,000 sheet boxes, but without the interleaving. As yet, Fidelity has not indicated when their new sheet film holders will be available in either size.

Ken

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Very interesting - but what about those of us who use 46mm ???? Will we be able to purchase large boxes of 46mm unperfs...?

 

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• Oct 12, 2006

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Tom, it is April 1. Get it?

He is talking about boxing the perfs.

Ahahahah.

PE

 

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Do you think we'll be able to get good 16x20s from those "chips"?

 

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Wow, that's a 10,000 megachip box...!!

 

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• Oct 12, 2006

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all you guys want are cheap chippies

 

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• Oct 13, 2006

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And Ole already has some holders for these

 

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• Oct 13, 2006

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MattKing said:

And Ole already has some holders for these

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How did you know???

 

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You fellers need to check your darkroom ventilation

 

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• Oct 13, 2006

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These sprocket chads will make excellent chadograms. In fact, all the "hanging chads" of the '2000 election must have been developed on chad hangers....so the processing end has already been taken care of.

 

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I feel cheated. All of these years they've been taking the chips out of my sprocket holes and keeping them... now they want to sell them back separately. There should have been a disclaimer on the box: "chips sold separately."

 

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Do they enlarge to 8X10 or 8X12, if you want full frame?

 

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Tom Hoskinson said:

Very interesting - but what about those of us who use 46mm ???? Will we be able to purchase large boxes of 46mm unperfs...?

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I have a freezer full of 'unperfs' Tom... how many do you want? They've been kept in a state of suspended antimation for a few years. Well, with the exception of the periodic power outages... and every Thanksgiving when I need the freezer to store a turkey... and every Easter when I need a place to hide the leftover ham. Oh... and that broken freezer door gasket may have helped since it allowed a protective coating of ice to form on everything in there. But I really don't think any of this harmed the unperfs

 

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BrianShaw said:

I have a freezer full of 'unperfs' Tom...

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and as part of my magnamous offer, please allow me to include a few 'donut holes'. Not the "former center of the dough", but the hole itself!

 

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• Oct 13, 2006

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I bet if you taped them all together as a larger sheet you'd get something interesting...but like those people who put pages back together after they're shredded, I guess you'd have to be pretty bored.
Either way, Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

 

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• Oct 13, 2006

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What would a normal lens be? 1.5mm?