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ORWO to launch new film via kickstarter

A bulk ECN-2 stock without remjet would be very welcome as an option for stills. The branding as a 'cine' film doesn't seem to indicate that, however, and will probably be targeted at use in professional cameras (Arriflex, Aaton, etc). I was quite impressed the results from a can of 16mm Orwo N74+ I ran through my standard 16 Bell & Howell @ 24fps... no remjet required!

In any case, news of a new producer of a color film stock is fantastic.
 
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Bronson Dugnutt said:
I was quite impressed the results from a can of 16mm Orwo N74+ I ran through my standard 16 Bell & Howell @ 24fps... no remjet required!.
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Black and white Movie Stock NEVER has the remjet backing. the official processes for B&W do not include a step or the chemicals to remove it. It is only used in Colour Movie Negative and was previously used for Colour Movie Print film, and also for Kodachrome.
 
Please enjoy a frame of 16mm Vision3 500T in anticipation of ORWOColor. Remjet removal is very manageable in 16mm but I imagine 35mm is four times as messy...

ECN-2, 5 year old C-22 bleach, non-rapid fixer
 
mohmad khatab said:
The forum has an authorized delegate and official spokesperson for the new (ORWO) group, which is Mr. James..
Perhaps we can summon him in order to give us an official interpretation of the news.
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if you are thinking of Mr. James Holcombe, he is not part of ORWO, but is the distributor of their products for the UK market. (and wears many other hats as well)
 
cmacd123 said:
if you are thinking of Mr. James Holcombe, he is not part of ORWO, but is the distributor of their products for the UK market. (and wears many other hats as well)
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No, my dear, I'm not talking about a British man, I'm talking about an American man, I think. Mr. James
He is a high-ranking official with this new group and works closely with the decision maker and owner of the company.

I submitted a lawsuit to him through the official account of that new company on Instagram.
And indeed, the man came after a while, and this time was necessary in order to obtain the official authorization from the company's board of directors to be the official spokesman for the company.
And indeed the man came and created an account in this forum bearing a picture and the name of the brand (ORWO) and he answered some of the inquiries in this thread and of course,, the appearance of this man caused great embarrassment for some people who thought that that brand would remain as it is Only you manufacture black and white films like Foma.
 
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Bronson Dugnutt said:
Please enjoy a frame of 16mm Vision3 500T in anticipation of ORWOColor. Remjet removal is very manageable in 16mm but I imagine 35mm is four times as messy...

ECN-2, 5 year old C-22 bleach, non-rapid fixer
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Very cool man, this is a beautiful creation.
Sorry, what is the formula for bleach?
 
cmacd123 said:
It is only used in Colour Movie Negative and was previously used for Colour Movie Print film, and also for Kodachrome.
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In all friendlyness a small addition for historical accuracy, Eastman-Kodak had made black-and-white ciné films with a soot-gelatin back layer from February 1931 on.

Charles Edward Kenneth Mees, History of Professional Black-and-White Motion-Picture Film, Journal of the SMPTE, October 1954: “Panchromatic Cine-Kodak Film, Type 5255, was placed on the market in 1928. The camera film was first supplied for daylight loading with a paper leader. Many experiments were made on the use of an opaque backing to avoid the troubles involved in the use of the paper leader. Finally, in 1931, a jet-black backing was made which gave the necessary protection to the film and which was removed in the processing machines. Supersensitive Cine-Kodak Panchromatic Type 5256 was introduced early in 1931, and this was replaced in 1939 by Super-X Cine-Kodak Panchromatic Film having the same type number, 5256, which is a current product. ( . . . ) The future of motion-picture photography, however, involves the use of color, and the principal advances in motion-picture films will depend upon the improvement of the materials and processes used for color photography.”
 
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this valuable information.
But I actually find myself in need of more information on this matter, if you don't mind, I hope you can explain it to me if you have some time and I also hope that it is accompanied by some illustrations to better understand the topic. And I thank you in advance .
God bless you .
 
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