Some batches of film made by Kodak had problems with fogging before leaving the factory.
Amazon purchased Portra 400.
Excessively unlikely. There's no way this would ever get through quality control.
Xray damage or simply expired film is far more likely.
See above; I see Coastal are blaming Amazon's storage, but that would hardly produce this degree of fog. It's more likely IMO that someone along the chain has started doing CT scans for some reason (probably security/anti-drug trafficking measures).
Coastal Film Lab posted in August about issues with Amazon purchased Portra 400.
Coastal Film Lab on Instagram: "Important! We Recently discovered that alarmingly bad results have been coming back from film purchased from Amazon. Recent orders of Portra 400 have been occasionally coming out wiith heavy base fog and low sensitivit
503 likes, 32 comments - coastalfilmlab on August 14, 2023: "Important! We Recently discovered that alarmingly bad results have been coming back from film purchased from Amazon. Recent orders of Portra 400 have been occasionally coming out wiith heavy base fog and low sensitivity, so we took it...www.instagram.com
Yeah, I've always had confidence in Kodak's quality control. Until the chemical production it handed over to SinoPromise turned out to be defectiveExcessively unlikely. There's no way this would ever get through quality control.
Xray damage or simply expired film is far more likely.
See above; I see Coastal are blaming Amazon's storage, but that would hardly produce this degree of fog. It's more likely IMO that someone along the chain has started doing CT scans for some reason (probably security/anti-drug trafficking measures).
Until the chemical production it handed over to SinoPromise turned out to be defective
It appears one roll is 645, the other 6x7, could it be the camera?
I found that only Portra400 has this problem, not even the higher-sensitivity Portra800, nor Gold/Ektar/Portra160, all of which were purchased from the same or different sellers.
There's no guarantee all products went through the same logistics channel together.
Apparently this sort of fogging is consistent with some of the damage being seen now as a result of the newer CT scanning security systems.
And all this only fogs Portra 400. In 120 format.
?!
There's no guarantee all products went through the same logistics channel together.
Apparently film that is distributed through the standard Kodak Alaris controlled distribution to authorized distributors has the benefit of updated handling that is not subject to that type of scanning - other non-damaging checks are employed instead. Any film distributed outside the official channels doesn't enjoy the benefit of that.
Apparently we're now looking at a batch of Portra 400 that went through a different (unofficial Alaris) distribution channel.
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