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Or Germany?
I was kidding. 8 from B&H? Are these made in China, US???
Or Germany?
Yep, that's what I have a stockpile of before Sino got involved and still made by Tetenal. Why do bad things keep happening to the companies I love?
Yes, Nolan enticed Kodak to cut Eastman 5222 Double-X in 15/70mm size. Just for this film.
I'm very excited for this film, but after seeing the trailer I cannot un-see the Nikon F3 used with a flash(bulb) as Oppenheimer exits the hearing room. Everyone using a Speed Graphic 4x5 with period correct Graflex bulb flashes and then That Guy. Don't watch it again and say I didn't warn you.
Yeah, around 1:35 in. No one is changing bulbs either. Maybe the production photographer, actually making photos? Quite a few of the off-camera crew include van Hoytema are carrying, as is typical.
I hear they also faked the nuclear blasts in this movie.
Oppenheimer's AEC security clearance hearing was in 1954 - there shouldn't be a Nikon SLR of any kind in there at all (or any 35mm SLR really, a few existed but not that would have been used by a US press photographer). The production photographer would never get in the camera frame like that with period costume but anachronistic camera, surely. Ordinarily I don't pick on small chronology errors (lots of "movie set in 1960 has a 1962 car" or whatever), but this one is a howler.
Yeah, around 1:35 in (F2 I think, not F3). Only one guy is changing bulbs too. Maybe the production photographer, actually making photos? Quite a few of the off-camera crew include van Hoytema are carrying, as is typical.
I hear they also faked the nuclear blasts in this movie.
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Kodak has always listed a B&W projection Pring film. currently 2302 and 3302 (16mm) that film has linage steching back into the Nitrate days. Not normally Listed as a 70mm stock, But even for Kodak that is basically a "simple" special request as the colour stock 2383 is already made in that format.Kodak doesn't list a black and white print projection film. Could be possible that Nolan got double x slit to 65mm. Camera film seems easy, I wonder if Fotokem through some voodoo the printed this onto 70mm color projection film in black and white??
So the cameras take 65mm. Projectors take 70mm. I still haven't seen specific information about the exact films, only that they "created a black and white film"
Kodak has always listed a B&W projection Pring film. currently 2302 and 3302 (16mm) that film has linage steching back into the Nitrate days. Not normally Listed as a 70mm stock, But even for Kodak that is basically a "simple" special request as the colour stock 2383 is already made in that format.
D96 is the ONLY Approved developer for Movie B&W. Although if you are Chris Nolan.....
So where does one dig up the short ends for this?
I actually had the opportunity to get it, ≈400 ft BW 65mm film. Unfortunately, I couldn’t buy it. I didn’t have the $200 at the time, as I spent it on Aviphot earlier in the summer. Boy do I regret that now…
400 feet for $200?
Next time you see a deal like that come up please tell me.
$300, actually… that was a typo… still a screaming deal though.
And the entire set of document is amazingly available for FREE download from Kodak. (those used to be only available to movie Labs.)For those interested in D96, I dug into my old tech info:
And the entire set of document is amazingly available for FREE download from Kodak. (those used to be only available to movie Labs.)
look on this page https://www.kodak.com/en/motion/page/processing-manuals and you will find the entire B&W section is STILL module 15.
the D96 formula is on page 15-19.
... and one can buy 55 lbs of the Elon agent. For those of us who don't know Elon from a Musk, apparently it's hydroquinone
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elon is also known as "Metol, and it one of the main B&W developing agents. If you need a smaller quanity, Photoformulary packs it https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...phers_Formulary_10_0770_1LB_Metol_Elon_1.html... and one can buy 55 lbs of the Elon agent. For those of us who don't know Elon from a Musk, apparently it's hydroquinone
elon is also known as "Metol, and it one of the main B&W developing agents. If you need a smaller quanity, Photoformulary packs it https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...phers_Formulary_10_0770_1LB_Metol_Elon_1.html
In canada, you can get it from Flic Film and their dealers.
along with
and trusty
(thanks to Flic it is now easy to get in canada, I may have to start mixing chemicals from scratch again. )
As mentioned before, there are 30 15/70 prints being made. It actually playing in 70mm IMAX here in Langley next month and I've already got my tickets for the show. Last time I saw 70mm IMAX projected on film there was with Dunkirk back in 2017. They kept their IMAX film projector (and screen) at that theater. Seeing true 70mm film projected is a real treat. I've been going to IMAX films since 1986.I wonder how many projection prints were ordered.
As a single master roll of current production of 35mm still film is enough for close to fifty thousand 135-36 rolls, I expect that remains far more important for them.
Yes this is true B&W 5222 film cut for 65mm. The film is strong enough too to use in the IMAX cameras. I think its on ESTAR base?? I contacted Fotokem once back in 2015 asking them if it was possible (I had big dreams back then) to develop 65mm B&W with them. They told me they have the equipment there to do it, but it wasn't setup or running. They asked me how many feet I planned to put through it, and my meager amount wasn't enough to convince them to get it running. Nolan on the other hand has big clout with them, Kodak, and the studios, so he could get anything done and possible. So Fotokem obviously got B&W equipment running just for him. Now whether that means its possible again in the future, hard to say, but this film does open the door for future possibilities.Some of this is in black and white. Does anyone know if the 65mm camera film is/was a black and white negative film?? I haven't a clue about Imax but 35mm cinema camera films are on acetate. Also begs the question are the 70mm prints on color print projection film?
I would be shocked if "real" (whatever that is) black and white films were used. This is so cool.
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